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Principles For The Gathering Of Believers
41 - Principle 37 Jesus Christ as Lord and Head
The Chinese believers see the Gospel of Jesus’ death and resurrection in all their activities. Out of a great love for this Savior they speak to Him and of Him often to everyone they meet. The simplicity of the message of the cross of Christ581 has gripped them and persecution has allowed the Church... Read More
Principles For The Gathering Of Believers
42 - Principle 38 The Spirit of Martyrdom
As the underground Church in China has been baptized in a fire of intensely severe persecution this has produced a theology of suffering with Christ.598 They have realized that all suffering is because of Christ and for Christ.599 It was clearly told to Paul the Apostle, that he was persecuting Jesu... Read More
Principles For The Gathering Of Believers
43 - Principle 39 God Actually Answers Prayer
With many in the Church prayer is treated as the last thing we do before God. We use prayer to ask Him to fulfill—in many cases—our own carnal plans. With thousands of books written on prayer many of us have still not placed prayer as the most important Christian activity we do, corporately619 or pr... Read More
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44 - Principle 40 The Body of Christ is the Church
Many times we are preoccupied with the idea that the building where we worship is the Church. Yet in the early Church and Biblical record, God calls the people themselves the Church.629 One of the main desires in church planting in North America is the constructing of a church building after a group... Read More
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45 - Principle 41 The Back To Jerusalem Movement
“‘You may go Westward from Gansu, preaching the Gospel all the way back to Jerusalem, causing the light of the Gospel to complete the circle around this dark world.’ I said, ‘O Lord who are we that we can carry such a great responsibility?’ The Lord answered, ‘I want to manifest My power through tho... Read More
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46 - Principle 42 The True Mission of the Church
The closing Words of Jesus Christ to His early disciples for their mission of making disciples of the nations has also become the mission of the Church in China.648 Even the newest converts in the underground Church get the immediate burden to tell everyone of the great Savior of China and the world... Read More
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47 - Principle 43 North Korea’s Leader, an Image of Antichrist
A group of Christians was discovered in North Korea. They had worshiped God and His Son Jesus. Their children were with them. The adults were told by those who had captured them: “If you do not acknowledge our Dear leader as god and if you do not renounce Christ, your children will be hanged.” One o... Read More
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48 - Principle 44 A Cost to Be Part of the Church
A witness of the North Korean army who later became a Christian reported the following: “The team had been sent to widen a highway. When they demolished a vacated house they found a Bible and a small notebook with 25 names, one identified as pastor, two as assistant pastors, two as elders, and 20 ot... Read More
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49 - Principle 45 Five Challenging Reminders
A young woman was washing clothes in a North Korean river. When gathering her clothes, a small Bible or Christian book fell to the ground. Another woman reported the girl to the police. The young woman and her father—about sixty years old—were arrested and held by the local police for about three mo... Read More
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50 - Principle 46 Meeting in Home Churches
The number of home Churches in North Korea is estimated at 10,000. Based on a number of testimonies the average underground home Church size may be 3 or 4. Such home Churches have evolved from primarily three sources: 1.) Believers that predate the Korean war. Today these are the grandparents or gre... Read More
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51 - Principle 47 The Lord’s Day Can Be Everyday!
A young woman from a pre-Korean War Christian family relates: “My mother and her friends continue to gather in worship secretly.” Another believer relates: “I also had a pre-Korean War Christian mother who continued to worship in secret with two relatives, using a Bible that her grandfather had brou... Read More
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52 - Principle 48 We Are a Body of Christ Together
A former policeman described how he was involved in the arrests of 11 Church members. Two of them were tortured to death during interrogation, while the others were executed, he said. God is no respecter of persons. Each person has a value more than the world’s riches and Jesus died for each person.... Read More
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53 - Principle 49 Sharing and Memorization of Scripture
A Christian woman related: “They found my handwritten Bible verses. Three generations of my family were taken to the prison death camp. This included my parents, my husband and my children. I have never heard of them again. Prison camp is hell.” A woman in her sixties knew of eight persons who were ... Read More
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54 - Principle 50 Not Merely Listening
In 2009, The Associated Press reported that a 33-year-old Christian woman, Ri Hyon-ok, was accused of distributing Bibles and “spying” for foreign countries was publicly executed in North Korea. Despite such persecution and threat of death, the Church in North Korea hears the Word and obeys it. The ... Read More
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55 - Principle 51 Measuring True Christian Growth
The mere possession of a Bible can bring a death sentence. Attending a secret underground Church service in North Korea can result in gruesome public executions. Christians in North Korea have grown to a level of love and commitment to Jesus such that is not known in countries where there is no pers... Read More
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56 - Principle 52 The Practice of Teaching Children
All churches have been bulldozed in North Korea except for a few show churches in the main capital of North Korea. Christians practice their faith in secrecy and constant danger. Religious prisoners are often subjected to harsher treatment and given the most dangerous tasks, all to force them to ren... Read More
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57 - Principle 53 Raising Up Many Leaders in the Body
A former North Korea civil servant related the brutal mistreatment of Christians and their babies being killed. Prison guards regularly attempt to get Christian prisoners to recant their faith. Abortions are forced on female prisoners, some in the late stages of pregnancy. There is the idea of colle... Read More
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58 - Principle 54 Remembering The Poor
During the greatest part of the North Korean famine an estimated two million North Koreans starved to death. This happened during the years of 1995-1998. The famine has continued in reduced measure and North Koreans have still been unable to feed themselves. The World Food Program annually still nee... Read More
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59 - Principle 55 Witnessing and Missions Work by Faith
A 22-year-old woman returned from China to North Korea with the purpose of sharing the Gospel with friends and family. She was arrested after one and a half years when she was discovered to be distributing Bibles and hymnals. She was cruelly punished as if she was a terrorist, being required in one ... Read More
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60 - Principle 56 Explosive Growth in an Antichrist State
For readers to understand the environment Christians face in Iran it is necessary to give a brief summary of the Iranian and Islamic global agenda. Iran is a totalitarian government, a dictatorship, which exercises suppression, persecution and, at times, the death penalty for those of other faiths. ... Read More
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Read freely the free ebook Principles For The Gathering Of Believers in text and pdf format. We need revival in our countries like what we see in the underground house Churches in China. Learn the following from this volume: Prepare for coming persecution in non-persecuted countries. Learn Principles of how to gather as the Church from the Book of Acts and current underground Churches.Access resources that will help your gathering or house Church meeting. Experience personal revival and the Spirit’s empowerment. In response to reading the Principles book consider starting a fellowship group under the Headship of Jesus Christ in your local area. Access also this free christian ebook in many other formats. Learn more at Gospel Fellowships.