China house churches and persecution
A host reads an article on China cracking down on house churches around the Olympics, written by Bob Fu, and the Mayflower Church (Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church) fleeing to South Korea. Dan, addressed on-air, tells of visiting Samuel Lamb's house church in China: a former hard-labor prisoner with crushed bones, a thousand congregants in groups of a hundred, people standing in the bathroom to hear the gospel. A guest tells of praying with eyes open because of his time in China. The hosts reflect on how persecution feels otherworldly to American ears, on well-defined versus foggy enemies, and on how to help underground churches: mostly prayer.
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