house churches

Father God, we are astonished that, despite the extreme persecution facing our family in Iran, the church continues to see strong growth. May Christians continue to grow in number and maturity. Please help believers who are suffering for You to stand strong in Your love and power – and may this...

Father God, we are astonished that, despite the extreme persecution facing our family in Iran, the church continues to see strong growth. May Christians continue to grow in number and maturity. Please help believers who are suffering for You to stand strong in Your love and power – and may this...

Father God, we are astonished that, despite the extreme persecution facing our family in Iran, the church continues to see strong growth. May Christians continue to grow in number and maturity. Please help believers who are suffering for You to stand strong in Your love and power – and may this...

Nothing struck the visiting pastor as unusual when he arrived at Sameera's house. He enjoyed a meal with the family, prayed with them and stepped out of the house....to find a mob led by a Buddhist monk waiting for him. "This is a Buddhist village," the monk said. "Don't come back!" Sameera...

The raid came at 5am, when the house church pastor and his family were asleep. Authorities tore his home apart looking for materials of a religious nature contrary to Islam. Then they moved on to the homes of other house church believers. A few days later, the search moved to a high school...

Many residents of Chinese towns and cities live in apartments in small communities called "xiaoqu" - literally translated as small district. Most xiaoqu are surrounded by walls and have a main gate with guards to monitor the flow of pedestrians, bikes and cars. Many xiaoqu have cameras at the...

A MILLION BIBLES SMUGGLED TO CHINA On 18 June 1981, Open Doors workers smuggled 1,000,000 Bibles to a beach in China – in two hours. Project Pearl was the mission, named after Matthew 13:45 which compares the Kingdom of Heaven to a pearl of great value. In one night, this astonishing number of...