To read about why Hope Chapel is in China, go to E-vangie Tales/Edge(on the side column, under “Categories”), and read the 2 part series from last year, “A Great Wall.” Click on the title of the articles to read them.
Following is a 13 part story of the mission we just took in October 2005. I [...]

This is the Chinese house church where we ministered for two weeks. They loved the Million-Dollar Gospel Tracts as much as I do.

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(This is part 1 of 13 parts)
 (To read what happened on our 2005 mission trip, and to get some color of the area and house church, click here.)
While waiting at LAX to go to San Francisco on the first leg of our journey to China, I encouraged the team to do “Terminal Runs” since we [...]

I stood in line to load my carry-ons into the overhead luggage containers as people waited behind me to do the same as we boarded the plane that would take everyone to San Francisco, the first stop on our journey to China. I took advantage of the situation…
I turned to team member Sandy, and said, [...]

We landed at San Francisco from LAX, then took a bus across the tarmac to meet our plane for Beijing. We handed out million dollar bills to everyone during the ride, including a flight crew on their way to South Korea. Then we were loaded like cattle onto a freight elevator. “This is a great [...]

Beijing. The first day in China afforded us the opportunity to take in a few sights before we settled in to teach the house church there. A Chinese man named John (not his real name), joined us and I was delighted to find out that he was an evangelist. Unfortunately, he was schooled in the [...]

After the Catholic Church, the team traveled to a wonderful restaurant where we ordered a ton of food. Every time you eat in China, there is a ton of food. And the food is all so strange…
What is it? You mean you eat the whole thing? What’s that black slimy thing with horns?
If you are [...]

I gave John the Evangelist a crash course in Biblical evangelism, using the 10 Commandments to bring knowledge of sin, and teaching him about the necessity of warning people of the impending Day of Judgment and Hell. Then I demonstrated that the Good News of Jesus Christ would really be good news only after people [...]

Cindy had the desire to start sharing her faith after reading these E-vangie Tales. The first time she went out with our evangelism team she led two people to repentance and a saving knowledge of Christ. She was so excited, because she had never done this before, and a book she had been reading about [...]

It was going to be a huge wedding—a big Chinese shindig—as two members of the underground church were going to tie the knot and I, the American Pastor was asked to say a few words to the bride and groom. I knew what I was going to say, I just didn’t know how far I [...]

Our team’s mission in China was to teach, encourage and minister to the Beijing house church of about eighty people. There are not a lot of opportunities for members of this church to get extra education about theology, life struggles, or day-to-day Christian living skills, so we were sent to add to their learning with [...]

I walked on by.
I could have reached inside my pocket. I could have pulled out some change: a small bill, a penny—but I didn’t. I just walked on by.
Like everyone else.
Through the underground tunnel, under the busy Beijing street we strolled. A blind man played an Erhu—a cross between a guitar and viola—while his son [...]

It was one of the most blatant attacks of Satan that I’ve ever experienced—and it came from the hands of Christians! Let me explain…
A little elderly man stayed a little while after the house church meeting ended, and had some strong words of disagreement about my teaching. As I listened to his protests the house [...]

The Hope Chapel mission team was en route to a dinner in our honor. It was the last night that we would be in Beijing and our gracious hosts went all out to give us a very warm goodbye. Richard, our driver for the last two weeks, was in a hurry to get to our [...]

(Note: Except for the Hope for China team, some of the names and locations have been changed to protect the innocent.)
“Are there many house churches out here and how is the government?” I asked Ann, an orphanage worker.
“Yes, many house churches,” she replied, “but the government leaves us alone unless there is a contest. The [...]

The house church Pastor described China as a country with no law and no God. “You can have someone killed here for about 300Yuan ($37.50). Now is a good time to make money, but it’s not very safe…”