The Prison Pulpit #2

Welcome to this special episode of China Compass, #2 in a series which I am calling “The Prison Pulpit”. I'm your China travel guide, Missionary Ben. You can follow me on X (@chinaadventures) where I post daily reminders to pray for China (PrayforChina.us). B.F. Westen is my pen name, for security reasons. If you want to see the missionary books I’ve published and learn more about our work, you can find links to everything @ PrayGiveGo.us!

Resource of the Week

One of the books that will be important in this series is my little autobiographical work, Unbeaten, which details my arrest, interrogation, and deportation from China in 2018. But not for the main content per se, but for the appendix I included at the end, Remember My Chains, which is a written version of a message I have delivered dozens of times around the country dealing with the topic of this special podcast series. Get the book (and its appendix) on Amazon and @ Unbeaten.vip

Here's the Pastor Wang Yi's quote I will be discussing this week:

China's Greatest Evil

“Moreover, I must point out that persecution against the Lord’s church and against all Chinese people who believe in Jesus Christ is the most wicked and the most horrendous evil of Chinese society. This is not only a sin against Christians. It is also a sin against all non-Christians. For the government is brutally and ruthlessly threatening them and hindering them from coming to Jesus. There is no greater wickedness in the world than this.

If this regime is one day overthrown by God, it will be for no other reason than God’s righteous punishment and revenge for this evil. For on earth, there has only ever been a thousand-year church. There has never been a thousand-year government. There is only eternal faith. There is no eternal power.”

And here is today's (Oct 30) Pray for China profile, which was posted earlier today on X (@chinaadventures):

Oct 30 - Pray for Turpan Prefecture in the deserts of Xinjiang Province in far west China, known both as China's hottest and lowest (-505 ft below sea level) region.

Xinjiang is so large that it takes California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington to properly pair up: www.PrayforChina.us

I spent a few days in Xinjiang (incl. Turpan) back in 2015, exploring and distributing Uyghur language literature. 

Here's the trip report: https://chinacall.substack.com/publish/posts/detail/145153541/share-center

And here's the podcast:

https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/7

For more info:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turpan

https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/xinjiang

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