Jeff Rigsby describes himself in his new blog as a 'reluctant' blogger at his new blog. Why? Because bloggers cannot write piece like this one on the front page of the New York Times about this amazing 'Back-to-Jerusalem' organization, that must have been missed by the symbolic Chinese internet censorship.
Jeff: "What is BTJ? In a nutshell: huge numbers of Chinese Christians are convinced that the church here has a divine calling to complete Jesus' mission to humanity by converting the Muslim world. The "Back to Jerusalem vision" traces its origins back to the early twentieth century, but it lay dormant for decades as Maoism walled the Chinese off from the rest of the planet. Now that China is internationalizing with a vengeance, we should expect to see thousands of Chinese evangelicals make their mark outside the country's borders, with consequences that are hard to foresee but won't keep this a sleeper story forever."
Yesterday I was contemplating on ways to reframe the China story. This might just be another China story, that can influence its future. One thing is certain, without Jeff's new blog I might have missed this story althogether.
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