nebula Posted November 13, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Soul Tremors With approval from China's government, Robert Yeung brings faith-based counseling to those shaken by the May earthquake. Gregg Chenoweth | posted 11/12/2008 10:01AM On May 12, the 7.9-magnitude earthquake in China killed 100,000, dwarfing the carnage of 9/11 by 30-fold and approximating the U.S. body-bag count in World War I. Tremors were detected as far away as Vietnam, 500 miles distant. The seismic shift rocked more than soil. Souls move too, even in Chengdu, the literal and figurative heart of China. The capital city of the affected region, Sichuan Province, is 50 miles from the quake's epicenter and is home to one of the world's 100 busiest airports, $25 billion in foreign investments, and 16 colleges. In unprecedented response, a high-ranking Chinese official appointed Robert Yeung, a counseling educator and the only Christian among 10 colleagues, to organize psychological recovery efforts. He is the academic dean at the Hong Kong Institute of Christian Counselors (HKICC), the city's only faith-based institute for psychological care. Read about it here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba4J Posted November 13, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 155 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,075 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 471 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/05/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted November 13, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Dannyboy Posted November 13, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 156 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3,454 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 4 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/22/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/02/1969 Share Posted November 13, 2008 What faith based organizations are there that are even legal in China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted November 13, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 Dannyboy - you'll have to read the article. Anyway, I finally finished reading it all (3 pages). It was interesting how it ended: ~~ "The earthquake woke up the church," she said after the event. "There is a real sense of harvest here now. [in Hong Kong] there used to be a lot of denominational lines and event labels concerned with that, but not now. There is unity." Yeung has awakened, too. "This is definitely a highlight in my life. I see God's hands in it, opening a door to China. Everything happened in such a small amount of time, but the impact can be so big. You know it is God." Apparently, not all earthquake aftershocks are bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondman Posted November 13, 2008 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 9 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/10/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/20/1938 Share Posted November 13, 2008 (edited) What faith based organizations are there that are even legal in China? Very interesting topic. Legal or illegal doesn't stop Chinese Christians! See my post here. There is a legal Christian church (sort of 'under' Government 'supevision') as well as the Underground House Churches. Edited November 13, 2008 by Bondman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Dannyboy Posted November 13, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 156 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3,454 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 4 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/22/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/02/1969 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I would be ever so happy to know there was rival in China and happier yet to know that the Chinese government was easing up on Christianity in general. It would also be another sign of the times. As I understand it the Chinese will be allied with the U.S. i defending Israel or at least at Megido. Whether they are there on behalf of Israel is still a matter of debate as I understand it. Either way it is encouraging to learn of people coming to Christ especially these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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