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Christianity has always been a minority religion in China. It is the second of three big world religions to come to China from the outside. It arrived -- after Buddhism and before Islam; and has progressed through about five well-defined eras, during which Chinese became Christians, and then went underground, or were driven out, or killed. As Chinese society struggled in turmoil at the turn of the twentieth century, Sun Yat-sen, an overseas Chinese Christian, rose to lead a revolution that gave birth to the Republic of China. The once unthinkable - that a Chinese leader would be a Christian - became a reality. Moreover, China's next leader, Chiang Kai-shek, turned to Christianity in order to marry the future Madame Chiang Kai-shek. But when the Communists came to power they put forth great effort to eradicate Christianity as the religion of the Imperialists; and in 1954 established the Three Self Patriotic Movement with its three principles of 'self-governance, self-support, and self-propagation' . This is the story of the challenges Chinese Christians have had to face, in order to maintain their faith.

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Bishop Raymond Allan Johnson was raised as a Jehovah's witness, from the time when he was barely able to walk. At age 23 he walked away from this religon, and shortly thereafter accepted Christ as his Savior. He entered the ministry in 1975, at the age of 24. In 2005, the same year he was elected to the Episcopacy, he was offered the opportunity by his secular employer to take an overseas assignment. In 2006 he encountered the Chinese House Church movement, and began, not only to enter into fellowship with several House Church pastors - and even with a minister in the local Three Self curch - but also to share the experiences by way of social media. Bishop Johnson serves on the Apostolic Council of Kingdom Destiny Fellowship International, a multi-denominational pastoral fellowship, with more than 200 U.S. Pastors, as well as pastors in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.

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