China is
not an easy place to share the gospel. The government’s restrictions make it
impossible to safely print materials locally. Religious activities are
scrutinized, and persecution is normal. Posting Amazing Facts’ Chinese
materials on social media can get you in trouble.
The
incredible thing is that more and more Chinese are boldly reposting the content
you help us create on their social media accounts—and the views on their social
accounts are taking off! One Amazing Facts video on one person’s social media
account received 13,695 “likes” and comments and was shared 7,121 times. Praise
God!
Do you see
what God is doing? He is multiplying the impact of the 250 Chinese videos you
helped create by emboldening believers to share them personally with their
friends and family. One Chinese man said, “I saw a sermon by Pastor Doug on
Douyin (Chinese TikTok) and thought it was very good. So, I looked everywhere
and finally found the Chinese Amazing Facts website. I have been watching,
listening, and seeing my confusion and doubts resolved. Thank you!”
That’s not
all. Over the past four months, you helped translate into Chinese five videos
on receiving a new heart and John the Baptist and five sermons on topics
including spiritism, fasting, and keeping the law. You also translated four
chapters of Pastor Doug’s book Who Do You Think You Are? You
have made all these materials available online on the Chinese Amazing Facts
website.
God is
bringing the Chinese to these timely, truth-filled resources. Over the past
three months, 215,896 people found life-changing truth on the Amazing Facts
Chinese websites. Many of them came back multiple times. Currently, 4,390
people are enrolled in the Chinese online Bible school, and 1,188 individuals
have graduated.
Our
real-time online chat feature continues to be popular. You helped answer Bible
questions from 4,324 people over the past four months. Many of these dear souls
asked multiple questions and had extensive conversations with us about faith
and the Christian lifestyle.
There is
no way of knowing all the answers to your prayers in China, but the reports we
hear are encouraging. We know of 11 people who started keeping the Sabbath
during the past four months and 9 who have begun attending a Sabbath-keeping
church. Another nine individuals wanted to be connected with a local church,
but sadly, there is no church in their area at this time. Please pray for them
to stay strong in their faith even though they must stand alone.
Your
co-laboring gifts are crucial in expanding this life-changing work and helping
more people in China experience the blessings of living by God's commandments.
Thank you for letting God use you.
Sister
Xu
Sister Xu
first met Jesus while working at a clothing factory in Fiji. Her faith grew,
and she experienced great joy and peace when she believed in Jesus. However,
when she returned to China, she struggled to find a church family and was often
confused as she read the Bible. Why didn’t people keep all of God’s
commandments? she wondered.
Then COVID
came, and with it, your answer to her prayers. She found the Chinese Amazing
Facts website and was immediately attracted by its clear, biblical messages.
She then completed two of the online Bible courses you helped create. “It felt
like I was discovering great treasure!” she says. Her excitement bubbled over,
and she started sharing it with her Christian friends. Sadly, it didn’t take
long for her to be condemned as a “heretic.”
Despite
the persecution, Sister Xu decided to close her garment factory on Sabbath. “It
was hard at first, but ever since I decided to keep the Sabbath, the Lord has
blessed us,” she reports. “God gave me a large factory with several rooms and
has grown my workforce to several dozen employees.”
The
factory has also become a place of worship. Sister Xu and six other persecuted
sisters gather there each Sabbath to worship and praise the Lord safely. “We
all have carefully studied the Bible, so we insist on keeping the Sabbath,” she
adds. “I have finished my study in online Bible school, and other sisters are
also studying now. I believe the Holy Spirit leads us to know the truth. Thank
you, Chinese Amazing Facts!”
Sister
Cheng
Sister
Cheng grew up in a difficult home with a short-tempered father and a resentful
mother. Like so many in China, she had no idea that God loved her and could
save her from her sins. But we praise God because you make it possible for
millions like Cheng to meet our loving heavenly Father for themselves.
At
age 20, Cheng’s boyfriend introduced her to the gospel, but she was
uninterested. Several years later, her husband’s aunt introduced her to the
gospel again. She attended church occasionally, but her heart remained closed
and skeptical.
One day,
while listening to testimonies at church, Cheng prayed, “If you really exist,
can you help me find a job? I want to see proof.” Miraculously, she secured a
position at a job fair the next day. “I had a hard time believing it,” she
says, “but from then on, I began attending church enthusiastically.”
Cheng was
baptized a year later, but trials quickly piled up, and her faith wavered.
Twenty years passed while her children grew up, and God was far from her mind.
Then, last year, Cheng returned to church and began searching for Bible study
materials online. That’s when she discovered the Chinese Amazing Facts website
that you and your gifts created.
Pastor
Doug’s sermons resonated deeply with her. Then she saw a sermon on the Sabbath.
“My first reaction was to avoid the question,” she says, “because the church
teaches that keeping the Sabbath is heresy, and I accepted what the church said
without studying it for myself. But I couldn’t get the website out of my mind,
so I finally decided to listen to Pastor Doug’s sermon on the Sabbath. After
listening carefully, I found that it was not complicated at all. God’s Word has
never changed, so why has the fourth commandment changed? Why is the mention of
the Sabbath considered a bad thing?”
Cheng
started keeping the Sabbath at home while attending Sunday church. She also
started reading more challenging books, such as Revelation, Isaiah, and Daniel.
“The characters in the Bible now seem real to me, and I see in their lives
lessons God wants to teach me. Since I found the Amazing Facts Chinese website,
I have become increasingly interested in learning God’s Word and obeying His
will.”
Your
faithful co-laboring gifts for China have connected Cheng with a
Sabbath-keeping church in a neighboring city. Please pray for her and the many
like her who are committed to keeping God’s holy day but cannot easily
fellowship with other Sabbath-keepers. Pray that God will use Sister Cheng to
bring light to her community!
Brother
Gui
Brother
Gui grew up attending Sunday school but had let Christianity take a back seat
in his life—until God answered your prayers for him!
He says,
“I’ve recently become very interested in information about the end of the
world. I found the Amazing Facts videos online while looking for information on
Revelation because I suddenly felt that the end of the world was much closer
than I had thought. Your videos and information in English opened my eyes to
the meaning of the empires in Daniel chapter 2. I was also surprised to learn
that the Holy See is the Antichrist. I wanted to translate the videos and share
them with others. But then I discovered you have a Chinese version of the
English videos. So, I sent them to my good friends, including the truth about
hell, the millennium, and modern Babylon.”
Gui also
discovered the videos God used you to provide him on the Sabbath commandment,
which he says are “logical and truthful.” He has since begun keeping the
Sabbath even though his friends disagree. Please pray that Gui will stay strong
in his newfound faith!
Thank you
for faithfully investing in Amazing Facts’ Chinese evangelism work. Your caring
gifts are showing many precious Chinese people the importance of keeping God’s
commandments as they prepare for heaven!
Please
pray earnestly that the Holy Spirit guides the thousands of people who have
visited the website and chosen to obey God’s commandments. Pray they remain
firm in their faith and become bright lights for Jesus. Also, please pray that
the Holy Spirit leads more searching people to our Chinese websites and Bible
school.