As many of you know, the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization will gather in Cape Town, South Africa, October 16-25.
NPR has the story about the Chinese government, citing national security concerns, is preventing 200 delegates from Chinese house churches from attending.
You can keep follow developments of this story at China Aid, an organization dedicated to walking with and serving the persecuted church in China.
For those wanting to learn a bit more about what is going on in China these days, David Lyle Jeffrey in Books & Culture has an interesting review/reflection related to a new book on the growth of popular-level Protestant churches in China: Lian Xi’s Redeemed by Fire: The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China.