Yesterday we shared with you what happened with the Chinese Church that was forced to meet outdoors in China and today The Christian Post has a follow up story.
A large, unregistered church in Beijing says it plans to continue holding outdoor Sunday services despite mass arrests of its congregants over the weekend during an open-air gathering.
Shouwang Church, which has about 1,000 members, reasserted that it has no political motives in holding its outdoor services. Rather, it has no choice but to do so because it was evicted from the restaurant it was meeting in and the government has allegedly interfered and prevented the congregation from securing a permanent location.
“The church’s position remains unchanged. We will continue to gather outdoors until the Lord shows us the way,” said a statement from Shouwang’s governing committee, BBC reported on Tuesday.
But the church assured that its outdoor events are “purely religious activities.”
And to think that here in America we hold outdoor church services on Easter because we think it's cool. This kind of gives a different perspective doesn't it?