Showing posts with label Religious persecution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religious persecution. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Christian Movie "The Lies of Communism” Clip 2 - Has Science Been a Blessing or a Curse for Mankind?

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Christian Movie "The Lies of Communism” Clip 2 - Has Science Been a Blessing or a Curse for Mankind?

   Using such arguments as materialism and the theory of evolution, the Chinese Communist Party spares no effort in denying the existence of God and the rule of God. They also believe that science can bring development and bring happiness to humanity. Is this really factual? Has scientific development of today ultimately brought blessings or curses to humanity?

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Monday, December 30, 2019

Tasting the Love of God in the Midst of Adversity

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I was born in the 1980s in a village—we had been a family of peasants for generations. I threw myself into my studies so that I could test into college and escape the village life of poverty and backwardness. When I started high school, I encountered The History of Western Art, and when I saw so many beautiful paintings such as “Genesis,” “The Garden of Eden,” and “The Last Supper,” only then did I realize that there was a God in the universe who had created all things.

Monday, December 23, 2019

Tribulation Inspired My Love for God

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I am by nature a nice person. In this dark and evil society, I have always been bullied by other people, so I have tasted the coldness of the world of man and felt that my life was empty and without meaning. After I started believing in Almighty God, through reading God’s words and living the church life, I enjoyed an earnestness and joy in my heart I had never felt before.

Monday, December 16, 2019

Rising Up From Dark Oppression

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I was born in a poor, remote mountain area where we have burned incense and worshiped Buddha for many generations. There are Buddhist temples all over the land where all the families would go to burn incense; no one had ever believed in God. In 1995, my wife and I were working in another part of the country where we started believing in the Lord Jesus; after we returned we began sharing the gospel and the number of people who accepted it slowly grew to over 100 people.

Saturday, September 28, 2019

English Christian Movie "On a Mission" | The Love of God Is With Me on the Way of the Cross

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Eastern Lightning|English Christian Movie "On a Mission" | The Love of God Is With Me on the Way of the Cross

Christian Chen Yixin has believed in the Lord for many years, and has been fortunate enough to welcome the Lord Jesus' return in the last days—Almighty God! She came to understand God's urgent will to save mankind from Almighty God's words as well as the mission and responsibility a created being should undertake, so she began sharing the gospel and bearing witness to God's work in the last days.

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

The Storm Caused at Home by the May 28 Zhaoyuan Case

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I’m an ordinary country woman, and I would often be weighed down by the strenuous burdens of the household. Because of this, my temperament became quite violent, and my husband and I were always at each other’s throats day in and day out. Our lives simply couldn’t go on like that. Whenever I was suffering, I would yell, “Heavens! Please save me!” In 2013, the work of Almighty God in the last days chanced upon me. Through reading the word of God and attending gatherings with brothers and sisters, I became certain that Almighty God had been the God whom I had cried out to in my suffering, and then gladly accepted Almighty God’s work in the last days.

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

God’s Love Is Boundless

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I suffered many hardships in the world. My husband died a few years after we married, and since then, the family burden completely fell on me. I lived a hard life with my young child and was always cold-shouldered and bullied by others. Weak and helpless, I was in tears every day, feeling it so hard to live in the world…. Just when I was in depression and despair, a sister preached Almighty God’s end-time work to me. Almighty God says, “When you feel tired and when you slightly feel a sense of desolation of this world, do not feel perplexed and do not weep. Almighty God, the Watcher, is ready to embrace your coming at any time.” (from “The Sighs of the Almighty” in The Word Appears in the Flesh) When I read it, I felt very warm in my heart.

Saturday, November 3, 2018

The Church of Almighty God Featured at Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom Side Event

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On July 23-27 of 2018, the first-ever ministerial focusing on religious freedom was held by the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C. Ministries from over 40 countries and representatives with various religious groups and NGOs from over 80 countries were participating. In addition to the formal meetings, several side events were also listed on the agenda. On July 23, at the Russell Senate Office Building, the opening event was co-organized by Mr. Greg Mitchell, the Co-Chair of the International Religious Freedom Roundtable (IRF) in Washington D.C. and Bitter Winter, an online daily magazine. Discussions in this side event focused on the religious persecution in China. The persecution of The Church of Almighty God held attention of the participants in particular. Some experts and scholars made appeals to the democracies for granting fundamental asylum to the diaspora of Christians. They also urged that the international community unite together to advance the religious freedom in China.

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

The Cult Conspiracy by the CCP Government – Religious Persecution

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December 7, 2017 Leave a comment By Xiang Yi
The Ministry of Public Security of the CCP government published the Circular on Certain Issues Concerning Affirming and Abolishing Cults in 2000 and 2005. The clause of “the situation of affirmed cults” shows that so far, there are 14 religious organizations labeled as cults, among which the Church of Almighty God ranks first.
Just like the house churches in Mainland China which have been suffering oppression and persecution from the atheistic CCP government, the Church of Almighty God also has been frantically condemned and persecuted by the CCP government since Almighty God, the returned Lord Jesus, Christ of the last days, appeared to work in Mainland China. From the documents about opposing the cult that the CCP has issued, we can see that in order to make China a place without God and make Chinese people live under its slavery and rule forever, the CCP confounds black and white, confuses right and wrong. It misleads all Chinese people about the definitions of good religion and cult, by which to make them believe its lies and fallacies and follow it condemning and resisting God who becomes flesh to save mankind, so that they will be unable to keep pace with God’s work and lose the last opportunity of God’s salvation.
In order to have discernment about the rumors that the CCP fabricated about God’s work of the last days and see through the schemes that Satan used to deceive people, it’s necessary for us to investigate what is a good religion and what is a cult. When it comes to differentiating between cults and good religions, it can’t be determined by the judgment of any person, party or country. God’s work is personally done by God Himself, and thus we should conduct our investigation according to the truth that God expresses. Only by seeking the truth can we tell righteousness from evilness, truth from fallacy, and right from wrong. The Lord Jesus says: “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me” (John 14:6). “I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life” (John 8:12). Almighty God says: “What are positive things? All that directly comes from God is positive” (“Corrupt Man Cannot Represent God”). “My words are the truth, the life, the way, and a double-edged sword, which can defeat Satan” (“The Twelfth Utterance” of Utterances and Testimonies of Christ in the Beginning).
In the world today, only the incarnate Christ expresses the truth to mankind, and only following the steps of the work of Christ is the right path of life which is in line with both God’s will and people’s will. That created beings come before God and accept the truth that God expresses is exactly in line with God’s will. Through seeking and practicing the truth and then living out the reality of the truth, men’s corrupt disposition can be cleansed, and their conscience and sense are able to return to normal. People all walk on the right way of fearing God and shunning evil, confirming in the conscience that believing in God is being good and walking the right path of life and is in line with people’s will. Thus created beings believing in God and worshiping God is a positive thing in conformity with both God’s will as well as people’s will. What is in conformity with both God’s will and people’s will is certainly a good religion. Just like the first time God was incarnated, He was called the Lord Jesus Christ and did the work of redemption. If men could confess their sins and repent before God, they could be forgiven for their sins and receive God’s blessings and grace. Though the work of the Lord Jesus suffered condemnation and persecution from the Judaism and Roman government, the holy name of the Lord Jesus still has been spread all over the world by Christians for two thousand years. From this we can confirm that this is the true way and is the result achieved by the work of the Holy Spirit. In the last days, Almighty God, the returned Christ, unlocks all the mysteries of God’s six-thousand-year management plan, and expresses all the truths of thoroughly purifying and saving mankind. More and more people, after hearing God’s voice, have identified God and accepted God’s work of the last days, and walked on the right path of obeying God’s judgment and chastisement and pursuing transformation in disposition. It’s sufficient to prove that Almighty God’s work of the last days and the Lord Jesus’ work of redemption come down in one continuous line, and that Almighty God is exactly the returned Lord Jesus. Almighty God says: “but at each stage it accords with man’s needs—or rather, it varies according to the tricks that Satan employs in My war against it. The purpose of My work is to defeat Satan, to make manifest My wisdom and omnipotence, to expose all Satan’s tricks and thereby to save all of humanity, which lives under its domain. It is to show My wisdom and omnipotence while at the same time revealing the hideousness of Satan. Moreover, it is to teach My creations to discriminate between good and evil, to recognize that I am the Ruler of all things, to see clearly that Satan is humanity’s foe, the lowest of the low, the evil one, and to make the difference between good and evil, truth and falsehood, holiness and filth, greatness and baseness, as clear as day” (“The Truth Concerning the Work in the Age of Redemption”). Nowadays, Almighty God’s gospel of the last days has been spread and witnessed to all the countries in the world. Those who truly believe in God have all returned before the throne of God, and everywhere there appears the gratifying scene of all peoples streaming to the holy mountain. In the Church of Almighty God, brothers and sisters from all corners of the country, all nations and various denominations and sects get together. Under the guidance of the work of the Holy Spirit and the watering and shepherding of God’s word, they can live in harmony and love one another. In the midst of judgment and purification of God’s words, they have gradually cast away their corrupt satanic dispositions such as arrogance, deceit, selfishness, and so on, and have lived out the normal humanity. Their hearts are filled with peace and joy, and they have walked on the right path of life. Such kind of harmonious life is exactly God’s wish as well as people’s wish, and is the fruit borne of the salvation work of the true God. Thus, Almighty God is exactly the one true God who created the heavens, earth, and all things and who expresses the truth to save mankind. The Church of Almighty God is the place where God does His work, and is the symbol of the good religion and the true way.
Then, what is a cult? The Bible says, “For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie” (Revelation 22:15). The man’s fellowship says, “All of the corrupt humanity’s viewpoints and theories opposed to God are generated due to the corruption of Satan. Not only is the utterly reactionary atheism the theory that Satan uses to resist against and betray God, but all those theories and viewpoints at odds with the truth come from Satan. Let’s take a look at the great red dragon, this gang of devils. They fanatically advocate atheism, use evolution as the theory basis, and do their utmost to deny the existence of God, fervently condemn God’s work, persecute and afflict those sincere believers in God. They only allow people to adore them, follow and worship them, yet forbid them to worship the Creator. Those evil devils dare to stand in God’s place and force people to worship them, attempting to dominate the world, and to rule over and control all mankind, thus making the whole world atheist so that it becomes the empire of Satan. This is the very real proof of corrupt mankind’s nature to betray God. And look at those various kinds of cults that deny the true Creator God, and worship Satan. They set up Satan and evil spirits that have long betrayed God and worship them as God, calling them the heavenly gods, and worshiping the words and work of those evil spirits as truth. Their eyes are blinded by Satan and their words are full of the confounding of black and white. They have become the tools for Satan to deceive and corrupt people. And what they spread and advocate are all the fallacies that rebel against God and betray Him. If one comes to testify of God’s incarnation, then the whole of mankind will oppose and condemn. As all mankind is heartless and ignores their consciences to speak. Such an extremely corrupt mankind doesn’t have the least bit of the truth, rather, within their hearts there exist too many various God-resisting heresies. And all the deeply corrupt mankind’s views on things are ridiculous and absurd, are hostile to the truth, and are totally reactionary fallacies that resist and attack God” (“A Fundamental Change in Viewpoint Is a Sign of Truly Understanding the Truth” in Annals of Fellowship and Work Arrangements (I)).
From the fellowship and preaching, we can see that a cult runs counter to right principles and disobeys God’s will and people’s will, and is a negative thing, while believing in God and worshiping God is a positive thing. So all those that condemn and resist God are negative things and cults; all those that trust in false gods and worship evil spirits are cults; all those that advocate heresies such as atheism and evolution are also cults. What a cult does is at odds with God’s will and runs counter to people’s will, and it can only make people oppose God and sink deeper and deeper into a cycle of corruption and carry people down the path of destruction. Consequently, a cult is the product originating from Satan.
So, is the CCP a good religion or a cult? Since the CCP came to power, it has consistently disguised itself with the ruling idea of “serving the people,” parades China under its rule as “a civilized and beautiful socialist country,” and advocates that the goal they struggled for is to lead people to realize communism. However, in fact, during its nearly 70 years of reign, the CCP takes class struggle and violent revolution as the central task; in order to safeguard its regime and rule and enslave the Chinese people forever, it always confuses black and white and stops at no evil.
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Friday, April 13, 2018

The Church of Almighty God | Testimony of Experiences of the CCP’s Brutal Persecution Given by Christian Li Chuansong

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Testimony of Experiences of the CCP’s Brutal Persecution Given by Christian Li Chuansong

Her faith in the Lord Jesus began in 1987, and she accepted the kingdom gospel of Almighty God in 1999. While preaching the gospel in 2005, she was arrested by the Chinese police. During her incarceration, she was tortured with various means including whipping, handcuffs with teeth, doing half squats, punches, kicks, etc. As a result, she was completely unable to take care of herself. Eventually, it was God’s words that gave her the faith to survive …

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Testimony of Experiences of the CCP’s Brutal Persecution Given by Christian Li Chuansong
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Friday, April 6, 2018

Eastern Lightning | Christian Family Film Festival: Chronicles of Religious Persecution in China – Silver Medal Winner

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Christian Family Film Festival: Chronicles of Religious Persecution in China – Silver Medal Winner

On October 1, 2017, the three-day Christian Family Film Festival in Ellington, New York came to a close. The full human rights documentary produced by The Church of Almighty God, Chronicles of Religious Persecution in China, stood out from the crowd among a number of the films shown, winning the silver medal. This documentary, a true account of the Chinese Communist government’s wanton violations of human rights and brutal murders of Christians, provides international society with a deeper understanding of the inside story of the Chinese government’s oppression of religious faith, offering detailed and powerful evidence. The film has received widespread attention and praise since its release.
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Christian Family Film Festival: Chronicles of Religious Persecution in China – Silver Medal Winner

Saturday, February 24, 2018

The Church of Almighty God_The Power of Faith in God | Christian Video | "Seventeen? The Hell You Are!"

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The Power of Faith in God | Christian Video | "Seventeen? The Hell You Are!"

"Kid! Do you know that the Communist Party is atheist and against belief in God? In China, what God is there for you to believe in? Where is this God of yours?" "Do not assume that because you are young, we will be lenient with you! If you keep believing in God, you will end up dead!" With electric rods in hands, the Chinese Communist police rush this youngster who is covered with bruises.
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Picture of The Church of Almighty God | Seventeen? The Hell You Are!

Friday, February 23, 2018

Eastern Lightning Christian Video | Chronicles of Religious Persecution in China | "To the Brink and Back"

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Christian Video | Chronicles of Religious Persecution in China | "To the Brink and Back"

Since it came to power in mainland China in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party has been relentless in its persecution of religious faith. It has frantically arrested and murdered Christians, expelled and abused missionaries operating in China, confiscated and destroyed countless copies of the Bible, sealed up and demolished church buildings, and vainly attempted to eradicate all house churches.
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Picture of The Church of Almighty God | To the Brink and Back

Friday, February 9, 2018

Eastern Lightning | God’s Light Led Me in the Tribulation

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God’s Light Led Me in the Tribulation

Zhao Xin     Sichuan Province

Picture of The Church of Almighty God | God’s Light Led Me in the Tribulation
From childhood, I lived in the mountain. I didn’t see much of the world or have higher expectations. After I got married and had children, both my sons were sensible and obedient and my husband was hardworking. Although our family wasn’t very well-off, we lived together harmoniously, feeling very happy and satisfied. In 1996, I suddenly had a serious illness, so I began to believe in Jesus. From then on, I often read the Bible and actively attended meetings. Unexpectedly, my illness got better gradually. Since then, I had greater faith in following Jesus.

Monday, February 5, 2018

The Church of Almighty God | God Is the Power of My Life

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God Is the Power of My Life

Xiaohe  Henan Province

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Picture of The Church of Almighty God | God Is the Power of My Life
How time flies! Fourteen years have flashed by since I followed Almighty God. In these years, although I have undergone various trials and hardships and frustrations, with the company of God’s word and God’s love and mercy, I’ve been especially enriched in my heart. During these fourteen years, what was most deeply engraved on my heart was my being arrested in August, 2003. After I was arrested that time, I was cruelly tortured by the CCP police and was almost disabled. It was Almighty God who cared for and kept me and led me with his word of life time after time, so that I overcame the cruel tortures of the devils and stood testimony. In the experience, I deeply felt that the power of Almighty God’s word is transcendent and Almighty God’s life force is great. I firmly believed that Almighty God is the only true God who rules over everything and controls all things and is even more my only salvation and reliance. No hostile force can take me away from God’s hand or hinder my footsteps of following God.

Friday, January 26, 2018

Almighty God salvation | The Persecution and Tribulation Made Me Love God More

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5. The Persecution and Tribulation Made Me Love God More

Liu Zhen    Shandong Province

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Picture of The Church of Almighty God | The Persecution and Tribulation Made Me Love God More

Friday, January 19, 2018

Who Is My Lord | Christian Short Film "The Three Self Church Is My Umbrella"

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Who Is My Lord | Christian Short Film "The Three Self Church Is My Umbrella"

One time, the Chinese Communist government captured many Christians of the Church of Almighty God from a particular location late at night. This matter caused a huge commotion locally. It triggered discussions amongst the members of the Three-Self Church. Some people believed that the Eastern Lightning has suffered the Chinese Communist government's cruel suppression and persecution. It is too dangerous to believe in the Eastern Lightning, and it is safest to believe in the Three-Self Church. They will not suffer hardships and they will be able to enter the heavenly kingdom. Other people believed that the Eastern Lightning is indeed the true way, but the persecution and arrest it faces is too severe. If they were to believe, they thought that it is better to believe in secret. Once the Chinese Communist government topples, they can believe openly in Almighty God. Some people had investigated the Eastern Lightning and yet, they believed that the Eastern Lightning spreads the gospel and bears witness to the Lord with no regard to life or death and that they are praised by God. They thought that the people who hide inside the Three-Self Church are cowardly people who drift through life without purpose and that they are not worthy to enter into the heavenly kingdom. … After this heated discussion, was everyone able to know what kind of people are praised by the Lord and whether the fearful can enter into the heavenly kingdom?
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Picture of The Church of Almighty God | The Three Self Church Is My Umbrella

Thursday, January 18, 2018

The Power of the Lord | Christian Movie "In the Deep of Winter" | The Testimony of a Christian

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The Power of the Lord | Christian Movie "In the Deep of Winter" | The Testimony of a Christian

Her name is Xiao Li. She has believed in God for more than a decade. In the winter of 2012, she was arrested by the Chinese Communist police at a congregation. During interrogation, the police repeatedly coaxed, threatened, battered and tortured her in their attempts to seduce her to betray God by disclosing the whereabouts of the leaders and money of the church. Particularly in one frozen night when the temperature was twenty degrees below zero, she was forcibly stripped naked, drenched with icy water, electrically shocked on her genital, and force-fed mustard water by the police…. She had suffered brutal torture and unimaginable humiliation. During the interrogation, she felt hurt and humiliated. She desperately prayed to God time after time. The word of God gave her timely enlightenment and guidance. With the faith and strength she received from God's word, she overcame the savage torture and demonic ravage and gave wonderfully resounding witness. Like a winter plum blossom, she exhibited resilient vitality by proudly blooming amid severe adversity, emanating delightful redolence …
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Picture of The Church of Almighty God | In the Deep of Winter

Monday, January 8, 2018

The Church of Almighty God | #10 The CCP Claims the Conditions of Religion in China Are Favorable. Massimo Introvigne: NOT True

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#10 The CCP Claims the Conditions of Religion in China Are Favorable. Massimo Introvigne: NOT True

In 2017, from June 24 to 28, and from September 14 to 15, the Chinese Communist Party had held two international anti-cult academic conferences successively in Henan and Hong Kong. In a subsequent Chinese official report, it reads, “Experts express that from this research study, sufficient understanding has been gained on China’s religious and anti-cult policies, dispelling previous misunderstanding about the issues of cults in China. At the same time, the conditions of religious belief in China are observed to be favorable. The grassroots’ freedom of belief is well protected.” Prof. Massimo Introvigne, an Italian sociologist, the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), who was invited to both conferences, debunks the report as follows.
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#10 The CCP Claims the Conditions of Religion in China Are Favorable. Massimo Introvigne: NOT True

Sunday, December 17, 2017

Christian Family Movie Trailer | Jesus Christ Is My Lord | "Red Re Education at Home"

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Christian Family Movie Trailer | Jesus Christ Is My Lord | "Red Re Education at Home"

Zheng Yi is a Christian. When he heard about the CCP government's brutal persecution of Eastern Lightning and the arrest of Christians during his work in the United States, he pondered, "The CCP is an atheist party, a satanic regime that resists God most. Under the frenzied persecution and suppression by the CCP, Eastern Lightning has still become increasingly prosperous. It most likely is the true way." So he examined Eastern Lightning on the website of The Church of Almighty God. He discovered that Almighty God's word is the truth and the voice of God. He determined that Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus. So he readily accepted the work of Almighty God in the last days. Four years later, Zheng Yi returned to China and passed on the work of Almighty God in the last days to his sister, Zheng Rui, a news reporter. Zheng Yi's father, Zheng Weiguo, is the minister of the United Front Work Department in a city of China. When he learned that his children had believed in Almighty God, he strongly opposed it and repeatedly used the rumors and fallacies of the CCP government to stop them from believing in God. On many occasions, Zheng Yi and his sister debated with their father. This spiritual war of the family ultimately ended with the truth triumphing over fallacy and the fact over rumor! Fearful of the CCP's evil power and determined to keep his official position and livelihood, Zheng Weiguo stubbornly took side with the CCP and compelled his children to give up their belief in Almighty God but to no avail. He finally expelled them from their home … Zheng Yi and his sister resolutely chose to leave their family and follow Christ to preach and witness God's appearance and work in the last days.
Picture of The Church of Almighty God | Red Re Education at Home