Results for: eastern lightning
Book Reviews
Redeemed by Fire
The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China
[…] these movements were. Taken to an extreme, this millennialism resulted in movements such as Hong Xiuquan’s “Heavenly Kingdom” (Taiping Tianguo) or, more recently, quasi-Christian sects such as Eastern Lightning, the Three Grades of Disciples (San Ban Puren), and the Exalted King (Beili Wang) sect. Lian contrasts this other-worldly character with the reformist agenda followed by […]
How Can God Reach These People?
A Look at the Chinese Diaspora in South Africa
[…] back home, and the inability to go visit, have brought great challenges and some question their faith. Rise of Chinese Extreme Churches Extreme churches such as 东方闪电( Eastern Lightning) have established churches in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Finances Finances are always a challenge. Except in the more established churches, most leaders have to be bi-vocational, […]
ZGBriefs | June 30, 2016
[…] (June 24, 2016, CNN) At least 98 people were killed and 800 more were injured after a tornado — accompanied by hailstorms, thunderstorms and lightning — hit eastern China early Thursday afternoon, the government said. The extreme weather, packed with winds up to 125 kilometers per hour, destroyed homes and factories and tossed cars […]
Sorting Rumor from Fact?
Look for the Red Chop
[…] editor of ZGBriefs I have done a fair amount of research on that site and it seems to have connections to, or at least sympathies with the Eastern Lightning/Almighty God cult in China. As a result, I tend to approach their stories with a healthy dose of caution. 2. “China” is conflated with what was […]