[Keisha]

you have got to be kidding, outnumber, really, who in the heck told you that? I would say praise God too, if that were true, where did you get your stats? quite the opposite I was thinking...........how can you be Christian, keep your faith with no where to worship, learn about it, and have fellowship? underground, no, the kids would tell, kids grow up to be teenagers and teenagers often spar with their parents and some would threaten to tell the govmt. ????wish it were true, but I don''t think so, sorry.

[ModelBreaker]

Keisha, the early Christians started as a rag-tag group of about 500-2000 people and were the most heavily persecuted minority in the Roman Empire in the first and second centuries. By persecution, I mean crucifixion, burning at the stake type persecution. Every one of the apostles was murdered by the authorities in a gruesome manner. Many had no churches--meeting on the sly in members houses.

By the third century, the Roman Empire was Christian. In fact, Constantine had to outlaw church meetings in homes to force folks into his official church.

As far as I know, the poster's stats are pretty right on. I know that our church has contacts with Chinese evangelical churches and they are growing like wildfire. Sometimes they are allowed a church by the authorities. When they aren't, they figure out how to fellowship in private. The churches there are so successful that many are now sending missionaries to Europe.

A lot of Christian leaders have gone to jail or diappeared in China. Doesn't make any difference. Their Churches just keep growing.