Spiritual hunger of Chinese lead to growth in underground Christian churches
On June 27, the Rocky Mountain News published an article by Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times that reported about spiritual hunger in China:
"Christianity is booming as never before in China, and some giddy followers say China could eventually have hundreds of millions of Christians—perhaps more than any other country in the world...
"This boom in religion, particularly Christianity but also including the Bahai faith and various cults like Falun Gong, reflects a spiritual yearning among many Chinese. While China has official Catholic and Protestant churches, the fastest-growing churches are the underground ones—usually evangelical without any specific denomination—that are independent of the government. The total number of Chinese Christians today probably exceeds 40 million, and some estimates go far higher."
—Sources: Rocky Mountain News, www.pekingduck.org
