Beijing: Human Rights

Did you catch this in the Dallas Morning News?

"Although the communist government still tries to choose church leaders and keep believers in line, Christianity is growing in China because freedom is growing in China. The Chinese Communist Party remains an atheist ideology that views faith with suspicion. But the Chinese government's success in delivering a better material life has left a growing number of Chinese wanting to fill a spiritual vacuum where Chinese communism has little left to offer.

President Bush and Dallas Theological Seminary President Mark Bailey worshiped at Beijing Protestant church Sunday to encourage religious freedom. Bailey and Dallas Theological are making a contribution with Web-based instruction for Chinese seminarians."

I'm told one of our online students is directing the counseling effort to help people devastated by the earthquake. Pray for the church in China...