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Back around the mid 90's ABC's Nightline news show devoted a complete show to the persecution of Christians in Communist China.
The Christians they profiled were obviously Pentecostal (in actions not dress code). They showed how for a special meeting preachers made their way to a large home in the country (looked like a farm) and then slept in a hidden room. The meeting was held out in the woods in a primitive barn type structure.
They talked about how many of the preachers had been arrested. Some got out of prison and others were never heard from again.
I remember after watching this secular newscast I sat there in tears ashamed for how much we take for granted.
It was an unbelievable program. It was as if a church organization had paid ABC millions of dollars for national air time. It was also ABC that in the midst of it's liberal secular programming chose the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir as its "Person of the Week" on the evening newscast. They proceeded to show the choir and interview members whose lives had been changed by God from drug addicts, prostitutes, etc to BT choir members. It was very powerful. The airtime was worth probably hundreds of thousands of dollars if you had wanted to get that message out in a commerical on that newscast.
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