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Originally Posted by VoiceInWilderness
Christianity Today in Jan, 2015 listed the 10 most influential churches of the last century. #2 was the underground church movement in communist China. Also, in April 2014 both WN and WL, with emphasis on WL, were honored in the U.S. Congress as being instrumental in bringing the gospel to communist China.
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You infer causality with WN and WL to the underground church movement. That may be so, but how to tell, really? And if so, should we also infer causality to some of the wilder sects that have sprung up, like the Eastern Lightning? There is a point where "influential" may be accurate but in a negative way. Like Herod and Pilate were also influential in shaping the early Christian movement. (Not trying to argue here, just trying to provide food for thought).
Regarding being honored by the U.S. Congress, I assume you know that for 50,000 bucks you can get May designated as National Tulip Month? You can get them to read anything into the Congressional Register if you grease their palms. The Congress doesn't work without a quid pro quo, and that almost invariably involves money. How do you think they run those multi-million dollar election campaigns?
To me, public acclaim by the U.S. Congress is indication that someone, unnamed, put pressure on someone else, probably through monetary means, but also possibly through coercion, and voila! You have a public document. That's how the system works. Someone got paid off.