01/12/2012 China (Gospel Herald) – Influential Chinese economist Zhao Xiao recently reported that the biggest church in the world is in China rather than what’s commonly thought to be Rev. Yonggi Cho’s Full Gospel Church in South Korea.
Although Yonggi Cho’s church comprises of 800,000 members and seats at the top among the global Christian churches, but after careful examination, Zhao said that the truth is that the largest church is in China.
There is a church in China that comprises of 100,000 congregations, which each congregation consists of an average of 50 people and the total combined figure surpasses five million – a figure that is five to six times that of Full Gospel Church. Moreover, that church in China is concerned about missions and has sent out over 100 missionaries overseas.
Although the continuous growth of Christians in China is obvious, the believers are lacking in quality and strength, and their ministries must try to improve continuously. In this aspect, Zhao encourages the church in China to learn more from the Christian churches in the neighboring country South Korea.
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Zhao emphasized that China’s experiences in the change from the cross is beneficial towards ensuring the country flourishes and the people live in peace, building a harmonious society, and bringing an abundant blessings to God’s kingdom.
Zhao first gained attention for arguing that China’s economy would benefit from the spread of Christianity. In 2002, he published a paper titled “Market Economies With Churches and Market Economies Without Churches”, which argued that the key to America’s commercial success was its churches.
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