{"id":5457,"date":"2025-12-17T16:50:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/china-more-crackdowns-more-revival\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:50:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:50:29","slug":"china-more-crackdowns-more-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/china-more-crackdowns-more-revival\/","title":{"rendered":"China: More Crackdowns, More Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>House church leaders in China teach new believers that to be a faithful follower of Christ, one must be willing to suffer for his faith. Bob Fu led a double life in China, making his living as a teacher in a Communist Party school then working after school to lead people to Christ and build up China&#8217;s house churches. It wasn&#8217;t long before his own willingness to suffer was tested. Today, after fleeing to the West, Dr. Fu is one of the foremost voices for China&#8217;s persecuted church. 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