Tag: Faithful Disobedience: Writings on Church and State from a Chinese House Church Movement

... for pastors, their glory is not in their accomplishments nor even in their lives but rather in their investment in the church and in Christ, what will live into eternity (p. 162). Yi called it when he told pastors to get over being afraid of losing their jobs. That is earthly kingdom thinking, not heavenly kingdom thinking. I can see Yi saying churches must be public proclamations of freedom in Christ, for the sake of Christ and for others. This is what really living, fully living means, and to live under another's thumb (whether that is Satan, the Chinese Communist Party, or the pressure of public opinion, etcetera) is only partly living.