Open Doors UK will host a massive tour across the country with Chinese Christian Brother Johnny Li to highlight the impact of the organisation on the mission work in China. The tour will begin on Saturday 18th June till Sunday 26th June, covering many major cities in Wales, England and Scotland.
China - the ninth country on the Open Doors’ World Watch List 2005- has 10,000-25,000 new converts every day, even under the restrictions of the Communist government on religious freedom. Well-known for its commitment in supporting persecuted Christians in different parts of the world, Open Doors has been working to strengthen and resource the believers in Mainland China.
Brother Johnny Li’s UK Tour will launch with a main full-day event at St John's Church in Manchester on 18th June. The meeting marks the China Prayer Day, as part of the Open Doors’ 7-years China Prayer Campaign leading up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It will also feature a special "Project Pearl" recollection by Alan Hall, National Director of the Open Doors UK.
18th June in fact has very a rich historical significance for Open Doors in its China mission. On the night of 18th June 1981, Open Doors delivered one million Bibles to the beach at Shantou, a port city on the South China Sea, as part of the "Project Pearl". Over 2,000 Chinese Christians were waiting on the beach that night to hide or distribute the Bibles immediately.
"Project Pearl" is an initiative to deliver and supply Bibles to Christians in Mainland China, and was founded in 1981 due to the appalling shortage of Bibles. Sources say "Project Pearl" accelerated the Chinese government’s official printing of Bibles. The number of Bibles available to Chinese Christians has significantly increased after that historical event in 1981, even though believers in remote and rural areas are still crying out for Bibles and Christian literatures today.
Brother Johnny Li’s UK Tour starting from 18th June is to commemorate the historical "Project Pearl" and to give testimony about the situation of the China mission.
