China Gospel Fellowship able to worship openly

NANJING, China — In 2002, the China Gospel Fellowship (CGF) attracted worldwide attention when 34 of its top leaders were kidnapped by the cult known as Eastern Lightning. All hostages were eventually released. Since then, CGF has made efforts to root out the influence of Eastern Lightning from its churches. Relations with government authorities in Beijing have improved, to the point that CGF is no longer blacklisted as a dangerous cult and its members are able to worship openly. The house church network also sends married couples out to remote rural areas to do pioneering evangelism.