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ATLANTA – The Bible Ministry Exhibition of the Church of China opened at its second stop in Atlanta on Friday, drawing hundreds of people including former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, who was among the speakers at the opening ceremony.

Following its showcase at the famed Crystal Cathedral in Greater Los Angeles, the exhibit reopened at Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church and will be opened to the public from May 19-24.

“We do have a ways to go in China and other countries,” said Carter. “There is too much intolerance. There is too much effort to dominate one another. There is too much … trying to define relationship between a person and God or someone else. These things are a reflection all over the world and not just confined to Christianity. My hope, belief is based on what Christ said – ‘Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.’” more >>

ATLANTA – The second China Bible Ministry Exhibition in the United States will open today at Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church in Northeast Atlanta.

Sponsored by the official Church in China, the exhibition entitled "A Lamp to My Feet, A Light to My Path - Bible Ministry Exhibition of the Church in China" will run from May 19 thru May 24. It will be the exhibition’s second appearance in the United States following the first in Los Angeles from late April to early May.

According to Tom Jack from the Atlanta regional preparation committee of the Exhibition, many Chinese churches in the region have been invited to visit. more >>

Chinese Christian activists who met with George W. Bush on Thursday expressed their gratitude for the U.S. president’s determination to champion for religious freedom in China.

Bush met with three high-profile activists – Yu Jie, Dr. Li Baiguang, and Wang Yi – at his White House residency for a private conference.

"The president of the United States represents the whole American people. That really means that the freedom-loving American people will stay affirmed for the fight for religious freedom to be improved in China," said Bob Fu, president of China Aid, which often championed for religious freedom. more >>

WASHINGTON – President Bush met with three prominent Chinese Christian activists on Thursday and pledged to discuss the issue of religious freedom with Chinese leaders in the future following the meeting.

Yu Jie, Li Baiguang and Wang Yi – high-profile Chinese activists from China – met with Bush at the White House to discuss the severe limitation of freedom of expression, religious freedom, and the rule of law in China. The three religious freedom activists are known to be strong voices in the criticism of the Chinese government’s controls on religion.

Although Li, who serves director of Beijing Qimin Research Center, has worked for human rights for years, the former university professor, freelance writer, legal professional, peasants’ right advocate and legal scholar earlier this month emphasized first the need for religious freedom in China. more >>

A prominent Chinese evangelical pastor Hong Yu-jian said that he was pleased to hear that Bush would see evangelical house church representatives at the White House.

"When I heard this [news], I was happy. That was my first reaction and I support Bush’s decision to see the representatives," said the Vancouver-based pastor, who emigrated from China over ten years ago and has been a favored guest-speaker at churches from North America to Southeast Asia.

The U.S. president will meet with three prominent Christians associated with China’s "underground" house churches – Yu Jie, Li Baiguang, and Wang Yi – at the White House on Thursday. more >>

Canada's Anglican bishops unanimously endorsed a motion expressing "grave concern" about proposed legislation in Nigeria that "would prohibit or severely restrict the freedom of speech, association, expression and assembly of gay and lesbian persons," Canada's national Anglican newspaper reported recently.

The motion, according to the Anglican Journal, also criticized the Anglican Church of Nigeria for its support of the legislation, which the bishops said is inconsistent with the United Nations' International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The bishops said they were "especially grieved" by the support for the legislation given by the Church of Nigeria, noting that the 1998 Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops called upon churches to "listen to the experience of homosexual persons," the Journal reported last Thursday.

The proposed laws, said the bishops, "criminalize civil and religious same-sex marriage as well as the public and private expression of same-sex affection, all public affiliation between gay persons and even publicity, public support and media reporting of the same." more >>