Article September 4, 1989 Issue

POSITIVE PRESS

"Young in China Being Stirred By an Old-Time Christianity"

The New York Times

"'Young people love to come to church,' said Miss Lu, a 20-year-old music student. 'It is very quiet and spiritual here.'

"Christianity is stirring in China, particularly among young people.... In the 1960's churches were closed and religious worship was banned. Not until Easter 1979, when a dozen Protestants gathered in Chongwenmen Christian Church in Beijing, did the central Government formally allow Chinese to attend Christian services again.

"'Now more than 1,000 people come to church each Sunday,' said the Rev. Yin Jizeng, who conducted the 1979 service He has seen the congregation expand until every seat is taken and people are standing in the aisles for a one-and-a-half-hour service."

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