What is True Jesus Church?
The '''True Jesus Church''' is a [[Christianity|Christian]] [[church]]. It was started during the [[wikt:early|early]] [[20th century]]. It is an independent Church. It split from the [[Pentecostal]] movement in [[China]]. The Pentecostal movement is an evangelical movement within [[Christianity]]. This group practices [[faith healing]], [[speaking in tongues]], [[baptism]] by putting a person completely under water, [[feet washing]] and the [[Saturday]] [[Sabbath]]. By [[1949]] they claimed 120,000 members; those members met in 700 churches. The True Jesus Church was banned in the [[People's Republic of China]] in [[1958]] along with all the other Christian churches, but they were allowed to reopen in [[1985]]. Since then, they have grown quickly and have spread across the whole country. They are strongest in [[Jiangsu]], [[Hunan]] and [[Fujian]] provinces. They say that daily [[prayer]] is very important, both private and public. They engage in vigorous evangelism.<ref>Lambert, T. 2006, ''China’s Christian Millions'', Monarch Books, Oxford, pp. 59-60</ref> Currently their [[church]]es are found in forty eight [[country|countries]] and six [[continent]]s. Followers of the Church reject the idea of the [[Trinity]] because they believe it is a man-made concept. Christian holidays were often near the dates of [[pagan]] ones. This is also true for [[Easter]], [[Christmas]] and [[Good Friday]]. The feast of [[Sol invictus]] was on the 25th of December. It was a very important holiday in [[Ancient Rome]]. Because of the pagan origins of the holidays, the True Jesus Church does not celebrate Easter and Christmas. The movement has between 1.5 and 2.5 million followers. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Pentecostalism]] [[Category:Protestant denominations]] [[Category:Religion in China]] [[Category:Religious organizations established in the 20th century]]