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Documentary explores modern revival in Asian countries

A charismatic evangelist is spotlighting what he describes as the world's "largest numerical revival" in a new documentary that premiers Friday, reports Charisma News Online.

1040, hosted by minister and musician Jaeson Ma, explores the spread of Christianity throughout Asia, where the church has grown at an unprecedented rate in recent decades.

In China alone, the number of Christians has mushroomed from 1 million in the 1970s to 70 million today, with some sources estimating that there are more than 100 million Chinese believers. In Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, almost 10 percent of its 245 million people are Christian, according to U.S. State Department statistics.

"It's such a mind-blowing movement because really what you see out there is the book of Acts, it's happening just like it was written in the Bible," said Ma, 29, a U.S.-born evangelist who founded Campus Church Networks, a student-led church-planting movement based in California. "People are being raised from the dead; signs and wonders are happening, miracles and healing. Churches are being planted every day. Millions are getting touched with the gospel. It's shaking society and transforming the culture."

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[03/13/2010]

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