Finding Life’s Purpose - Shaun Bao
He left China as a member of the royal family. He returned as ambassador for the King of Kings.
He was born into the royal family of China—a 300-yearold dynasty. But the Chinese Communist Cultural Revolution in 1966 changed everything.
As a young man Shaun was selected by Mao Tse-tung’s wife to become a film star. He starred in the first movie to be shown in China after the revolution. His father was unaware Shaun had been selected and saw a poster on the street with Shaun’s photo on it. He was furious and told Shaun that members of the royal family were not to become actors
Shaun starred in 13 movies in eight years. He had fame, position, money and girls. But despite all this, he says, he “always felt very thirsty and hollow.” He eventually prayed, “Jesus if you are the way, show me. I have no other way to go.” He confessed his wrongdoing.
He says, “Then the world was so beautiful. Instead of feeling like a nobody, I felt like somebody.”
After his baptism, he started conducting mission trips, taking Bibles to China. People in China were so excited to have their own Bible. He moved back to China and started a house church. One of his early converts, Sarah, became his wife.
When his house church grew to more than 200 people, he realized they would have to expand. He now has 12 house churches and people from these house churches are going to other countries around the world as missionaries.
In China, it is still illegal to buy a Bible, so Shaun has discovered a way to overcome this obstacle. Shaun has published a biography on Jesus Christ: The Life of Jesus. He says that there are biographies for sale on many other famous people. At first, publishers refused to publish the book, telling him it was too dangerous to do so. But Shaun was persistent and finally found a publisher.
His book has now been endorsed by the Chinese government and is legal to sell and distribute. Shaun says “Please pray for us. . . . I believe China will be the biggest Christian nation in the world; we already have 100 million Christians.”
Pastor Shaun Bao is now the Executive Director of the China Harmony & Unity Center in Beijing.
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