We've known it for a while now -- China is destined to be home to the world's largest Christian population. And if evangelists like Luis Palau have their way, gospel rallies and healing crusades in tents, megachurches and stadiums will become a reality before you know it. This month in Hangzhou, Palau, widely touted as America's greatest evangelist after Billy Graham, will be preaching in a massive rally that is expected to draw up to 20,000. Christian Post reports:

American evangelist Luis Palau will preach to an overflow crowd of up to 20,000 people at a megachurch in mainland China this month. more ›

Looks like evangelist Franklin Graham who previously made the news in the China Daily for "hoping to do more for China" is seriously putting his money where his mouth is. Speaking from Shanghai after a tour of Beijing, Hangzhou and Nanjing, the CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (named after his dad) and international Christian relief organization Samaritan's Purse has just donated a whopping RMB2 million, or US$285,000. That's a whole lot of money, ladies and gentlemen! To put things into perspective, even Singapore, which has one of the world's highest GDP per capita, only managed a paltry US$200,000 or RMB1.4 million. more ›

... and so says the — surprise, surprise — China Daily! This most unlikely piece of news comes from the nation's favourite English paper shortly after we heard that China Philharmonic's been performing for the Pope:

Evangelist Franklin Graham said in Beijing on Friday that he wants his organizations to become more involved in China. more ›