Chasing the Dragon - Softcover

Pullinger, Jackie

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ISBN 10: 0340785691 ISBN 13: 9780340785690

Publisher: Hodder Pb, 2001

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Until it was pulled down, the Walled City was Hong Kong's most foreboding territory. It was a lawless place, dominated by the Triads, and which the police hesitated to enter. Strangers were unwelcome. Drug smuggling and heroin addiction flourished. It was a place of prostitution and pornography, extortion and fear. When Jackie Pullinger set out from England, she had no idea that God was calling her to the Walled City. Yet, as she spoke of Jesus Christ, brutal Triad gangsters were converted, prostitutes quit, and Jackie discovered a new treatment for drug addiction: baptism in the Holy Spirit. This new edition marks the 21st anniversary of this phenomenal bestseller, which has sold more than a quarter of a million copies around the world.

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Inside of Hong Kong was the infamous Walled City. Strangers were not welcome there. Police hesitated to enter. It was a haven of filth, crime and sin. Prostitution, pornography and drug addiction flourished. Jackie Pullinger had grown up believing that if she put her trust in God, He would lead her. When she was 20 years old, God called her to the Walled City. She obeyed. And as she spoke of Jesus Christ, brutal hoods were converted, prostitutes retired from their trade and heroin junkies found new power that freed them from the bondage of drug addiction. Hundreds discovered new life in Christ. Chasing the Dragon tells the whole amazing story—exactly as it happened. Equally amazing has been the reach of this ministry, now detailed in this updated and revised edition. From Hong Kong to the Philippines, Thailand and beyond, the ministry that started with Jackie and her friends taking people in to live and care for them has continued and developed to form the present St. Stephen’s Society. Prepare to be inspired by the testimony of a life given over to the poor and forgotten and the amazing blessings that resulted.

About the Author:

Jackie Pullinger: Jackie Pullinger has been awarded an MBE for her work with drug addicts in Hong Kong. Before it was pulled down, she worked in devastating circumstances amongst the addicts, prostitutes and Triad gangsters of the Walled City. Today, she continues to work among the most poor and needy of Hong Kong., Andrew Quicke: Andrew Quicke is Chairman of the School of Cinema-Television at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada. Andrew Quicke is Chairman of the School of Cinema-Television at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada.

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