Product Description

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, as did prostitution and pornography, extortion and fear.

When Jackie Pullinger set sail from England in 1966 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.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #108342 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-16
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Nicky Gumbel
Truly inspiring... a wonderful book.

Review
'Truly inspiring ... a wonderful book.' (Nicky Gumbel, Holy Trinity Brompton )

‘Jackie Pullinger has helped to turn a city around and has saved lives, all because of the compassion that she’s received from Jesus. She is clear and straight up in the way that only someone who is actually doing what she says can be.’

(Mike Pilavachi )

‘One of the most dramatic Christian autobiographies ever published’

(Church of England Newspaper )

‘Anyone less likely to go tripping into the vice dens of the notorious Walled City could not be found. Maybe her ignorance saved her ... or her courage.’

(Daily Mail )

‘A book to stop you in your tracks.’

(Liverpool Daily Post )

Synopsis
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, as did prostitution and pornography, extortion and fear. When Jackie Pullinger set sail from England in 1966 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.

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Customer Reviews

life changing
I read this book as a 16 year old and found the account of Jackie Pullinger's work in Hong Kong exhilarating and inspiring. As a 17 year old, I had the opportunity to go out to work with her, together with two friends, all three of us keen to do something "different" before starting at University. I remember seeing the small, outlying islands of Hong Kong through the aircraft window as we began our descent and wondering whether what I had read in Chasing the Dragon would prove to be exaggerated, or simply false. What I discovered was not "simply" that heroin addicts were indeed routinely coming off the physical addiction of life-long heroin abuse painlessly when they prayed, and were prayed for, by former drug addicts and helpers from around the world, but that there, in Hong Kong, through Jackie and her team, there was a work that combined the "social gospel" of outreach to the poor, sick and hopeless, with a belief and trust in the miraculous intervention of God in people's lives. The hungry were fed, the sick were cared for, families were put back together and, yes, the miraculous took place. It became not only a life-changing experience for me, but a bench mark by which I have come to evaluate other Christian ministries.

Chasing the Dragon
I found this inspirational when it first came out several years ago. It gave me confidence as a GP in working with people with drug addiction. Having heard Jackie Pullinger speak recently, I want to buy another copy to lend to people.

Bible thumping
This is a terrible book in many senses. The book meanders through a slew of different anecdotes, which are unrelated, except for the fact that at every turn God is there to perform miracles (ie someone quits smack cold turkey = miracle). Its not believeable, its not a well told tale, and its quite frankly boring. The same lesson is drilled into your head over and over. Accept Jesus and you will be saved. I did't realize that this was a heavily religious book, because i bought it on amazon on a 'package deal'. Mistake. I admit that i gave up 3/4 of the way through, which under the circumstances i thihk was a Herculian effort. You won't like it unless you've been born again.