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Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church’s Youth Summer Camp Faces Joint Law Enforcement Action
The Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church commenced a three-day youth summer camp on July 24. Approximately fifteen children aged six and older participated, accompanied by three sets of church ministers and their wives: Pastor An Yankui and his wife, Brother Wang Yingjie and his wife, and Brother Zhang Chenghao and his wife. Around 5:30 PM on…
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Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church Prayer Update July 25, 2023
Yesterday (July 24), our church began a three-day youth summer camp, which was interrupted around 5:30 PM today by police and civil affairs bureau personnel from Yangqu County, where the camp was located. They took away Pastor An Yankui, Brother Wang Yingjie and his wife, and Brother Cheng Hao. They also called the parents of…
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Kingdom Prayer Request – Bengbu Living Stone Reformed Church July 22, 2023
May justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream. I am You Xiulin, the wife of Pastor Wan Changchun from Bengbu Living Stone Reformed Church. On April 11, 2023, my husband Wan Changchun was detained by the Yuhui Sub-bureau of Bengbu City, Anhui Province, on suspicion of “illegal business operations” and is…
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Elder Hao Ming: Reflections from Prison
Editor’s Note: Hao Ming, a member of the Early Rain Covenant Church (formerly an elder of the Deyang Qingcaodi Church, who joined the Early Rain Covenant Church after retiring in early 2021), was detained on November 17, 2021, by the Deyang Public Security Bureau on suspicion of “fraud.” He was later arrested with the approval…
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Kingdom Prayer Request – Linfen Golden Lampstand Church July 11, 2023
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, peace be with you! Pastor Wang Xiaoguang, Preacher Yang Rongli, and 12 other brothers and sisters from the Linfen Golden Lampstand Church have been falsely accused of “fraud” and have been imprisoned for two years (6 of them were released on bail pending trial, while the other 6 have…
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The Linfen City Procuratorate refused to accept the opinions of lawyers, and the Shanxi Provincial Procuratorate avoided the leadership responsibility of the higher authority.
The Linfen City Procuratorate refused to accept the opinions of lawyers, and the Shanxi Provincial Procuratorate avoided the leadership responsibility of the higher authority. Linfen City Procuratorate refused to accept lawyers’ opinions and failed to perform legal supervisory duties. In the case involving Li Jie, Han Xiaodong, Wang Qiang, and others from the Covenant Home…
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Mother Cao’s Direct Flight to Kunming to Visit Her Son
Pastor Cao Sanqiang, born in 1959 in Changsha, Hunan Province, established a home church in his hometown in Shaoyang City, Changsha, in his early years, and later became a pastor for the “China Gospel Fellowship.” In 2017, Pastor Cao and another Christian were intercepted by border guards upon their return to China from Wa State…
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Letter from Elder Wu Jianan to His Wife July 6, 2023
Editor’s Note: Elder Hao Ming and Elder Wu Jianan from the Deyang Qingcaodi Church in Sichuan have been detained in the Deyang Detention Center for a year and seven months on charges of “fraud,” and have yet to be brought to trial. Elder Wu Jianan’s wife, Sister Cui Yanqin, has two sons, aged 10 and…
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Breaking News: Brother Zhao Weikai Released Today After Serving Full Sentence July 6, 2023
Brother Zhao Weikai, a coworker from the Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church in Shanxi Province, was falsely accused of the crime of “illegally possessing materials promoting terrorism and extremism” due to his Christian faith and for homeschooling his three children. He was sentenced to two years in prison. Today, brothers, sisters, and family members went to…
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Fang Yuan, Tang Jingling, Yan Peng: Christianity and the Labor Movement
These are three legendary Christians: one turned from a labor movement leader to a party organizer, one is a labor rights lawyer within the labor movement, and one is a labor movement leader who became a pastor. They tell their stories.
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