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Linfen Covenant Home Church Prayer Request Letter
Three young brothers from the Linfen Covenant Home Church, Li Jie, Han Xiaodong, and Wang Qiang, have been detained since August 19, 2022, for over 300 days on suspicion of “fraud.” They are currently held in the detention center of Yaodu District, Linfen City. The Yaodu District Procuratorate’s prosecutors, Wang Lixian and Wei Bingbing, have…
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Prayer Request for Early Rain Covenant Church, June 28, 2023
On the evening of June 28, 2023, some brothers and sisters from Chengdu’s Early Rain Covenant Church gathered for a love feast at a brother’s home in Longquanyi District. Officials from the Longquanyi District Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, the Public Security Sub-bureau, and the Damaian Police Station, totaling about a dozen people, intervened.…
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Testimony Sharing in the Kingdom·Brother Chen Wensheng
Addiction I once struggled with nicotine addiction and gambling addiction. The need for cigarettes controlled me, demanding constant smoking, while the grip of gambling forced me into daily betting, with no days off throughout the year, even when I was sick with a cold or flu. However, I didn’t feel the suffering then; I found…
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Kingdom Prayer Request – Xiamen Missionary Baptist Church – 20230628
Thank you, brothers and sisters, for your prayers. Following the court’s verdict, we received a “Notice of Enforcement of Administrative Penalty Decision” from the Siming District Religious Affairs Bureau. The fines for my spouse and I have been increased from 100,000 to 200,000 each, totaling 400,000. We thank God for allowing us to share in…
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Kingdom Prayer request：Guangdong Shunde Shengjia Church_20230628
On June 28, 2023, four coworkers of Shunde Shengjia Church in Foshan, Guangdong – Preacher Deng Yanxiang, Brother Zhu Longjiang, Brother Wang Weicai, and Sister Zhu Qiaoling – were all arrested. With the approval of the People’s Procuratorate of Shunde District, Foshan, the Public Security Bureau of Shunde District arrested the four Christians under the…
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Prayer Request for the Kingdom – Hefei Youth Fellowship, Anhui, June 28, 2023
In the Hefei Youth Fellowship, Anhui, two leading co-workers, Brother Mu En and Brother Yi Nuo, were sentenced. Brother Mu En received a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence and a fine of 60,000 yuan, while Brother Yi Nuo was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 50,000 yuan. Brother Mu En, 35 years old, is married…
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Pastor Hong Yujian: Discussing the Relevance of the Gospel and Politics from the Lord’s Prayer
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Prayer Request for Xi’an Fengsheng ChurchJune 20, 2023
Pastors and preachers of the Xi’an Fengsheng Church, a Chinese home church, Lian Changnian, Lian Xuliang, and Fu Juan, have been subjected to coercive measures since August 17, 2022, on suspicion of “fraud,” exceeding ten months now. The progress of the case is as follows: From August 18, 2022, to February 15, 2023, they were…
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Prayer Request for the Kingdom – Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church
Following the detention of Wang Yingjie and his wife, Sister Wang Shufang of our church lost contact yesterday. This morning, it was confirmed by family members that she had been detained the night before last. We again invite the pastoral leaders and members to pray. May the Lord have mercy on His children and continue…
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Prayer Request for the Kingdom – Pastor Zeng from Linwu County, Hunan
Peace to my beloved family! I am Sister Quan Wanjuan from Linwu County, Hunan. My husband, Pastor Zeng, was administratively detained for 15 days by the Lanshan County Public Security Bureau on May 14th due to a Sunday service. After his detention ended on May 30th, he was again detained by the Public Security of…
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