I started writing blogs in 2014, after watching the news about a Chinese pastor in Henan Province who was arrested. The pastor was persecuted by the local government because his church was growing too fast and attracting way too many believers. Later, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for defending the property of […]
Tag: freedom of religion
While “wiretapping” is a heated topic in the United States, on the other side of the world the Chinese government “quietly” began a campaign of installing surveillance cameras in churches to spy on Christians. Recent reports say that the government will know exactly who is attending services and what is said from the pulpit. Ironically, […]
In 1947 when Chiang Kai-shek was in power, Bishop Cosmas Shi Enxiang was ordained by the Vatican. Two years later (1949), Mao’s Communist Party seized power and set about jailing Christian leaders, driving out missionaries and dismantling churches. In 1954, when the atheist Communist Party formally severed ties with the Vatican, Bishop Shi was arrested […]
April 14th, 2016 was an unusual day for a middle-aged Christian couple in Henan Province. The cacophonous sound of bulldozers became clearer and clearer to them, while they stood in front of their church. The pastor of the church, Jiangong and his wife Cuimei had refused to hand over their church grounds to a local […]
Brother Yun is an exiled Chinese Christian. Currently, he lives in Germany and visits the United States twice a year to share his story of imprisonment and torture because of his faith. He also leads an exile ministry to bring more and more people to Christianity. His message is so powerful that people who doubt […]
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy god giveth thee to possess it. (Deuteronomy 19:14) Anastasia Lin, Miss Canada 2015, was barred from attending the 65th annual Miss World contest held on the southern Chinese island […]
“When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.” I recently participated in a Pentecostal rally held by several local churches to celebrate Pentecost Sunday. This was my first time at a Pentecostal rally. As Acts 2:1 tells us, “When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one […]
“The context of this case can give us further insights into the twisted intentions of the Chinese government in regards Christians.” Many Americans may be familiar with the case of John List. He was a devout Lutheran and taught Sunday school. On November 9, 1971, he killed his wife, mother and three children in their […]
Hear us, our God, for we are despised. (Nehemiah 4:4) “Think about it – many people in the world cannot go to church today, because they are threatened to be killed or arrested if they go to a church like ours, New Life Assembly of God,” my pastor challenged our minds when he preached about […]
“I can’t help being enormously proud of this country, ‘the land of the free and the home of the brave’” On Sunday, July 6, I attended a church service imbued with patriotic sentiment; my first time to commemorate the 4th of July in church in the United States. Church members from different countries together sang […]