AFTER SEVEN MONTHS IN PRISON, MORE CHARGES FOR CHINESE PASTOR
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The pastor of Early Rain Covenant Church in China is facing new charges from the communist government seven months after he was arrested alongside 100 members of his congregation.
In addition to “inciting subversion” and attempting to turn people against the Chinese government, Wang has now been charged with “illegal business activity,” Radio Free Asia reports.
A local Christian told the outlet that the so-called illegal business charge is likely due to the fact that authorities have little evidence to support the subversion charge, which can result in up to 10 years’ imprisonment.
“They want to charge Pastor Wang Yi with inciting subversion, but even they know that this isn’t a very persuasive accusation,” the person said. “So they are hoping for a breakthrough using economic [crimes].”
The pastor of the 5,000-member church, his wife, Jiang Rong, and about 100 other Early Rain members were arrested on Dec. 9, 2018. While Jiang Rong was released after six months, her husband and four other members of the church remain in secret detention.
Some church members who were detained and later released described how police tortured them in an attempt to turn them against Wang. Some claimed police tied them to a chair and deprived them of food for 24 hours.
Additionally, authorities ransacked and sealed Early Rain Covenant Church’s properties, including offices, a kindergarten, a seminary, and a Bible college, and searched the homes of many of its members. Police also forced church members to sign a pledge not to attend the church again, and around half of the church’s original membership remain under close surveillance by police.
“There’s nothing we can do,” a Christian surnamed Li told Radio Free Asia. “Any more than about five or six people gathered together will attract attention … and if they find you, you will be detained.”
“Around 50 to 60 percent of Early Rain members are currently under surveillance right now,” she said. “Their phones and [social media accounts on] WeChat are being monitored.”…
(Excerpted from The Christian Post, article by Leah MarieAnn Klett.)
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Thank you, Lord, for China and Hong Kong as well. We lift them before your throne, asking that your name be lifted up and honored in that country. Jesus died for China and paid the price for China to be delivered from darkness. We pray that righteousness would rule that land, that all barriers and obstructions be bound and cast down in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. We pray for Pastor Li and the imprisoned church members would be freed in Jesus’ name. We pray that the prisons would be places of Revival and that your spirit would fill those places, bringing salvation to guards and administration as well. We take authority over ever prison and command those doors to open in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. They cannot stand closed to Pastor Li and all other Christians. We pray that they would be strengthened and encouraged right now wherever they are. May they be healed may the preach boldly. Give them power to love their captors and fellow prisoners. May they do good in return for evil. Protect them from evil and may their hands not take part in iniquity. We love you, Lord. In Jesus name, Amen.