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DAUGHTER OF LINFEN CHURCH PRISONERS SPEAKS OUT
Stand in Solidarity with the Linfen Faithful
Send a letter of encouragement to the Linfen Prisoners and their families.
Interview by Gary Lane, CBN News Senior International Correspondent.
Pastors Yang Rongli, Wang Xiaoguang, Yang Xuan, Yang Caizhen, Yang Hongzhen, Li Shuanping, Zhang Huamei, Cui Jiaxing, Gao Qin, and Zhao Guoai remain isolated from their families and friends while in prison and in the labor camps. Many have been barred from seeing their children and relatives since they were first arrested in October, 2009. In these dark times, the loneliness and physical abuse can become unbearable.
A simple note of encouragement from you will remind them that they are not alone, they are not forgotten.
Send a letter of encouragement to the imprisoned pastors and their families today, and share light with them in these dark times. Click here to Send a Letter of Encouragement.
The Persecution of Linfen Church
Before dawn on Sunday, September 13, 2009, a crowd of 400 government officials, police and hired ruffians launched an attack on Linfen-Fushan Church in Shanxi. With no warning, members who were sleeping at the church construction site were mercilessly beaten, with more than 30 left in critical condition. Bulldozers razed the factory and church building to the ground, and the mob looted any valuables and smashed the remaining property. Following the brutal attack, the Fushan governing officials arrested more than ten Linfen church leaders. On November 25, the Linfen case was sent to trial. ChinaAid has since documented the Linfen Church story, to make the truth known to the world.
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Linfen Church.
Daughter of Imprisoned Linfen Pastors Speaks Out
In her appeal, Esther (Far Left) calls on the international community to fight for religious freedom in China.Raised by two Chinese house church leaders, Esther (Yang Xue) is no stranger to the sacrifice entailed with being a house church member. Her father, Yang Xuan, chose to forgo the comfortable life of a Three-Self pastor to follow his belief in Biblical teaching. Her mother, Yang Caizhen, left a stable career as a doctor to support her husband in ministry. In 1994, Esther’s family moved to Linfen City to join and nurture the house churches in Shanxi. On October 11, 2009, Esther’s parents, Yang Xuan and his wife Yang Caizhen, were arrested and detained in the sweeping backlash against Linfen Church leaders, following the 9/13 attack on Fushan Church and the arrests of several Linfen pastors. In her letter of appeal, Esther shares the story of her family and calls on the international community to support efforts to free religious prisoners in China.
Help Linfen Church!
Join ChinaAid in supporting the lawyers and families of these imprisoned Linfen Church pastors, by contributing to our Family of Prisoners and Legal Defense Funds.
ChinaAid has provided funding to cover the legal costs of the Linfen Case, and will continue to do so until the prisoners are freed and justice is restored. These funds go directly to the family members of prisoners of conscience for basic needs during this trying time, and to the lawyers who are leading the defense and filing the cases and appeals.
ChinaAid needs your help to continue defending the persecuted. We humbly ask you to consider contributing to these funds and joining us in our efforts to secure religious freedom in China. With your help, we can continue to bring truth to light and pursue justice for Linfen Church.
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