This is from [email protected] Dear friends, The meeting site of a Christian house church in Beijing was raided for being an “illegal gathering.” According to the believers, at least three house church meetings in the local area were raided by police. More than 20 people, including police officers, religious affairs officials and joint defense team members burst into a meeting of 25 believers where they began breaking up the meeting, destroying installations in the room, and removing four or five cases of Bibles! When a radio station contacted the local police and religious affairs officials on Monday they told the station that due to security concerns believers are not allowed to meet in private. On Sunday morning, a meeting of Christians from the Harvest Church was broken up by more than 20 people from Gaoliying Police Station where the police cut short the sermon, forcibly dispersed the believers, and searched the rooms for religious items. Mr. He said: “More than 20 of them came in yesterday while we were meeting. As soon as they arrived, they started removing computers, projector and stools from the room. Their director said that we were not welcome, and [they] took all our books, hymnals and Bibles. These past few days, weve been getting ready to negotiate with them and get our things back.” Click here to make a donation to help the persecuted like Mr. He Another person, Ms. Xing, said the police officers were rude and outrageous after they entered the room, shouting “Stay seated! Don’t move! [They were] like bandits, even grabbing the Bibles we were holding in our own hands. And, when we tried to make a video recording of them with our cell phones, they grabbed the phones and deleted everything.” House church believers hold small meetings throughout Beijing, and most of the time, the authorities don’t interfere, but an Officer later explained that this meeting was broken up because, as he put it “there was a relatively large number of people there; there were children and elderly people. If something dangerous happened, they themselves cannot be held responsible.” Mr. He said that many house churches in that town met with the same fate. Also, Beijings Chenguang Bookstore, which mainly sells religious literature, was subjected to multiple inspections from different government departments around the October 1 National Day holiday – they were told that they could be shut down. On October 18, 2013, Christianity Today released information about a new report that was introduced in a meeting in the Houses of Parliament. The report claims that the persecution and resulting exodus of Christians in many countries threaten the religions worldwide status. And, the report also claims that the two largest sources of said persecution are fundamentalist Islamist groups and communist governments. In communist countries, such as China, efforts to exert control over the Christian population have increased as well. China continues to insist on asserting its authority over all Christian groups, especially over those not registered with the State. Help ChinaAid aggressively pursue its three-fold purpose: 1) “exposing the abuses,” 2) “encouraging the abused,” and 3) spiritually and legally “equipping leaders” to defend their faith . . . ChinaAid strives to promote religious freedom for all! As an international non-profit Christian human rights organization, ChinaAid is committed to promoting religious freedom and the rule of law in China. We believe that religious freedom is the first freedom, which lays the foundation for all other basic human rights. Your help is needed to support and encourage those who are being abused and oppressed in China. You can make a difference in equipping leaders to defend their faith and freedom! Please prayerfully consider sending a gift right now. Your gift of $500, $300 or $150 will immediately be used to help these dear people like Mr. He and Ms. Xing. Please pray, then make the most generous gift possible (click here to make a gift). Thank you for standing with us in defending faith and freedom! Serving the persecuted, Bob Fu P.S. Remember, Christianity Today released information about a new report that claims that the persecution and resulting exodus of Christians in many countries threaten the religions worldwide status. And, the report also claims that the two largest sources of persecution are fundamentalist Islamist groups and communist governments. The persecution of Christians getting worse! Please help me help those who are being unjustly persecuted.
Posted on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:54:26 +0000
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