Chinese Christians, and other Chinese religious groups are reaching out to America for help. At the moment, this voice is being heard through a small group of Chinese human rights attorneys.
With all the information that is thrown at us in these modern times, it is very difficult for a story to penetrate our senses. However, these men appeared in my Sunday school class one day, and my tears were irrepressible as they shared their stories of repression, beatings, kidnappings, and torture.
Testimony from Dai Jinbo:
"At dawn, on September 13, 2009, more than three hundred police officers, without producing any legal paperwork, stormed into "Gospel Shoes Factory," a gathering venue for house churches in Fushan County, Linfen, Shanxi. The government broke into the gathering place of the church members and used military weapons, wood sticks, bricks, iron hooks and other sharp instruments beat the people, while smashing and looting the property. They severely beat more than one hundred Christians who were caught entirely off guard. Many lost consciousness and many more collapsed in pools of their own blood. At the same time, bulldozers and other heavy machinery were dispatched to destroy and demolish many buildings. All this had occurred because the government departments deemed their meeting venue as "illegal buildings" for the sake of cracking down and oppressing house churches."
Here's what you can do to help:
- Pray. God is far more able to act then we are.
- Follow this continuing story at ChinaAid.org
- If you have a blog, or Facebook page, make this information available to your sphere of influence.
- Apply pressure on China by raising your own voice to your congressional leaders.
