WorthyNewsBot Posted February 24, 2012 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.42 Content Count: 44,685 Content Per Day: 7.19 Reputation: 987 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted February 24, 2012 By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent BEIJING, CHINA (Worthy News)– In Xilinhot, officials from the Religious Affairs Bureau, the Public Security's Domestic Security Protection Squad, the United Front Work Department as well as local police raided a house church, confiscating its property and arresting the pastor and several of his congregation. Pastor Wang Dawei and two others were taken to the Xilinhot police station and interrogated for hours before they were finally released. The officials warned that if those attending the the Canaan Church didn't join a Three-Self church, their house church would be banned and they too would be arrested; the officials then confiscated all the Bibles and hymn books, installing new locks on the doors before they left the building. The officials later threatened the landlord of the meeting site and told him that Pastor Dawei was a wanted criminal and that his lease with the church should be terminated. But the landlord replied, "Even if I don't rent this place out to the church, they will go find another place to rent and worship there. And if their pastor is a wanted criminal, how come you released him the same day you took him in?" "Because I’ve been doing evangelistic work in Inner Mongolia for many years, so I have had many experiences of persecution by local authorities, including direct physical harm to me," said Pastor Dawei. "After we planted more than a few churches, they (the government) have been constantly pressuring me to lead these congregations to join the official Three-Self church. Our church follows the Reformed Christian tradition and our allegiance to the faith does not allow us to ally ourselves with anti-Christ forces and fake churches. Our believers are very clear about this, that forcing us to join the official church is the same as forcing us to abandon our faith." Pastor Dawei said that he and his congregation are prepared to suffer persecution for the sake of faith; he asked that churches everywhere pray for them. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gael Posted February 24, 2012 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 65 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/23/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted February 24, 2012 We truly need to keep out brothers and sisters around the world in prayer.; we have no idea the amount of persecution that is suffered in the name of Jesus. We are blessed to live in a country where we still have the privilege of worshiping the Lord without fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted February 24, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.92 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Amen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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