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retrospectively and they are still being held,’ said Bob.
action is taken against them if they don’t agree.
‘Pray for those in prison too, Christians such as John Cao, whose only crime was managing schools, and Wang Yi of Early Rain Covenant Church, who was given a nine-year sentence for a sermon on John 3:16 and urging President Xi to repent and turn to Christ. Six hundred members of the church have suffered arrest and some elders are still in prison.
‘We must remember and pray for them.’
The printing of scripture is also
now illegal unless authorised by the Government. ‘One Christian couple were sentenced to 12 years’ detention for printing Bibles.’
‘We need to equip the children so they can get the word of God.’
Targeted prayers
He said teachers, doctors and nurses were forbidden from practising their faith.
‘We need to pray more earnestly and with targeted prayers,’ said Bob.
‘The CCP want to target children
and the availability of the Bible. All Bible apps have been taken down
and in the past few years millions of Christian children have been ordered to renounce their faith in front of their class or school and even with police in attendance. Parents are coerced and
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LATEST PODCAST
Hear Bob Fu discuss his forthcoming speaker tour to the UK; his own story of faith and imprisonment in China and the opposition and threats he and his family faced more recently in Texas (see page 5 for more podcast details and page 21 for tour information).
THE 709 CRACKDOWN
On July 9, 2015, and in the days following, 200 lawyers and human rights activists – a significant number of them Christian – were rounded up. They were tortured and their families were persecuted and from that point on almost all human rights lawyers in China have been disbarred.
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