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activities representing persecuted Christians and other minorities is Jiang Tianyong. We spoke to his wife Bianling Jin, who told us how her husband was tied in a marble ‘tiger’ chair for 24 hours in a detention centre.
Despite the deteriorating situation inside the country, our partner
Bob Fu, founder and president of ChinaAid, which supports persecuted believers, is optimistic for the future of the church, and by extension, the nation itself. ‘Persecution is not a
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‘It had such an impact on his body that there are things he can no longer physically do,’ she said.
loyalty
Jiang who is still in China, confined to his home because of Covid restrictions, was beaten by the police in 2014 as a result of his human rights work, suffering eight broken ribs. Two years later he disappeared for a couple of months and was then sentenced to two years in prison. On his release he was put under house arrest for a further three years and deprived of his political rights.
new thing. I think God will use this
new wave of persecution to revive the church. One study by a university in the US concluded that there are 100 million to 130 million Christians in China already and estimates that by 2030 there will be 224 million, based on a lesser degree of persecution. Fastest growth is when persecution is worse so from that perspective we can say that President Xi Jinping is in fact a faithful servant of God!’
According to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda, they are known as ‘vocational training centres’ – as if their purpose is job reskilling. These camps are predominantly sited in Xinjiang province and the Uyghur Autonomous Region.
‘We have been separated for nine years now,’ Jin told us. ‘Every day I pray for my husband and his health. Please pray with us that he can leave China
If Bob is right, then given the intensification of persecution under President Xi Jinping, it looks like the church in China is on course for a period of significant growth!
‘The CCP propaganda makes
these camps out to be about “de-extreminisation” or mind transformation,’ said Bob Fu of ChinaAid. ‘In essence if you do not see the CCP as your saviour then you are branded an extremist.’
and that we can be reunited.’
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‘Nazification’
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As part of its attempt to control all aspects of life, the CCP is ruthlessly