Filed under: China | Tags: China, christianity, Gao ZhiSheng, human rights, prison, religion, torture
It’s been 89 days that Gao ZhiSheng has been imprisoned. Help free him by signing the petition on freegao.com (click the link below). He is a Christian Human Rights Attorney.
Filed under: China | Tags: China, christianity, duplicity, Gao ZhiSheng, torture, underground
In China, the saying is that “everything is true…somewhere”. That is also the case when it comes to Christianity. On the one hand, we see articles put out on the huge growth, the relaxed laws, and the optimism on the Chinese government’s attitude towards Christianity.
One billion souls to save – Times Online.
While on the other hand you read accounts of extreme persecution of people who refuse to follow China’s strict religious freedom laws.
Gao ZhiSheng’s story of torture (pdf)
And the confusing thing is, both of these are true. China is such a diverse and unique place in this respect. You have the extremes of persecution and torture, right alongside growth and prospering of the underground church.
So for us it’s not a matter of “buying into” one of these stories. The fact is that China is a land of duplicity. And through both extremes, we know that God’s promises are being fulfilled.
We will “suffer for his name” (John 15:20), but His kingdom is destined to grow (Mark 4:26-29).
We just became aware of the case of Gao ZhiSheng. He is a Christian Human Rights Attorney in China who was arrested on February 4. He was imprisoned in 2007 and tortured for 50 days. I would think the torture this time would be greater because of his actions. Some things you can do:
* pray for him and his family (wife – GengHe; son – TianYu)
* go to www.alpharelief.org to download the pdf of his account of torture
* go to www.freegao.com to sign the petition for his release. (over 60,000 people have already signed. please do the same.)
Christians are suffering like this daily in China. Continue to pray for them.
AT
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