{"id":25118,"date":"2020-04-24T16:38:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T07:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/?page_id=25118"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:28:47","slug":"zhang-wen-shi-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/prisoners\/zhang-wen-shi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Zhang Wen Shi Imprisoned in North Korea for Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zhang Wen Shi, also known by his Korean name and title as Deacon Jang, is an ethnically Korean Chinese citizen who lived in Changbai, China, a town on the border between China and North Korea. He worked alongside Korean-Chinese pastor Pastor Han Chung-Ryeol, ministering to the North Koreans who crossed the border into Changbai.<\/p>\n

Though it is illegal to cross into China without permission, North Koreans often visit Chinese border towns to purchase goods for reselling in North Korea, to seek medicine or other help, and to conduct business. Near Changbai, North Koreans gather herbs on the North Korean side of the mountain and then take them into Changbai to sell at the market and bring the money back with them to North Korea.<\/p>\n

Deacon Jang regularly hosted these visiting North Koreans for days and weeks at a time before they returned to North Korea, giving them warm clothing, feeding them and providing supplies they might need for their return to North Korea. He saw this as his Christian duty to welcome the stranger, clothe the naked and care for the sick. As a believer, he also shared about his faith to those who were willing.<\/p>\n

A number of these North Koreans accepted the message and became Christians.\u00a0 Some returned to Deacon Jang\u2019s home repeatedly for more Bible training, and Deacon Jang and Pastor Han also taught them how to share their faith with their loved ones. Their goal was always to see North Koreans return home.<\/p>\n

In November 2014, Deacon Jang was kidnapped from China and put in a North Korean prison.<\/p>\n

Fifteen months later, Pastor Han was lured from his home and brutally stabbed to death in Changbai.<\/p>\n

Deacon Jang was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his ministry to the North Korean people.<\/p>\n

Since his imprisonment, a number of other prisoners have either encountered Deacon Jang in prison or heard a report about him.<\/p>\n

We urge you to write to or email the North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations on his behalf and respectfully ask for his release, using his Chinese name. We advise that you keep the letter brief and limit the request to the following: We request the return of Zhang Wen Shi to China.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Update<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deacon Zhang Wen Shi was released from prison in North Korea and returned home to China on November 5th<\/sup>. No other information is available at this time.<\/p>\n

Please pray for him and his family as he adjusts to living at home after spending so long in a North Korean prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them,
\nand those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.”\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

Hebrews 13:3<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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