{"id":7256,"date":"2018-09-11T13:13:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T04:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/?p=7256"},"modified":"2019-06-19T15:52:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T06:52:52","slug":"vomk-report-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/2018\/09\/11\/vomk-report-23\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I AM CRYING OUT LOUD\u2019 : CHINESE PASTOR WRITES LETTER ABOUT HENAN PERSECUTION"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”(Zhengzhou, Henan\u2014Aug. 31, 2018) A pastor penned a letter yesterday decrying the persecution of churches in China\u2019s central Henan province, which is undergoing a fierce suppression of the Christian faith. ” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:1.2em|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” el_class=”headline”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”7262″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

A Henan church forced to display the Chinese flag. (Photo courtesy of ChinaAid)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Recently, Pastor Shen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Xianfeng<\/span><\/span>\u00a0has visited some of these churches, of which he notes in the letter, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll these churches were assaulted seriously; they [the government] has utilized any [government] department they could utilize with any methods\/tricks they could adopt.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0“<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cAll kinds of official forces, from public security, armed police units, high ranking officers or low-rank ones from the levels of province, county, and village all came out to threaten, to detain, to tear down, and to seal house churches\u2019 doors and to hit, break, and rob, [using] all kinds of means to repeat what happened during \u2018the Cultural Revolution.\u2019 What they did was totally not based on the law, and it was improper and unreasonable. They acted in direct opposition to righteous and moral principles.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After China\u2019s new Regulations on Religious Affairs went into effect in February, narrowing the margins by which unregistered churches were previously allowed to flourish, Henan authorities have targeted these congregations and closed them down and forced them to display the Chinese flag and pictures of Mao Zedong and current Chinese President Xi Jinping, sometimes even taking Christians into custody.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Voice of the Martyrs Korea<\/a> shares the stories of Christians like Song\u00a0Enguang<\/a>\u00a0who are persecuted for their faith so that the voice of the martyrs never falls silent. To learn more about the Chinese church and about the ways you can support them through Voice of the Martyrs Korea<\/a> please visit\u00a0www.vomkorea.com<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The pastor\u2019s letter has been included below.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1529640607436{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_text_separator title=”A Letter from Pastor Shen\u00a0Xianfeng” color=”custom” el_width=”40″ accent_color=”#333333″ el_class=”.line-for-40″ css=”.vc_custom_1536642883476{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column_text]These days, I visited many persecuted churches in the cities of Xinyang,\u00a0Tongbai,\u00a0Tanghe, and Nanyang in Henan Province. All these churches were assaulted seriously; they [the government] has utilized any [government] department they could utilize with any methods\/tricks they could adopt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All kinds of official forces, from public security, armed police units, high ranking officers or low-rank ones from the levels of province, county, and village all came out to threaten, to detain, to tear down, and to seal house churches\u2019 doors and to hit, break, and rob, [using] all kinds of means to repeat what happened during \u201cthe Cultural Revolution.\u201d What they did was totally not based on the law, and it was improper and unreasonable. They acted in direct opposition to righteous and moral principles.\u201d<\/p>\n

My heart is aching, and I am sad. I am crying out loud. What I cannot figure out day and night is this: do these governing authorities really want to have the war be interior and exterior? To fight the exterior trade war with the U.S.A. and to fight the interior war with vulnerable and kind Christians? What are they thinking about? What is their purpose?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For all kinds of government departments, there are so many other major things they do not want to manage. But they are interested in using political machineries to make themselves the enemies of the Christians with while making trouble out of nothing. Do they have nothing to do? Who gives them the rights? What kind of result do they want to achieve? Are they reaching their plot? Is it worthy to do this?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But alas, so sad, my country!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pastor Shen\u00a0Xianfeng\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Aug, 30, 2018\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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