ICC Note: Unfortunately, this type of official harassment is all too commonly experienced by pastors and/or members of house churches in China.  Pray that the Christians there are not only able to withstand but also to overcome persecution such as this.

By Rachel Ritchie

05/12/2015 China (China Aid)

Authorities in China’s eastern Anhui province threatened a house church pastor on Friday after learning through monitored phone calls that the president of the Chinese House Church Alliance planned to deliver a sermon at the house church.

“I called Pastor Wu Changle, and the police listened to the phone call,” Pastor Zhang Mingxuan, president of the Chinese House Church Alliance, said. “The next day, six domestic security protection squad (DSPS) agents from the Suqian Municipal Public Security Bureau threatened Pastor Wu, saying that he must not welcome me.”
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Zhang has faced repeated persecution from authorities across China.  In Zhejiang in June, 2014, Zhang was delivering a sermon at a house church in Jiaxing when approximately 10 SWAT officers raided the gathering and took Zhang and another man to a local police station for questioning. Zhang experienced a similar situation in Jiangsu in May 2014 when government officials stalked him before his scheduled sermon.

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