American Church Leaders Deported; Beijing House Church Pastor Tortured in Prison
Posted Mar 02 2005
4-5-2005 - American Church Leaders Deported; Beijing House Church Pastor Tortured in Prison
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Midland, Texas (CAA)-March. 2, 2005
According to CAA’s field investigators in China, at least 10 foreign evangelical church leaders including 8 Americans, one Taiwanese and an unknown number of South Koreans were detained and later deported by the Chinese authorities on February 25, 2005. CAA also learned from an eyewitness that the imprisoned Beijing House Church leader pastor Zhuohua Cai was tortured for a confession with electric cattle prods by his interrogators.
At 11am on February 24, over 100 Chinese security officers from five different government agencies raided an office building used as a temporary house church leadership training site in the suburb of Harbin city, the capital of Heilongjiang province, one of the major cities in northeastern China. 140 Chinese house church leaders from 7-8 provinces were attending church fellowship training with these “brothers and sisters in Christ from other countries,” according to one Chinese pastor who was at the scene when the incident happened.
CAA learned this raid was directly orchestrated by the director of the Public Security Bureau of Heilongjiang province and carried out jointly by the officers from the provincial public security, national security, foreign affairs office, religious affairs bureau and military police office. All foreigners were interrogated separately in the office building and a nearby transportation police station with interpreters of their respective languages. After a 13-hour detention and marathon interrogation, at about 1am February 25 (Beijing Time), all the foreigners were ordered to leave in 3-5 days. Among the deported are well-known American church leaders Rev. Dr. Brad Long and Rev. and Mrs. John & Susan Chang. Rev. Dr Brad Long, an evangelical Presbyterian minister (PCUSA) who is also the executive Director of Presbyterian Reformed Ministries International (www.prmi.org ), a North Carolina-based Christian training ministry. Rev. John Chang, recently retired as president of the general assembly of Reformed Church in America (RCA), and is now senior pastor of the Grace Christian Church in Flushing, NY City ( www.gcif.org ). A well-known Taiwanese church leader Rev. Lin Yuyuan along with two other Chinese-speaking Korean Americans was also expelled at the same time.
The interrogators were said to be well-behaved after the US Consulate in Shenyang City intervened.. It is believed that all of the deported Americans have returned home by March 1, 2005. According to CAA’s source, some spying devices were installed into the laptop computers carried by the deportees. About 140 Chinese house church pastors there were detained and interrogated and then released about 2am after they gave their home addresses and House Church affiliations with finger prints.
According to a reliable source, the PSB confiscated 20,000 RMB (US $2500) cash along with their cell phones owned by the Chinese pastors. Meanwhile, CAA learned from a reliable eyewitness report that prominent Beijing House church leader pastor Zhuohua Cai was tortured severely with electric cattle prods by his interrogators for his “confessions” tha the “illegally managing a printing business and illegally profited 200,000RMB”(US $25,000). The eyewitness told CAA that pastor Cai was seen physically wounded and spiritually depressed.34-year-old Pastor CAI was arrested on 9/11/2004 by the National Security in Beijing for printing “illegal religious literatures.” Cai’s wife, Ms. Yunfei Xiao, along with her brother, Gaowen Xiao, and sister-in-law, Jinyun Hu, were also arrested September 27 while hiding in Hengshan County, Hunan province.
The Cais left a five-year old son Yabo Cai in the care of his grandmother who has been constantly harassed by the police. “To disrupt a normal Christian fellowship meeting and to detain and deport the participants of the same faith from other countries is certainly contrary to the government’s claim to guarantee religious freedom in China,” said Bob Fu, CAA’s president, “to torture an innocent pastor like Cai for false confessions is a direct violation of the international human rights law. We urge people of all faiths to take action to protest the deportations of these pastors and demand pastor Cai and his wife’s immediate release.”
Letters of protest can be sent to the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC at the following address:
Ambassador Yang Jiechi Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
2300 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC 20008
Tel:(202) 328-2500
Fax:(202) 588-0032
Director of Religious Affairs: (202) 328-2512
Issued by China Aid Association, Inc. on March. 2, 2005.
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September 12th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
My wife and I went to a major city in China (Hunan Province). I was arrested and beaten while being interrogated. The PSB was trying to gain the location and pastors of the house churches in the city. I refused and was fined very heavily and told to leave China or face more arrests and fines.
October 3rd, 2007 at 8:27 am
My wife and I were chased out of Harbin by police pursuit. We had 24-48 hours to get out of our apartment and leave the city ahead of arrest. Never have I seen such police brutality as in Harbin.
November 7th, 2007 at 10:39 am
From Mrs Deborah Golden,
N°38 Rue Des Martyrs Cocody
Abidjan,Cote d’Ivoire,
deborah_j_61golden@yahoo.fr
Attn:
Dearest One Of God
I am the above named person from Kuwait. I am married to Mr Joseph Golden .who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in the year (28 March 2007). We were married for many years with out child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.
Before his death we were both born again Christian. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of (US$2.500million dollars in a Bank in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire west africa).
Presently,the fund is still with the bank.Recently, my Doctor told me that i have serious sickness which is cancer problem. The one that,disturbs me most is my stroke sickness.Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a church or individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want a church that will use this fund for orphanages, widows,propagating the word of God and to endeavor that the house of God is maintained.
The Bible made us to understand that Blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don’t want my husband’s efforts to be used by unbelievers. I don’t want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence i know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace.
I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband’s relatives is around me always I don’t want them to know about this development.. With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank here in Abidjan.I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my shephard. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life.
Contact me on the above e_mail address for more informations, any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another church or individual for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein. Hoping to receive your reply.
Remain blessed in the Lord.
Yours in Christ,
Mrs Deborah Golden,
February 15th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Dear Precious Sister in Christ,
May God bring to you HIS choice of those to receive this money in your husband’s name. I will pray for every coin to be used for God’s glory to bring help to orphans, widows and those suffering much, and needing to know of Christ’s love.
Sylvia Foss
May 6th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
My precious sister in Christ Deborah,
Let your heart not be troubled by what you are going through, our Lord is the MASTER of all situations, with him we live,move and have our being Act.17:28
My name is Etienne Fouda, I a man of since 1992
I Am on the same line of Thoughts as yourself, We hold crusades to shares the kimgdom of our father,
we work to plante churches,children santuarie and adultes care centres. Our work will geatly encrease by your support.
Your mail Miraculeously reach me in England from China, wile praying and waiting an anwser from God to go back to and put down revival missionary stations in a form of a ‘Cross in Africa North, south , east and west and central. What God ask us for the new program of social structures. I didn’t know how it is a miracle.
It is with great pain that I red your mail this morning.
As yourself,I have been a witness of painful situations in this life.
Three times I almost died, ones saw a man cuting his own troat I wanted to save him but it was to late.
Then God as my to preach salvation In french and English country.
Therefore I absolutly share your heart. I do know that there is no glory in deaf except when we are born again.
Please my sister don’t die, live as long as the lord will allow you to, and see the nations saved to the glory of God spread. This is a great time in the history of this World.
I am joining we my missinary team and pastors also others brothers and sisters around the world to carry you in prayer as a new born baby to let you rest in the hand of our Lord Jesus-Christ to Give you a miracle. His is the only one that have the last word in your case. I have seen many miracle in the work of God even resuretion taking place and more. If you need the Lying of hand only say it.
*I pray that the Lord Almighty Grant you the desires of your Heart right now.
Migh His divin power candle every atom of your body and fill it with life and strenght.
*I Pray Lord sends your angels to Deborah Right now .
Show her another side of your love, remember your wounds on the cross, your deaf for us.
Lord speak a Word of Life and let it come to pass. Give her the miracle of the Woman with the issue of blood In your Grace.I pray and receive it from your Trone in Jesus name.
*The Lord is saying to you “my Doughter ask me what you want I will give it to you, What ever It is. Don’t fear my Spirit comes and goes and do what ever I ask him so will He do”.
*Tell him please tell him ” Lord J’accepte ta volonté Guerire, pour te servire,
partir pour me tenir à tes cotés dans ta Présence.
*Seigneur Règnes en moi dans mon Corp et mon esprit.
-que tes meurtrissures guerissent mes blessures,
-mon corp tu es le temple du très haut
-mon corp sois saint en toutes chose,
- sois saint, oui sois saint
- Je t aime je accepte.
-Seigneur je Suis ton sujet
Règnes en moi Dans le nom de Jesus-Christ.
*My sister I am sorry for writing to you in french and English .
That is how it came to me .
if You have any difficulties with French. Let me Know.
I will also ask you not call me except the Holy spirit ask to do so For direct prayers
Send me e:mail or write to England address where I am right now:
Vine cottage blackbrook nantwich road Newcastle under-lime ST5 5EH Staffordshire
00441782671282 /00447828205482
If you need any other information do not hesitate. tonight I Will be praying for you from midnight.
Your Brother in the Plans of the Father
REv.Etienne Fouda
July 13th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
The only propaganda here is religious propaganda. Religion being merely an institution of lies, myths and superstition. Why do we tolerate religion? We shouldn’t. However religion has always been used to usurp nations, indigenious people from their rightful lands by supplanting their true racial identities with false ones, and geopolitical polarization. From Chinese (which is what they truly are) they are falsely led to believe that they are Christian Chinese and should support Western post-colonial agendas. From Chinese, they may become Muslim Chinese in support of Iran and Emirates sinister plans to dominate all of Asia turning each country into a muslim fanatical nation.
This site is small fry compared to government (UK, US) sponsored propaganda sites like BBC and Epoch Times. The point of conflict is you guessed it. Religion. Their excuse, to assert the rights of foreign nationalities bent on usurping any nation (namely China) or one of its territories, and to deny the rightful heirs to the nation namely the Chinese people themselves proper (without the religious affix or should that be afflictions).
The very basis of all religion has always been unproven myth, lies and metaphysical nonsense. Am I to take the words of these people on any current news event as the truth?
From allegations of torture or imprisonment for demanding (yes DEMANDING) special rights and privileges not as an individual but as a body that originates outside that country in question. No I choose to believe that these people are filthy liars always with an ulterior sinister motive. Buddhism itself is also a foreign element not from China. Its origins lie in India. Islam (Uighur) originates from Iran, Mecca and all the Emirate countries that have been taken by such a deceitful ploy (the most recent success of these vermin can be seen in the declaration of indepence of Kosovo).
“There is only true freedom. Freedom FROM religion.” Do not let these scum twist these words otherwise. Freedom from being influenced by these power hungry scum. Freedom from its dominion. Freedom from being misled by lies, myths, and con-man chicanery that is commonplace among their ilk. Often quoting from their garbage religious text which quotes real events mixed with their non-sensical generic rantings of all things they purport to understand. Why then do we have science if these religious figures have all the answers?
Their second tactic involves labelling an “evil”. Communism is evil. Not it is not. It is an inefficient means to govern a nation, but so is a Democracy. They will then associate all things extremist to that system of government namely nationalism. Oh, but it’s okay if the Democratic nations do it under the synonymous word “pariotism”. And when they attack another country under the guise of liberating that country, what they are really doing is the old time practice of conquering yet another nation in order to fuel their plans for economic expansion, i.e., “making allies” against some “evil”.
They control the media, and are an active participant in the dissemination of lies to further influence your neutral assumptions of things. They would like to control what you see, hear, or have an opinion on or against (or purport to since they would like you to view it from their point of view). I’m not talking about China FYI, although they do it as well, but this has only been reactive to the pro-aggresive actions taken by those violent against China and its sovereign right to rule its own country with NO obesiance to jewish-christian-catholic, islamic, buddhist charlatans. China for Chinese instead of China for Christians, Muslims, Buddhist (falungong ding dongs / nepal-mongoloid halfbreed tibetans as a race? lol). A nation with less liars. I can see no wrong in their motives.