China Detains Americans And House Church Leaders After Worship Service

[Ian David]

China Detains Americans And House Church Leaders After Worship Service

Wednesday, 25 April 2007 (4 hours ago)
By BosNewsLife News Center

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Four Americans and nearly two dozen Chinese house church leaders were believed to be in detention Wednesday, April 25, after they were reportedly arrested last week following a Christian worship service in China's Xinjiang province.

US-based religious rights group China Aid Association (CAA), which has close contacts with Chinese house church groups, told BosNewsLife that about 30 "major house church leaders" were detained in Akesu city on April 19 when they met with the four unidentified American believers.

While the Americans, including a senior pastor and an associate pastor, were held for "questioning in an undisclosed hotel" the Chinese pastors were forced to stay at the A Ke Su City Detention Center, CAA quoted its sources as saying. The translator for the Americans, Jinhong Li from Beijing, was apparently also still detained Wednesday, April 25.

Eight Chinese pastors have reportedly been released from the group of 30 church leaders, but at least six others already received "criminal detention papers" for 30 days on charges of being involved in "evil cult activities", CAA said.


Last year US President George W. Bush met Chinese House Church intellectuals in the White House. US officials now negotiate the release of American Christians in China. Via CAA

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[geardaddy]

1. Kind of off topic, but...

I lived in Beijing for a year in college in the 80s. Isn't Xinjiang primarily Muslim? What were they doing there?

[MasonJar]

2. Now that is not fair. The Bushites let Rex Moon do anything he wants

over here.

[Critters2]

3. And yet, the good Christians at WAl-Mart prefer to do business

with China. Interesting.

[lonestarnot]

4. China sucks ass and kills dogs and cats.