In a single raid on a leadership retreat on June 11, police arrested more than one hundred leaders of the China Gospel Fellowship (CGF) house church movement. According to a witness to the arrest, around fifty police officers, probably from the Public Security Bureau (PSB), raided the meeting in Wuhan, Hubei Province, around 2:00 p.m., arresting everyone present, including one of the senior CGF leaders Xing Jinfu. There is no information on where they are being held. The CGF was founded in the mid-1980s and is one of five major house church movements, with over five million members.
Pray for the release of these leaders. Pray that the churches left without leadership at this point will be strong in their faith and witness for Jesus Christ. Pray for emotional and spiritual strength for the families of those arrested.
We encourage you to write to politely raise concerns about these arrests. Below is contact information for the Chinese Embassy in Canada and the United Nations. For additional contact information, click here.
Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations
350 East 35th Street
New York, N.Y. 10016
Phone: (212) 655-6100, Fax: (212) 634-7626
E-mail:
His Excellency Ping Mei, Ambassador
Embassy of the People's Republic of China
515 St. Patrick St.
Ottawa, ON K1N 5H3
Phone: (613) 789-3434, 3513, 8422/791-0511
Fax: (613) 789-1911
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For more information on persecution in China, click here.
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