International Petition Campaign Launched to Free Arrested Senior House Church Leader, Pastor Zhang “Bike” Mingxuan

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August 26, 2008
CAA in sponsorship with Voice of the Martyrs has recently launched a campaign to free the House Church Alliance President Pastor Zhang “Bike” Mingxuan.
On August 6, just two days before the Olympics began, Pastor Zhang “Bike” Mingxuan was […]

Secret Crackdown Campaign Prepared in China against Independent Church Leaders and Freedom Defenders

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Photo: Original Beijing Municipal Security Document Posted on Streets in Beijing
August 17, Monday
Midland, Texas- CAA has learned that an important secret directive issued by the Political and Legal Committee of the Central Committee of the CPC has been communicated to all the law enforcement […]

Associated Press Report-China confiscates Bibles from American Christians

China confiscates Bibles from American Christians

By GILLIAN WONG, Associated Press WriterSun Aug 17, 10:17 AM ET
Chinese customs officials confiscated more than 300 Bibles on Sunday from four American Christians who arrived in a southwestern city with plans to distribute them, the group’s leader said.
The Bibles were taken from the group’s checked luggage after they […]

Bibles Returned to Americans upon Departure Flight From China

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 August 25, 2008
 
Kunming, Yunnan province- CAA has learned that Chinese Customs officials have returned approximately 300 Bibles to 4 Americans who had tried to bring the Books into the country on August 17. . Sources have told CAA that the four Americans were respecfully […]

Two Missionaries Released in Inner Mongolia Released; Two More Still in Detention

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August 11, 2008
Inner Mongolia- CAA has learned that two of the four missionaries detained in Inner Mongolia in early July have been released after serving 30 days adminstrative detention.
Yu Yongqing and Li Shusen were released on Aug. 6 and Aug 10, respectively. Yu Yongqing […]

Chinese Authorities Abuse Petitioners in Liaoning

 
By Gu QingerEpoch Times Staff
Li Sufen from Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning, said some petitioners are being held at a basement of the Hunbei Ecological Hotel in Lanjian Village of Tiaxi district.
Li said she has been appealing to authorities for 18 years.
She was shocked to be arrested in her rental property on the eve […]

Archbishop upbeat about Lambeth, aware of remaining challenges

Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 7:43 (BST)
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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, centre, with bishops of the Anglican Communion at the 2008 Lambeth Conference.(© The Lambeth Conference)
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, sent a letter on Tuesday 26 August to the bishops of the Anglican […]

AZERBAIJAN: Threats and deportation “to stop us talking about God”

By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service <http://www.forum18.org>
On 22 August Russian citizen Imamzade Mamedova was deported from Azerbaijan to Russia for talking to nearby residents in the north-western town of Zakatala about her faith as a Jehovah’s Witness. She is the ninth Jehovah’s Witness to be deported from Azerbaijan for religious reasons in the last […]

Books: ‘I’m Fine with God…It’s Christians I Can’t Stand’

 
Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz take aim at the Christian family’s more cringe-inducing members.
Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 10:39 (BST)
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I’m Fine with God, It’s Christians I Can’t Stand
“Every segment of society has its members of the lunatic fringe, but Christianity seems to have a disproportionately high percentage […]

They Bought Me, and I’m Glad

 
July 27th, 2008 by iMonk
Ordination: I was ordained to the Gospel ministry by a Southern Baptist congregation in 1980, but you won’t hear me have a lot to say about ordination. I believe in it, but in a minimalist kind of way. I don’t believe in titles. (Not calling someone Father or Reverend seems […]

International Petition Campaign Launched to Free Arrested Senior House Church Leader, Pastor Zhang “Bike” Mingxuan

China Aid Association, Inc.
Tel: (267) -205-5210
Fax: (432)-686-8355
E-mail: info@ChinaAid.org
Website: http://www.chinaaid.org/  
 http://www.monitorchina.org/
Contact: Daniel Burton (432)-689-6985
Photo: Pastor Zhang “Bike” Mingxuan
August 26, 2008
CAA in sponsorship with Voice of the Martyrs has recently launched a campaign to free the House Church Alliance President Pastor Zhang “Bike” Mingxuan.
On August 6, just two days before the Olympics began, Pastor Zhang “Bike” Mingxuan was […]

China, human rights activist subjected to forced labor

Hu Jia, detained in Chinese prison under the accusation of “subversion against the state”, may not receive medical care or communicate with his family: the guards confiscate his letters and books, and will not permit him to speak with his relatives or his lawyer. Restrictions are also in place against his wife.
Beijing (AsiaNews) - […]

The Virtues of Education

 
September 26th, 2006 by iMonk
Sometimes when I am interacting with other Christians, I’m overwhelmed with the feeling that I’m exchanging ideas with someone very, very different from myself in significant ways. I don’t insist that people be like me, and I don’t want to hold myself hostage for being different from other people. There […]