Five years ago, renowned human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng disappeared into police custody while visiting his sister. Today no one knows where he is. Even the police now claim that they have “lost him.”
Your prayers and assistance have helped us to raise Gao’s case in the world’s capitals and to fight for his freedom!
Your gifts also helped Gao’s wife and children flee the relentless persecution in China and resettle safely in the United States. But they miss Gao very much. His son recently told his mother he wished they were a family, because without a father he felt they were not a family.
So the fight goes on. I am writing you today from a dangerous and sensitive location in Asia where I am organizing another urgent rescue mission for a persecuted Chinese believer.
The needs of our Christian brothers and sisters are urgent and overwhelming.
ChinaAid helped human rights lawyers fight 36 cases last year alone – and that was just a handful of the number of requests we received to assist persecuted Christians and other victims of injustice in China.
As you may know, China's Communist rulers are once again waging an intense campaign against “house church” Christians and anyone else who dares to speak out for freedom, justice or the rule of law. Just last month, Pastor Shi Enhao, deputy chairman of the Chinese House Church Alliance, was given a two-year labor camp sentence.
Pastor Shi needs legal assistance in China to argue his case, and his family needs assistance to carry on his ministry, which includes pastoring a church with thousands of members. ChinaAid can provide that help, with your support.
This is an historic moment in China.
In spite of the risks, pastors and human rights lawyers today are not afraid to stand up and demand their rights, to fight for freedom and justice.
Your gift of any amount will make a difference in the lives of the persecuted in China.
For instance:
$3,000 provides a full legal defense team for Pastor Shi or any Christian pastoror other religious leader persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party.
$1,000 provides legal counsel for churches whose property is threatened, like ShouwangChurch, whose members, despite detention and threats, courageously worship outdoors every week.
$300-$600 provides basic necessities for a month to families like Pastor Shi’s or Gao Zhisheng’s whose head of household is imprisoned.
$150-$300 will provide the basic necessities for two weeks for families being persecuted or whose head of houshold is imprisioned.
Please prayerfully consider making the most generous gift you can today through our secure online contribution.
Donate: http://m4.chinaaid.us/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=6&mailid=13&subid=22686
We pray for the day when Gao Zhisheng is free, when Pastor Shi is reunited with his wife and congregation, when Chinese Christians and other persecuted faithful have full freedom to practice their religion, and when our work will no longer be necessary. With your help, that day will come. God bless you.
Sincerely
Bob Fu,
President, ChinaAid
PS: Geng He, Gao Zhisheng’s wife and a tireless campaigner for his freedom, firmly believes that only consistent international pressure will bring about his release. Read her appeal and her account of their story, including ChinaAid’s help in coordinating the family’s resettlement in the United States after they fled China two years ago: [Click here to read a transcript of her interview with Radio Free Aisa]
To read her letter to members of Congress:
http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/08/geng-hes-letter-to-congressmen.html
To read her essay “Waiting for you to come home!”:
http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/08/to-gao-zhisheng-waiting-for-you-to-come.html
To read more about ChinaAid’s efforts to Free Gao Zhisheng:
www.FreeGao.com
To read more about the arrest of Pastor Shi:
http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/07/breaking-news-house-church-alliances-no.html
ChinaAid Contacts
Bob Fu, President; Mark Shan, Spokesperson
Tel: 1+(888) 889-7757 Cell: (267) 205-5210
Email: Bob@ChinaAid.org Mark@ChinaAid.org
Website: www.ChinaAid.org www.MonitorChina.org
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