Help Free Gao Zhisheng & Others Like Him

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.

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

Sarah's Trail of Blood

This is a short but powerful video from Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) about a girl named Xianzhi "Sarah" Liu who was tortured for six years in China for being a Christian. I plead with you to support Voice of the Martyrs! Persecution is happening all over the world and God expects us to help. Please do! Please email and embed this video in support of VOM, thanks!

http://www.persecution.com

Voice of the Martyrs Prayer Update for week of July 8, 2011

The Voice of the Martyrs USA: www.persecution.com

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16

West Bank—Muslims Oppose Christian Youth Center—VOM Sources

John 1:8
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

A Christian mission in Bethlehem faces opposition from neighbors and city leaders over a youth center it has established in a Muslim neighborhood. Pastor Steven Khoury of Holy Land Missions (HLM) said his father, Naim Khoury, was summoned to the courthouse recently and warned that carrying out Christian work in the town of Shepherd’s Field would lead to trouble. But the trouble had already begun. Muslim extremist neighbors of an HLM youth center have verbally attacked two youth leaders and vandalized the building’s locks. They also threatened to attack Pastor Naim and said they would “break the legs” of anyone who enters the youth center. Outreach and prayer meetings are scheduled to begin at the youth center next week. Pray that God will protect those working at the youth center as well as those who attend. Ask God to make the center a shining light in a dark region.

China—Millions Attend Religious Festivals—China Aid Association

1 Thessalonians 1:2–3
We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father…

China Aid recently reported that a Shouwang Church member who works for the Christian ministry World Vision faced possible dismissal for her participation in the unregistered church’s activities. Shouwang Church has attempted to hold outdoor worship services for the past three months, in protest against government interference of the church’s worship sites. Church member Xia Xiaoqiu was detained several times in recent weeks after attending Shouwang’s outdoor worship services. Xia said the government was urging her employer, the Beijing office of World Vision, to pressure her to quit her job with the ministry. Recently, World Vision contacted China Aid, assuring them that Xia’s “job position is secure and that World Vision has not been under pressure by the government of China to change that in any way.” Pray for Xia and other Chinese Christians who are under great pressure for choosing to worship at unofficial churches.

Egypt—Copts and Muslims at Odds Over Kidnapping Case—Assyrian International News Agency, www.thedailynewsegypt.com

1 Chronicles 16:35
And say, “Save us, O God of our salvation;
Gather us together, and deliver us from the Gentiles,
To give thanks to Your holy name,
To triumph in Your praise.”

Persecution against Christians in Uzbekistan increased last month — from raids to fines to literature confiscation — underscoring the need to remember the nation’s believers in prayer. Tohar Haydarov, 27, has been imprisoned since his arrest in March 2010 and is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for the “illegal sale of narcotic or psychotropic substances in large quantities.” It is widely believed that the charges were fabricated as a means of punishing Tohar for his religious activity. At last report, he had appealed the prison sentence but there had been no indication of progress. Pray that comfort and peace will reign in Tohar as he suffers for his faith. Pray that he will be assured that he is not forgotten, but that he is loved and remembered by God and His people. Pray that the charges against Tohar will be dropped and that he will be released.

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