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Police raided the Chengdu Qiuyu<br />
Shengyue Reformed Church (literal<br />
translation, “Autumn Rain Covenant<br />
Reformed Church”) and supressed a<br />
memorial service for the 10th year<br />
anniversary of the 2008 Sichuan<br />
earthquake in which 69,000 people lost<br />
their lives. Many in the congregation<br />
were taken away by police. According<br />
to sources hundreds of police officers,<br />
state secretaries and special agents<br />
went to the church and arrested the<br />
pastor, preachers and more than 100<br />
believers. A number of believers were<br />
beaten and books were removed.<br />
Pastor Wang Yi and evangelist Li<br />
Yingqiang were taken away but were<br />
later released.<br />
Even registered churches are not<br />
completely immune from the<br />
crackdown. Reports of police<br />
harassment, agents sitting in on<br />
services and restrictions to church<br />
activities are also coming out of<br />
China.<br />
News from<br />
CCSM <strong>USA</strong><br />
Don’t Walk Away.<br />
God is moving powerfully through<br />
many cities and provinces of China,<br />
with thousands of Chinese being<br />
saved every day. The good news is that<br />
He is using ordinary people to make a<br />
difference in China. Ordinary people<br />
serving long- term as well as ordinary<br />
people who serve on our short term<br />
teams. Many of these ordinary people<br />
have realised and learned that growing<br />
in Christ involves obeying Him.<br />
Possibly your next step of obedience<br />
is to participate on one of our many<br />
short term teams into China! If you<br />
are possibly considering going on any<br />
one of our many short term teams into<br />
China, we have included some firsthand<br />
testimonies from various team<br />
members to encourage you not to<br />
walk away from the<br />
Lord’s call. This is your<br />
time. Will you be the one to<br />
answer to His call? Will you take His<br />
light into a darkened world?<br />
Medical team member: “Face to face,<br />
I have never come so close to so many<br />
Chinese farmers in my life. These are<br />
my people – my father, grandfather<br />
and hundreds of ancestors up the<br />
stream, were all farmers. They carry<br />
similar physical marks: tanned dark<br />
skins, deeply cut furrows of wrinkles,<br />
soiled fingers, swollen knuckles,<br />
smoke-stained teeth, mumbled words,<br />
and country accents, humble and shy<br />
smiles. I felt so close to them. I could<br />
identify with them, see their tough life,<br />
sense their optimism, perseverance and<br />
tenacity!”<br />
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