June
2, 2015
The wife of a church leader was beaten by officials at her home after
they had summoned her husband for questioning.
Police went to the home of Mrs Li in Shenyang, in the north-eastern
Liaoning province, last Wednesday while her husband was out. When she asked to
see their warrant, they began to beat her, binding her hands and feet with tape
and videoing the attack. Officers later threatened to bar her son from local
schools and force the family’s landlord to evict them. Mrs Li’s ID card had been
confiscated the previous day.
Her husband, Pastor Wang Zhongliang, had been summoned to meet with the
Shenyang Domestic Security Protection Squad the day after to discuss the
distribution of religious flyers.
On Sunday, in China’s south-western Yunnan province, officials attempted
to stop a church service at Meng’En House Church. The pastor, Zhu Hewen,
continued, undeterred. He was ordered to report to the Pu’er Religious Affairs
Bureau the next day about the number of university students who attended the
service.
Please
pray now for God’s protection
for all our brothers and sisters in China. Pray that God will heal Mrs Li and
protect her whole family. Thank God for the courage of Pastor Zhu in continuing
with his worship service: pray that God will strengthen the faith of Zhu’s
congregation so it can stand firm in the face of persecution. Release Int.
