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ASSIST News Service (ANS) - PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA
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Saturday, November 4, 2006

Church Building Demolished Forcefully, Furniture Inside Destroyed, By Chinese Authorities In Jilin Province

By Michael Ireland
Special Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

MIDLAND, TEXAS / JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA (ANS) -- A house church building on the campus of Changchun Agricultural University in the suburb of Changchun city, Jilin province was recently demolished forcibly by the local Chinese government.

China Aid Association (CAA) says it is known that the building served as the gathering place for Nongda house church when religious activities were held there. The place was also used as the Morning Star Supermarket in other times. According to witnesses, the government sent 500 policemen and several hundred peasant workers to the site at 4 o'clock in the morning.

"They drove the people out of the building while they were sleeping. Within an hour, the main part of the building as well as the furniture in it became piles of debris. In the entire process, no explanation was given on the issues," CAA says.

In a report obtained by ANS, CAA says the Nongda house church, which has a history of more than 10 years, serves mainly the brothers and sisters in the nearby countryside. It not only gained reputation in the surrounding areas, its influence reached as far as Heilongjiang and Inmongolia.

"Though being threatened, attacked, and harassed frequently, the church has always stuck by the principle of not being affiliated with 3-Self church, or registering to the government. They hold the orthodoxy Christian belief, and cherish the biblical truth, " CAA said.

The group adds: "Who can imagine that within an hour's time, the main part of their church building was bulldozed under the pretext of "urban appearance rearrangement." Only a two-story building was left.

"Brothers and sisters of Nongda house church ask earnestly that the Lord's body pray for their church in tribulation."

CAA appeals that the Changchun government give an account to Nongda house church concerning the event as soon as possible, and arrange a place for the new building, in order not to bring shame on the ancient city of Changchun.

China Aid Association
Contact: Bob Fu
Phone: (267) 205-5210
Fax: (432) 686-8355
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www.ChinaAid.org
www.monitorChina.org

** Michael Ireland is an international British freelance journalist. A former reporter with a London newspaper, Michael is a Special Correspondent for ASSIST News Service of Lake Forest, California. Michael immigrated to the United States in 1982 and became a US citizen in September, 1995. He is married with two children. Michael has also been a frequent contributor to UCB Europe, a British Christian radio station.

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