Chinese Christians Jailed for Printing Religious Materials

UCANews ^ | 6/9/23

[marshmallow]

The pastor and co-worker of the Beijing Lampstand Church were accused of 'illegal business operations'

A court in China’s Shandong province handed down jail terms to a pastor and a co-worker of an independent house church for alleged “illegal business operations.”

Pastor Qin Sifeng and co-worker Su Minjun of Beijing Lampstand Church were sentenced to five and a half years, and three and half years respectively, ChinaAid reported on June 6.

Although their trial was held in April, the verdict has been made public recently, the report said.

They were arrested in July last year while they were traveling to Yunan province. The next month, police at Zibo in Shandong charged them with illegal business operations and detained them at Zibo Detention Center.

Local Christians said the arrest of Qin and Su came after the church printed some hymnals and theological materials for internal use. Local police started a probe leading to their detention.

Witnesses told ChinaAid that during the trial the defendants were treated like “hardened criminals” as they appeared in the court handcuffed and manacled. The court dismissed the plea of innocence handed by their lawyer.

The court verdict was approved by high-level state officials before the pronouncement.

Pastor Qin Sifeng said he still feels upbeat despite his imprisonment.

He said this is “an opportunity to spread the Gospel."

[No name given]

Come soon, Lord Jesus!

[stinkerpot65]

Democrat Kiddie Rapers crave the same oppression.

[Fai Mao]

In China all publications must come from approved printers and have an approved state editor. While this is religious persecution, they would have been arrested and found guilty if they were printing cookbooks.

It is, in actually, a free speech issue.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Biden’s friends in action. Crickets and inaction from Joe and that coward Blinken. And Joe claims to be a good Catholic, at least in his addled mind.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Stepping slightly back to observe a larger picture, Christians are jailed for distributing or speaking about religious materials in China, and in Europe and in Canada and here sometimes in these United States.