Chinese House Church - China Ministries International2024-03-29T00:42:22Zhttp://cmiusca.org/forum/categories/chinese-house-church/listForCategory?feed=yes&xn_auth=no新任教皇的“中国挑战”tag:cmiusca.org,2013-03-14:2894894:Topic:246932013-03-14T03:17:00.282ZCMIUSCAhttp://cmiusca.org/profile/mande
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<tr><td align="left"><div id="MainContent_ucShowArtContents_divContent" class="divContent"><br/><div id="bodyContent"><div><img src="http://minzhuzhongguo.org/UploadCenter/ArticlePics/2013/10/201331314-a.jpg" width="650" height="394" vspace="8" hspace="8" alt=""/><br/><div><p><span>新一任教皇上任后要面临的巨大挑战之一就是:与中国打交道。然而,从争议的焦点来看,中国的“爱国教会”和“地下教会”之间的分歧似乎是一个死结。</span></p>
<div><p>(德国之声中文网)就在全世界翘首企盼着西斯廷大教堂上方的一股白烟时,中国教会的命运似乎已经暂时从人们的注意力中消失。目前让天主教会更头疼的是其他问题。比如缺少牧师、性侵犯丑闻以及如何让女性和普通教友拥有更多的发言权。</p>
<p>对于新一任教皇来说,如何处理和中国的关系都将会是他上任后所面临的一大挑战。不仅仅是因为受到梵蒂冈承认的天主教会在中国继续遭到打压,也因为不断上升的经济和外交地位把中国比以往任何时候都更加迅速的推向全球事务的中心。</p>
<p>他也将愈发体会到,中国特色产物--天主爱国教会和罗马教廷承认的所谓"地下教会"之间的距离,绝对比福音新教和天主教之间的距离更大。将两者协调统一的工作比发展普世教会合一运动更有难度。</p>
<div><a href="http://www.dw.de/%E6%96%B0%E4%BB%BB%E6%95%99%E7%9A%87%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E6%8C%91%E6%88%98/a-16668441#" rel="nofollow"><img width="700" height="394" border="0" src="http://www.dw.de/image/0,,16666136_401,00.jpg" alt="Cardinals attend a mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 12, 2013. All cardinals, including those over 80 who will not vote in the conclave, celebrate Mass in St Peter's Basilica to pray for the election of the new pope. The Mass is called Pro Eligendo Romano Pontefice (For the Election of the Roman Pontiff) and is open to the public. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)"/></a><span>新一任教皇必须继续和中国打交道</span></div>
<p><strong>马达钦主教被软禁</strong></p>
<p>这种难度最新体现在2012年7月初上任的上海新主教马达钦的命运中。这位被北京和梵蒂冈共同任命为主教的神职人员上任不久后公开宣布退出中国政府设立的天主教爱国会,不接受中国官方授予的"助理主教"职衔,并拒绝与一位梵蒂冈不承认的主教共饮圣爵。</p>
<p>多家有宗教背景的中文媒体报道称,马达钦主教做出上述表态后,随即被中国地方政府安全力量软禁。禁止他佩戴一切主教牧职的标记,并不得公开主持宗教仪式。2012年年底,服从于中国政府管理的中国天主教爱国会及中国天主教主教团在一次会议上以马达钦违反国家《宗教事务条例》及主教团对祝圣主教的有关规定为由,撤销马达钦上海教区"助理主教"一职,并宣称其余所有涉及此事的神职人员都要接受处分。就此,梵蒂冈方面曾表示坚决反对。</p>
<p><strong>本笃十六世强调政教分离</strong></p>
<div><a href="http://www.dw.de/%E6%96%B0%E4%BB%BB%E6%95%99%E7%9A%87%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E6%8C%91%E6%88%98/a-16668441#" rel="nofollow"><img width="330" border="0" src="http://www.dw.de/image/0,,3323183_4,00.jpg" alt="From left, China Philarmonic Orchestra Soprano Lan Rao, Mezzosoprano Zheng Cao, Conductor long Yu, partially hidden by Pope Benedict XVI, in white, pose for a photo with other members of the orchestra, during a concert in Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. The China Philharmonic Orchestra performed for the pontiff in a landmark concert Wednesday that could indicate warming relations between Beijing and the Vatican. Benedict called it a truly unique event and offered a thank you in Chinese at the end of the hour-long concert. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)"/></a><span>本笃十六世2008年曾亲自欣赏中国爱乐乐团的演出</span></div>
<p>刚刚退位的教皇本笃十六世在其八年的任职期间,重视改善与北京方面的关系。他曾于2007年初,公开了一封具有历史意义的致中国天主教信徒的信。信中明确指出他本人了解中国信徒"有时需要付出痛苦代价的忠诚",希望用教会的方法辅助中国各种天主教团体的融合。本笃十六世在任期内还增加委任了两名位于香港的枢机主教,并将一名香港大主教调任至梵蒂冈的一高层机构,试图在教廷做出决策的过程中给中国教会以发言权。针对天主教在中国以"爱国教会"和"地下教会"并存的现状,教皇本笃十六世强调:"教会凭其职责和管辖范围决不能与政府混为一谈,亦不与任何政治体系纠缠在一起……在各自的领域内,政府与教会是各自独立自主的机构。"</p>
<p>长期为中国地下教会提供帮助的美国龚品梅枢机主教基金会(The Cardinal Kung Foundation)主席龚民权认为,刚刚退位的本笃十六世在改善与中国关系方面,所取得的成就最大。龚民权指出,教宗本笃非常欢迎中国各种天主教会组织的加入。但这种加入必须建立在各组织严格遵守天主教教规的前提下。</p>
<p><strong>"爱国"和"地下"逐渐模糊的界限</strong></p>
<p>对于8年前就来到中国,如今穿梭于上海和北京之间的德国牧师鲍尔(Michael Bauer)来说,官方的"爱国教会"与梵蒂冈承认的"地下教会"之间的界限已经越来越模糊。他坚决反对自己是一名"地下教会"牧师的说法。对于新一任教皇,鲍尔希望:</p>
<p>"他能够继续延续教皇本笃十六世在2007年致中国信徒的那封公开信中所提出的思路,加强和中国的联系。我们都知道,中国从各个角度来说都变得愈发重要。所以,新上任的罗马教皇和中国之间也应该有很好的交流。"</p>
<div><a href="http://www.dw.de/%E6%96%B0%E4%BB%BB%E6%95%99%E7%9A%87%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E6%8C%91%E6%88%98/a-16668441#" rel="nofollow"><img width="330" border="0" src="http://www.dw.de/image/0,,2973090_4,00.jpg" alt="Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun, right, Bishop of Hong Kong, kisses the hand of Pope Benedict XVI after the traditional Angelus prayer in Lorenzago di Cadore, near Belluno, Italy, Sunday, July 22, 2007. Benedict XVI called Sunday for an end to all wars, saying they were useless slaughters'' that bring hell to paradise on Earth. Benedict plans to stay in Lorenzago, near Italy's border with Austria, until July 27, when he moves to the papal summer retreat at Castel Gandolfo, in the hills south Rome. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)"/></a><span>主教应该听从共产党还是教宗,这是"爱国"和"地下"教会争议的中心</span></div>
<p><strong>争议核心</strong></p>
<p>自从2007年梵蒂冈成立中国事务委员会以来,梵蒂冈和北京之间的对话关系一直处于时好时坏的状态。而双方分歧的焦点在于谁有权任命中国各地区的主教。2010年,共有至少4名获得梵中双方共同承认的主教就职。但在这期间,梵蒂冈方面也多次对中国方面擅自任命主教的做法提出强烈的抗议。2010年年底,梵蒂冈发表声明批评中国举行天主教第八次代表会议,并指出政府认可的主教团和爱国会"不符合"天主教教义。尽管如此,教皇本笃十六世仍然表示,那些没有被梵蒂冈承认的主教如果公开认错,争取教皇的原谅,他们仍然有望获得梵蒂冈的认可。</p>
<p>龚民权代表龚品梅枢机主教基金会,主要为中国"地下教会"提供协助。他强调,新教皇也无法改变天主教有2000年历史的教义。教会要听命于教宗,这是天主教的特征。在此基础上,天主教教义中的重要组成部分就是只有教宗才能够委任主教。</p>
<p>"这样最重要的教义没有被爱国会接受。如果爱国会自己选主教,没有听命于教宗。这个基本的教义没有被爱国会尊重的话,我们又怎么可以说(教会的)合一呢?……所以,无论谁做新的教宗,同中国政府打交道,谈判时都不可能从天主教最基本的教义上退步,否则他们就不是天主教了。"</p>
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</table> On February 26, 2012 Beijing Shouwang Church Announcement on Outdoor Worship Servicetag:cmiusca.org,2012-03-03:2894894:Topic:169832012-03-03T06:06:53.440ZCMIUSCAhttp://cmiusca.org/profile/mande
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</div> 中国宣教:我爱民工tag:cmiusca.org,2012-02-18:2894894:Topic:163822012-02-18T05:36:41.578ZCMIUSCAhttp://cmiusca.org/profile/mande
<p>美景…</p>
<p>美景 江苏</p>
<p>我和爱人带着孩子来到江苏办厂,一晃便是十几年了,孩子由牙牙学语已经成长为知书达理的高中生。我的属灵生命也在环境中由幼小成长为更加爱主,我们一家一边要打点工厂里大大小小的一切业务,也要照顾神赐给我们的好几百工人和约百位弟兄姐妹。每当我看到这些神国的弟兄姐妹时,我就明白了一个道理,在工厂里所经过的一切酸甜苦辣都是来自天上的赏赐。</p>
<p>办工厂中所遇到的艰辛很难为外人道。我在很早的时候,就体会到了神对我的呼召,要成为一名宣教士。对于教会里的大部分人来说,宣教士就是教会按手祷告后走南闯北的福音使者,他们远走他乡,向自己不熟悉群体传福音。一次,神让我看见了工厂里的需要,中国即将成为世界的工厂,世界各大公司都来中国办厂,所有的乡村都往工厂输送民工,神让我看到这是一个巨大的禾场。当时神就向我启示,如果要宣教,何不办一个工厂,这样不就有很多的青年来到身边,不就有机会向他们传福音吗?我当时很犹豫,不知道这是不是真的出自神,还是出于自己的私意。会不会教会里的人认为我的目的就是赚钱呢?主耶稣在我祷告的时候,亲自给了我回答,办工厂也是宣教,一方面这福音给贫穷的人解决了生活上的需要,同时也要尽可能满足他们心灵上的需要。一举两得。再有,能够赚点钱也不是坏事。</p>
<p>办工厂的异象是出于神,但要讨得神的喜悦还是要对付很多的环境。</p>
<p>一个工厂要生存,首先要盈利,或者说,首先要有订单。我每天向神祈求能有足够的订单,使工厂能开工。在我国,除开国家的几个垄断行业,任何一个行业都有非常激烈的竞争。没有订单,工人也就没有工资可发。没有订单,工厂就面临倒闭。向神求订单,就如同在干旱期间农民向神求雨水一样。有了订单,下一步就是采购原材料,培训工人,质量把关。这中间头痛的事不少,例如工人。我以前觉得农民工应该会很单纯朴素,但是这个世界对人的诱惑太大,有些年轻人想来钱来得快,就偷工厂里的东西去变卖。有次保安抓了三个工人偷工厂里的铜线,让他们跪在地上等我来处理。我看着他们真的觉得又可怜又可恨。我想,我这样辛辛苦苦办厂,不就是为了大家有口饭吃吗,你为什么不好好干活,却要来毁坏工厂呢?中国的大部分产品利润都相当薄。钱实际上都是让进出口公司和国家拿走了。只要有几个工人不好好干活,来偷东西话,工厂就得倒闭。</p>
<p>每个月一到发工资的日子,我就头大了。现在工人的最低工资是1140元,工厂几百号人,一个月的工资就是近50万。这些年里,工厂有时候没有订单,但是工资得照发。听说有的工厂因为发不出工资,有老板就自杀了,我是能体会那种滋味的。这时候我就只有一个办法,跪在神的面前,求主帮我解决这些难题。神真是以便以谢——到如今耶和华都帮助我们!(撒上7:12)每次,神都信实地帮助我渡过了难关。</p>
<p>有了盈利,我就感谢神,就支持前方弟兄姐妹的宣教工作。</p>
<p>工厂能做到盈利,这还只是第一步。接下来,更为重要的挑战就是向工人传福音。有次,我在神面前祷告,我问,这个工厂你喜欢什么呢?主回答我说:人多。感谢主,我一下就明白了主所说的,他愿万人得救。感谢主,在办工厂的过程中,神将几位非常爱主的同工带到了我身边,我们一边办厂,一边传福音。有个同工曾经是全时间的传道人,当他看到这个巨大的禾场后,便加入了工厂。在工厂传福音与其他的传道人不太一样,首先,你必须成为工人,每天必须在车间里与其他工人一样打工,然后才能传福音。这就是主给我们的榜样,道成了肉身,住在他们中间。所以,我们所有的人,每天必须做满工厂里至少八个小时的活,然后再花时间给工人传福音。很多时候,工厂都得加班。我们的同工每天工作了12个小时后,累得都要瘫倒了,但是仍旧坚持给人传福音。一旦有人信主,我们就给他们门徒培训。我们的方法是,每天早晨7点晨更。大家一起敬拜、祷告与聆听神的话语。</p>
<p>现在的工厂一个很大的特点是,工人流动性大,女工一般做到22、23岁左右,就要回家乡结婚。在农村,24岁还没有结婚就有很大的压力了。一般工人在工厂里的期限也就两年,所以我们必须赶在工人离开前把福音传给他们。如果工人能信主,成长,他们回到家乡岂不就是神国的工人?</p>
<p>感谢主,这十多年来,在我们工厂信主的工人少说也有一千多。我们厂里就有聚会点,每天早晨有晨更,主日有聚会。慢慢地,我们也到周边传福音,现在已经建立了五个聚会点。有次政府有关部门也来查我们的聚会,想要我们停止,但是当他们了解到工人信主后,工作道德观更强,不会闹事,当场就表示,让工人信主好。这样我们的聚会也就从来没有停过。</p>
<p>中国有多少民工呢?少说有三亿。这是中国最大的一个群体。但关心他们的人并不多。外国来的宣教士一般都集中在大学校园,不会有宣教士来工厂。而经过外国宣教士培养的人,例如学员传道会的人,他们都会集中在知识分子的群体中。再有,神学院毕业的学生一般是君子动口不动手,要他们干点力气活就埋怨。但一个人要向工人传福音就得接触工人,福音使者不可能坐在办公室里等工人下班后去找你听福音吧!大部分的神学生都缺乏生活能力和干活的能力。</p>
<p>耶稣是民工,他是木匠。保罗是民工,他织帐篷。今天,有多少人愿意成为一位民工,为主来得着像沙一样多的民工呢?</p> 大选前中国三自会统战台湾基督教界tag:cmiusca.org,2012-01-25:2894894:Topic:155952012-01-25T23:47:37.835ZCMIUSCAhttp://cmiusca.org/profile/mande
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<p> 编者按:以下是三自会最新一期《天风》,详细地披露了三自会在台湾大选前1个多月,如何统战台湾基督教界及名人基督徒如王雪红的。</p>
<p>四季如春春常在----大陆基督教参访团宝岛台湾行</p>
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<p>《天风》2012年第一期第34页</p>
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<p>应台湾“蒲公英希望基金会”董事长魏悌香牧师的盛邀,中国基督教三自爱国运动委员会主席傅先伟长老率大陆基督教参访团一行五人,于2011年11月21日至26日对宝岛台湾的台北、台中教会进行了友好而成功的访问。 </p>
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<p>虽入初冬的台北,从机上舷窗眺望,依然是满眼绿色,不愧美丽宝岛之誉。从桃园机场出来,蒲公英希望基金会董事长魏悌香牧师和夫人早已门口等候,旧朋新友,宾主相见,其乐融融。 </p>
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<p>当天晚上,宏达电子、威盛电子公司董事长王雪红姊妹与丈夫威盛电子公司总经理陈文琦弟兄。专程从美国赶回来,在台塑大楼设宴为大陆基督教参访团接风洗尘。台湾基督教界主流教会领袖、神学院正副院长、基督教机构负责人…</p>
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<p> 编者按:以下是三自会最新一期《天风》,详细地披露了三自会在台湾大选前1个多月,如何统战台湾基督教界及名人基督徒如王雪红的。</p>
<p>四季如春春常在----大陆基督教参访团宝岛台湾行</p>
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<p>李保乐</p>
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<p>《天风》2012年第一期第34页</p>
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<p>应台湾“蒲公英希望基金会”董事长魏悌香牧师的盛邀,中国基督教三自爱国运动委员会主席傅先伟长老率大陆基督教参访团一行五人,于2011年11月21日至26日对宝岛台湾的台北、台中教会进行了友好而成功的访问。 </p>
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<p>虽入初冬的台北,从机上舷窗眺望,依然是满眼绿色,不愧美丽宝岛之誉。从桃园机场出来,蒲公英希望基金会董事长魏悌香牧师和夫人早已门口等候,旧朋新友,宾主相见,其乐融融。 </p>
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<p>当天晚上,宏达电子、威盛电子公司董事长王雪红姊妹与丈夫威盛电子公司总经理陈文琦弟兄。专程从美国赶回来,在台塑大楼设宴为大陆基督教参访团接风洗尘。台湾基督教界主流教会领袖、神学院正副院长、基督教机构负责人18位出席了宴会。席间,两岸教牧同工一见如故,问候声、祝福声、欢笑声不断,气氛热烈而温馨,很好地成为第二天正式交流分享的“热身”。 </p>
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<p>是日上午,在蒲公英希望基金会总部大楼举行 “两岸基督教教牧暨神学座谈会”,董事长魏悌香牧师机智幽默的主持,使会场活力四射,气氛热烈。中国基督教三自爱国运动委员会主席傅先伟长老首先作了题为“大陆教会在健康发展中”的精彩演讲,随后江西省基督教三自爱国运动委员会主委李保乐牧师、河南省基督教协会会长唐卫民牧师分别就“神学教育现况”、“社会服务现况”进行了交流。台湾基督教界主流教会的21位领袖积极与会,并就上述三个议题富有针对性、学术性、实用性和前瞻性的回应。广东省基督教协会会长梁明牧师,青海省基督教两会主席、会长仝(tóng)平安牧师也作了补充和分享。</p>
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<p>与会者十分乐意听到这样的信息,大陆基督教60多年坚持三自爱国的原则办教,摘掉了“洋教”的帽子,赢得了同胞的理解与尊重,减少了传福音的阻力,迈出了中国化的步伐,也丰富了普世教会的内涵。与会者多数认为,两岸本是同一根,主内更是一家亲,理当加强交流、增强互动、彼此合作、配搭侍奉,为中华民族的伟大复兴贡献两岸基督教重要的力量。 </p>
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<p>随后几天,大陆基督教参访团参访了在台北的信基大楼、访问了台湾救世传播协会总部并欣赏了天韵诗班的精美演唱、参访了台湾浸信会神学院和台湾中华福音神学院,还饶有兴趣地参观了台湾新生命小组教会、士林灵粮堂、台北灵粮堂和以琳书房,所到之处,均受到热情接待和周详的介绍,以及在直面现时代诸多挑战下如何开展教会牧养、社会服务、文字出版等事工分享了他们成功的经验,使参访团获益良多。 </p>
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<p>24日沐浴着落日的余晖,我们来到美丽的台中市,受到了台中思恩堂杜明达主任牧师、台中旌旗教会萧祥修主任牧师、台中市忠孝路长老会王武聪主任牧师等牧长同工们的热烈欢迎和盛情款待。翌(yi)日与台中教会发展策略联盟的同工们进行了内容丰富且具时代特色和前瞻性的分享,受益颇丰。台中教会发展策略联盟协会成立于2001年,大台中、高雄、景美140间教会参加了策略联盟,策略联盟的教牧们每周四上午有固定聚会,分享个人牧会的经验与感受,相互关心支持,为教会领袖带来极大的祝福。聚会中牧长们所关心的不仅仅是大使命的完成,也关心当下社会大环境中人们的问题与需要,对此大家一起研究对策,因为教会的核心价值就是爱神、爱人。共同的异象并为此付诸卓有成效的行动,赢得了包括台中市市长胡志强在内的各级首长和广大民众的充分肯定与喜爱,因此台中市基督徒人数由2005年台中市总人口的4.32%发展到2009年的6.22%,增长近两个百分点。这也让我们看见,教会一定要深切关注社会、关爱人群,信仰指导生活,生活彰显信仰,才有生存的价值和发展的空间。 </p>
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<p>此次大陆参访团时间短行程紧,我们笑称:是“三马”式的参访。一是“马不停蹄”:想看、要看、要学的地方实在太多,所以只能赶;二是“走马观花”:不可能都详细看,有好多想交流的事也没来得及细谈。三是:“马到成功。”此次大陆赴台参访团不仅开阔了自己的视野,也向台湾肢体展示了一个充满活力和希望的大陆基督教会,应当说圆满完成了学习与分享的初衷。 </p>
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<p>此次访问在岛内基督教界引起了积极回应,通过与我们的交通分享,台湾主流教会的领袖们对大陆基督教为何要走“三自”道路有了更深层次的理解,对大陆当前公民充分享受宗教信仰自由情况有了更全面了解,对今天复兴进程中的中国基督教充满了感恩和喜悦。同时双方也对应当推进两岸教会之间的互动达成共识。台北灵粮全球使徒性网络主席周神助牧师用“三个一”概括:两岸教会同根同源,本于一,出于一,也归于一,推进两岸教会要在事工上和心灵里的合一,透过两岸教会事工的连接表现出弥足珍贵的合一精神。而作为此次“东道主”的台湾蒲公英希望基金会董事长魏悌香牧师则用“三春”来形容两岸教会交往的良好态势。他说,傅先伟主席此次能如期率团来台参访,我们有理由相信两岸教会的交往从春江水暖到春暖花开再到四季如春的季节。 </p>
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<p>当参访团成员以依依不舍之情要与台湾同工们说再见之时,尽管外面寒风已起,但宾主互握的手却是异常的火热。因为大家内心已经拥有相同的祈愿,两岸教会要多来往、多交流、多合作,让我们迎接两岸交流新的春色满园!</p>
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<p>本文刊于2012年第一期《天风》第34页</p> 内蒙古乌兰察布市“蒙福学生团契”负责人提起行政诉讼tag:cmiusca.org,2012-01-25:2894894:Topic:155932012-01-25T23:20:40.572ZCMIUSCAhttp://cmiusca.org/profile/mande
<p> 对华援助协会 2012年01月21日</p>
<p>2011年遭到取缔的内蒙古乌兰察布市的“蒙福学生团契”,最近因行政复议被驳回,其负责人梁广中已正式提起行政诉讼。</p>
<p> 本协会曾经报道过,2011年09月15日,内蒙古自治区乌兰察布市集宁区的民宗局和公安局以”非法传教“为由,联合取缔了学生家庭教会“蒙福团契”。此外,没收奉献箱里的收入2110元、用于活动的讲经教学的宏基笔记本电脑一台、投影机两台、摄像机一台、音响一个、录像带十七盘;09月17日,以”冒用宗教名义危害社会“的罪名,处罚教会负责人梁广中弟兄行政拘留15天。详情参看:<a href="http://www.chinaaid.net/2011/10/15.html">http://www.chinaaid.net/2011/10/15.html…</a></p>
<p> 对华援助协会 2012年01月21日</p>
<p>2011年遭到取缔的内蒙古乌兰察布市的“蒙福学生团契”,最近因行政复议被驳回,其负责人梁广中已正式提起行政诉讼。</p>
<p> 本协会曾经报道过,2011年09月15日,内蒙古自治区乌兰察布市集宁区的民宗局和公安局以”非法传教“为由,联合取缔了学生家庭教会“蒙福团契”。此外,没收奉献箱里的收入2110元、用于活动的讲经教学的宏基笔记本电脑一台、投影机两台、摄像机一台、音响一个、录像带十七盘;09月17日,以”冒用宗教名义危害社会“的罪名,处罚教会负责人梁广中弟兄行政拘留15天。详情参看:<a href="http://www.chinaaid.net/2011/10/15.html">http://www.chinaaid.net/2011/10/15.html</a> 2011年10月20日,</p>
<p>梁广中根据《中华人民共和国行政复议法》和《宗教事务条例》的规定,依法于乌兰察布市集宁区人民政府申请行政复议,认为这一处罚决定违反了《中华人民共和国宪法》第三十六条、国务院《宗教事务条例》第二条、中国已经签署的《世界人权宣言》第十八条和《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》第十八条等规定,是非法无效的具体行政行为</p>
<p>2012年01月18日,乌兰察布市集宁区人民政府作出“集政复决字(2011)第2号”《行政复议决定书》,决定维持公安局和宗教局作出的具体行政处罚。其中提到,该公安局的国保大队和虎山派出所发现,梁广中通过蒙福书店,”擅自向集宁师专、职业学院、医专、北师大附中、四中、五中、一中、蒙中等学校的学生进行传教,发展会员,聚会读经,其行为严重影响了学生正常的上课秩序“,以及”蒙福团契“未经申请和备案。因此,”梁广中的违法事实成立,证据确实充分“。</p>
<p> 梁广中弟兄对此不服,根据《中华人民共和国行政诉讼法》第十一条和第二十五条的规定,向乌兰察布市集宁区人民法院提起诉讼。 对华援助协会对这一教会逼迫案表示密切关注,敦促内蒙古乌兰察布市依法撤销这一非法取缔,确保信仰自由。</p> Under International Pressure, China Releases Pastor Shi Enhaotag:cmiusca.org,2012-01-25:2894894:Topic:155912012-01-25T23:11:33.649ZCMIUSCAhttp://cmiusca.org/profile/mande
<p>China Aid Association</p>
<p>(Suqian city, Jiangsu—Jan. 23, 2012) A Chinese house church pastor and vice president of the Chinese House Church Alliance sentenced last summer to a two-year labor camp term was unexpectedly released last Friday and is now home, ChinaAid has learned.</p>
<p>The legal basis for the early release of Pastor Shi Enhao is not yet known, but his case was No. 3 on ChinaAid’s list of 2011’s Top 10 Cases of Persecution of Churches and Christians released last Thursday,…</p>
<p>China Aid Association</p>
<p>(Suqian city, Jiangsu—Jan. 23, 2012) A Chinese house church pastor and vice president of the Chinese House Church Alliance sentenced last summer to a two-year labor camp term was unexpectedly released last Friday and is now home, ChinaAid has learned.</p>
<p>The legal basis for the early release of Pastor Shi Enhao is not yet known, but his case was No. 3 on ChinaAid’s list of 2011’s Top 10 Cases of Persecution of Churches and Christians released last Thursday, Jan. 19. (See <a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2012/01/chinaaid-picks-2011s-top-10-cases-of.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2012/01/chinaaid-picks-2011s-top-10-cases-of.html</a>)</p>
<p>On March 4, 2011, while preaching in Nanyang, Henan province, Pastor Shi was seized by officers from the Suqian Municipal Public Security Bureau and religious affairs bureau officials who had made a special trip to Nanyang to take him into custody. He was brought back to Suqian and detained, getting beat up in the process. On May 31, 2011, Shi Enhao and some of his co-workers were formally arrested by local authorities, and he and a lay leader, sister Chang Meiling, were sentenced to 12 days of administrative detention. On the night of June 1, Shi’s residence was searched by more than 10 people who confiscated books and documents. Immediately upon his release on June 12, Shi was put into police detention. In July, he was sentenced to two years in labor camp. Afterwards, police confiscated 140,000 yuan (US$22,160) of offerings to the church, along with a church vehicle, musical instruments and the church choir robes. Police also verbally threatened Shi’s three daughters and sons-in-law.</p>
<p>ChinaAid welcomes the early release of Pastor Shi Enhao and also the Jan. 12 release on parole of sister Tian Hongxia. ChinaAid urges the authorities to uphold the policy of freedom of religion and also release Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, Beijing house church leader and church rights activist Fan Yafeng, and Xinjiang Uygur house church leader Alimujiang.</p>
<p> </p> ChinaAid Picks 2011’s Top 10 Cases of Persecution of Churches and Christians in Chinatag:cmiusca.org,2012-01-25:2894894:Topic:158822012-01-25T23:06:05.507ZCMIUSCAhttp://cmiusca.org/profile/mande
<p>Submitted by China Aid Association<br></br>January 19, 2012</p>
<p>“But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” <br></br>Amos 5:24</p>
<p>2011 can be regarded as China’s “year of political and religious persecution” or “year of Beijing terrorism.” Last year saw the revival of extreme leftist ideology and a severe deterioration of the rule of law, bringing with it not only the most severe deterioration in political and religious freedom for the Chinese…</p>
<p>Submitted by China Aid Association<br/>January 19, 2012</p>
<p>“But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” <br/>Amos 5:24</p>
<p>2011 can be regarded as China’s “year of political and religious persecution” or “year of Beijing terrorism.” Last year saw the revival of extreme leftist ideology and a severe deterioration of the rule of law, bringing with it not only the most severe deterioration in political and religious freedom for the Chinese people since the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution and the 1989 military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement, but also blatant human rights violations and a worrying economic crisis. Because of the Arab Spring Jasmine Revolution in 2011, a systematic crackdown on churches and prominent Christians that was launched in the second half of 2010 was extended and lasted for the whole of 2011.</p>
<p>ChinaAid’s selection of the top 10 persecution cases for 2011 is based on the severity, impact and significance of each incidence of persecution and is a highly representative list. These cases occurred in different parts of China and involved both urban and rural house churches, as well as “Three-Self” churches and Catholic churches. The victims included pastors, human rights lawyers, political dissidents and artists.</p>
<p><br/>1. Beijing Shouwang Church―nonstop persecution throughout the year</p>
<p>In 2011, Beijing Shouwang Church, a well-known house church in Beijing with more than 1,000 members, was forced to hold its worship services outdoors. The government’s persecution of the church has lasted for 38 weeks nonstop and is ongoing. This large-scale and persistent crackdown on Shouwang Church is part of the government’s widespread suppression of house churches in 2011 and can be viewed as a continuation of the persecution that started with the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.</p>
<p>(This July 3, 2011 photo shows Shouwang church members who managed to get to the outdoor worship site starting their Sunday morning worship service.)</p>
<p>Shouwang Church was established in Pastor Jin Tianming in 1993 as a Beijing college students fellowship. According to its March 27, 2011 “Beijing Shouwang Church Announcement to the Congregation” and its April 14, 2011 “Beijing Shouwang Church’s Further Explanation on Outdoor Services,” the church began in 2005 to rent office building space for its Sunday services, and in 2006 applied to the government for permission to register, which has never been granted. On May 11, 2008, taking advantage of the pre-Olympic Games “rectification” of society, the religious affairs bureau, the police and other government departments of Beijing’s Haidian District burst into a Shouwang meeting and tried to close down the church, to no avail. In August 2009, under repeated pressure from the government, the landlord of Huajie Building where the church had been meeting terminated the lease with Shouwang Church, and the church was forced to hold worship services outdoors on Nov. 1 and 8 in Haidian Park, after which the government allowed the church to hold its activities indoors. On Dec. 22, Shouwang Church purchased the 1,500-square-meter (16,145-square-foot) second floor of the Zhongguancun Daheng Technology Building, paying in full the price of 27 million yuan (US$4.27 million). However, due to government pressures behind-the-scenes, the seller has not handed over the keys, nor given any explanation for refusing to do so. In May and August of 2010 and in March 2011, Shouwang Church made three attempts to rent indoor venues but met with failure each time due to government interference.</p>
<p>At the end of March 2011, Shouwang Church was no longer able to hold its Sunday services at its leased premises in the “Old Story Club.” So Shouwang Church, which had adopted as its vision and mission to be a “city on a hill,” was left with no recourse but to hold its April 10, 2011 Sunday worship service outdoors. At 8:30 a.m., more than 200 believers showed up at the third-level platform of Zhongguancun Plaza, which is located south of the Beijing Zhongguancun Dinghao Building and southeast of Zhongguang Building, and connected to the Jiangnanfu Theme Restaurant. More than 160 church members were taken into police custody. All were released within 24 hours with the exception one pastor and his wife, who were detained for 48 hours.</p>
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<p>(This July 3, 2011 photo shows Shouwang Church members outside a police station singing worship songs to encourage brothers and sisters being detained in the police station.)</p>
<p>In the 37 weeks that followed―until the last Sunday of 2011, which was Christmas Day―the same basic scenario played out every Sunday. Shouwang Church members would go to the designated location every Sunday for their outdoor worship service, and police and Domestic Security Protection guards would take them into custody. They would be sent to different police stations where they were usually detained for no more than 48 hours and released singly or in small groups. During the 38 weeks of outdoor worship, a total of more than 1,000 church members were taken into police custody, including a few believers from other churches who joined them in a show of solidarity. Several hundred other church members were placed under house arrest by police and Domestic Security Protection guards. During this time, some believers were verbally and physically abused while in detention, and some lost their jobs or were evicted due to government pressure on their employers and landlords. The church’s pastors and elders were confined under house arrest the entire time and deprived of their liberty.</p>
<p>Shouwang’s pastors and believers have endured unimaginable pressure and paid a heavy price. This protracted act of obeying God rather than man and of upholding the vision of being “a city on a hill” is still ongoing―as is the government’s illegal persecution.</p>
<p>For more details, go to:<br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/04/beijings-shouwang-church-issues-q-about.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/04/beijings-shouwang-church-issues-q-about.html</a> <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/04/further-statement-on-outdoor-worship.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/04/further-statement-on-outdoor-worship.html</a> <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/04/nature-of-battle.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/04/nature-of-battle.html</a> <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/12/beijing-shouwang-church-announcement-on_27.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/12/beijing-shouwang-church-announcement-on_27.html</a> <br/> <br/> <br/>2. Chinese House Church Alliance’s Bible training raided, Korean pastors deported</p>
<p>On May 10, 2011, which was the second day of the third round of the U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington, D.C., police in China staged a surprise raid on a church lay leadership training session being conducted by the Chinese House Church Alliance in Weishi county, Zhengzhou, Henan Province.</p>
<p>In this incident, 49 church staff from the provinces of Henan, Shandong, Anhui and some other regions were arrested, including three people of Korean descent. The Weishi county police ransacked the third floor of the building where the training was being held, confiscated all the personal belongings of the 49 detainees, who were detained in the Weishi county church and interrogated. All were released the following day, and two Korean pastors were deported. Pastor Jin Yongzhe and his wife, a Chinese citizen, were punished with five days of administrative detention.</p>
<p>For more details, go to: <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/05/while-us-talks-tough-on-human-rights.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/05/while-us-talks-tough-on-human-rights.html</a> <a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/05/update-49-house-church-leaders-released.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/05/update-49-house-church-leaders-released.html</a> <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/05/korean-bible-instructor-held-following_11.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/05/korean-bible-instructor-held-following_11.html</a> <br/> </p>
<p>3. Jiangsu province’s Suqian House Church repeatedly persecuted; Pastor Shi Enhao given two-year labor camp sentence</p>
<p>Shi Enhao, pastor of the Suqian Church in Jiangsu province and vice president of the Chinese House Church Alliance, was sentenced to two years of re-education-through-labor, and is currently serving this labor camp sentence.</p>
<p>On March 4, 2011, while preaching in Nanyang, Henan province, Shi Enhao was seized by officers from the Suqian Municipal Public Security Bureau and religious affairs bureau officials who had made a special trip to Nanyang to take him into custody. He was brought back to Suqian and detained, getting beat up in the process. On May 31, 2011, Shi Enhao and some of his co-workers were formally arrested by local authorities, and he and a lay leader, sister Chang Meiling, were sentenced to 12 days of administrative detention. On the night of June 1, Shi Enhao’s residence was searched by more than 10 people who confiscated books and documents. Immediately upon his release on June 12, Shi Enhao was put into police detention. In July, he was sentenced to two years in labor camp. Afterwards, police confiscated 140,000 yuan (US$22,160) of offerings to the church, along with a church vehicle, musical instruments and the church choir robes. Police also verbally threatened Shi Enhao’s three daughters and sons-in-law.</p>
<p>That was not the end of persecution of this church. On Aug. 12, three church elders were detained and one of them, Wu Changle, was sentenced to five days of administrative detention (not implemented). On Oct. 1, Domestic Security Protection agents took into custody church lay leader Chang Meiling and placed her under house arrest for two days. On Nov. 14, Suqian municipal authorities threatened the church staff and banned them from holding services.</p>
<p>For more details, go to: <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/06/deputy-chairman-of-chinese-house-church.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/06/deputy-chairman-of-chinese-house-church.html</a> <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/11/china-aid-association-suqian-city.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/11/china-aid-association-suqian-city.html</a></p>
<p><br/>4. More suppression of Catholics; Vatican continues to face “red challenge”</p>
<p>Following the Chinese government’s unapproved ordinations in the second half of 2010 that caused Beijing – Vatican relations to fall to a historic low, persecution of Catholics in 2011 was cause for even more concern. On March 30, without Vatican approval, the government’s Catholic Patriotic Association ordained Liang Jiansen bishop of Jiangmen archdiocese in Guangdong province. On June 26, Father Sun Jigen of Handan archdiocese in Hebei province was taken away by police and held in custody just before his Vatican-approved ordination. Respectively on June 29 and on July 14, without Vatican approval, the Chinese Catholic Leshan archdiocese in Sichuan province and the Shantou archdiocese in Guangdong province ordained two bishops, Lei Shiyin and Huang Bingzhang. In August, several dozen leaders of the underground Catholic church in Tianshui, Gansu province, were detained and taken into custody.</p>
<p>For more details, go to: <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/11/freedom-of-religion-and-rule-of-law-in.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/11/freedom-of-religion-and-rule-of-law-in.html</a></p>
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<p>5. Twenty-one house church leaders criminally detained in Inner Mongolia; police extort money from detainees’ families</p>
<p>On July 26, 2011, dozens of Domestic Security Protection agents from the Haibowan sub-bureau of the Wuhai police force burst into a meeting in the city of Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, where church leaders from Wuhai and Ningxia Province’s Shizuishan were gathered to plan church activities. All 21 attendees were criminally detained.</p>
<p>Domestic Security Protection agents confiscated everything at the meeting site. Even the bamboo mats that believers regularly use to rest and nap on after meetings were loaded into police vehicles and taken away. The 21 church leaders were criminally detained on suspicion of “using a cult organization to undermine national law enforcement.” Before they were transferred to the detention center, they were given physical exams. Six of them were very elderly and were found to be in poor health, and the detention center refused to accept them. So they were released and the remaining 15 church leaders were held at the detention center. (See scan of detention notice for Ning Yuncai at right.) Fifteen days into their detention, their families were told that if they could raise 50,000 yuan (US$7,915), the detainees would be released. But when the families delivered the money to the prosecutor’s office, it turned around and sent the case back to the Public Security Bureau. The Public Security Bureau then told the families that if they did not raise several tens of thousands of yuan again, the detainees would be sent to labor camps or given prison sentences. (ChinaAid does not have information about the subsequent developments in this case.)</p>
<p>For more details, go to: <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/08/21-house-church-leaders-in-inner.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/08/21-house-church-leaders-in-inner.html</a></p>
<p><br/>6. In historic first, report of house church persecution in Tibet</p>
<p>Before and after China’s National Day on the first of October, 11 members of a house church in Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet, were criminally detained and held for nearly a month before being released. During this time, a large number of Tibetan Bibles were confiscated and some Christians were insulted and beaten.</p>
<p>This first-ever public report of house church persecution in Tibet is historic. Brother Song Kuanxin, a house church missionary from Zhumadian, Henan province, was criminally detained on Oc. 7 “on suspicion of (being part of a) cult group.” He was held with convicted felons, and was later notified that his detention was being extended to 30 days for “committing crimes everywhere.” While Song was in detention, police officers blasphemed and insulted his faith and repeatedly beat him. On Nov. 11, after being forced to write a guarantee, Song was released early. However, he was told that all the belongings that police had confiscated from his home, including two laptops, were considered tools for his criminal activities and had been destroyed. He recorded the details of this incidence of persecution and posted it on the Internet.</p>
<p>One of the detained church leaders was a sister surnamed Wang, who with her husband have adopted 10 Tibetan and Han Chinese orphans, some with disabilities. Life is hard for them.</p>
<p>For more details, go to: <a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/12/in-historic-first-authorities-detain.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/12/in-historic-first-authorities-detain.html</a></p>
<p>(Photo shows some of sister Wang’s adopted orphans.)</p>
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<p>7. Century–old church in Tai’an, Shandong Province demolished; congregation protests</p>
<p>From September to November 2011, while a Chinese government Bible exhibition organized by the Religious Affairs Bureau and the Three-Self Patriotic Movement was touring the United States, a century-old church in Tai’an, Shandong province, was facing government-approved illegal demolition despite being a state-sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Movement church. Church walls were destroyed and believers were beaten for protesting the demolition.</p>
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<p>(Photo shows rubble from the demolished parts of the church)</p>
<p>The church is located on Lingzhi Street, in the Taishan District of the city of Tai’an. Built by two British missionaries in 1886, the 12th year of Emperor Guangxu’s reign, the church compound originally extended over two acres, and is now 125 years old. On Nov. 16, 2010, about 30 to 40 church members stopped demolition crews who started to move in on the church. That afternoon, church member spontaneously took turns protecting their church from being demolished by real estate developers while seeking government help. On Nov. 20, when the developers again tried to start the demolition, several elderly Christians stood in their way, achieving a temporary suspension of the demolition.</p>
<p>In the second half of 2011, the church was again facing demolition. The wall of the part of the church that had been the Christian high school set up by the Anglican Church was forcibly torn down. Elderly church members who tried to stop the destruction were beaten to the ground. The church on Nov. 9 lodged a formal appeal with the government, seeking lawful handling of church property, a stop to the demolition and return of occupied church property.</p>
<p>For more details, go to: <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/11/century-old-anglican-church-in-shandong.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/11/century-old-anglican-church-in-shandong.html</a></p>
<p><br/>8. Beijing Sister Jiang Yaxi criminally detained for distributing documentary “Beyond,” Now Awaits Trial</p>
<p>On Nov. 11, 2011, Beijing police criminally detained Ms. Jiang Yaxi, a Christian and the “enterprise legal person” of the Beijing Shamozhihua (Flowers in the Desert) Television and Film Co., for producing and selling in China copies of the faith-related documentary “Beyond” made by the U.S.-based China Soul for Christ Foundation. <br/>In early August, an inspection team of the Beijing Culture Bureau searched the Beijing Chengguang (Dawn) Bookstore and confiscated 40 sets of “Beyond.” The bookstore was also fined 4000 yuan (US$633) for selling illegal goods.</p>
<p>In mid-August, the Beijing Culture Bureau and Beijing police staged a surprise raid of Jiang’s company, demanding that Jiang turn over all company records related to “Beyond,” including sales records and customer records. The inspection team also searched the warehouse where copies of “Beyond” were stored, confiscated all the “Beyond” products, and fined her 10,000 yuan (US$1,585). Government prosecutors have reportedly approved sister Jiang Yaxi’s arrest, and she is now awaiting trial.</p>
<p>For more details, go to: <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/11/police-criminally-detain-beijing.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/11/police-criminally-detain-beijing.html</a></p>
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<p>9. Christian human rights lawyers and dissidents harshly punished</p>
<p>According to incomplete statistics, some 100 lawyers, human rights activists and dissidents in 2011 were forcibly “disappeared,” tortured, detained and even sentenced to prison terms.</p>
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<p>(left to right: Jiang Tianyong, Li Fangping, Tang Jingling)</p>
<p>Three prominent Christian human rights lawyers were victims of “state terrorism.” On Feb. 19, Jiang Tianyong was kidnapped by Beijing police and detained for 60 days. During that time, he was subjected to torture and to “rescue and education” brainwashing. On April 29, Li Fangping went missing in Beijing. He was released five days later and had been tortured. On Feb. 22, Tang Jingling was seized in Guangzhou. After being detained for five months, he was escorted back to his hometown in Hubei province. After he returned to Guangzhou on Sept. 25, he was put under house arrest beginning on Oct. 1. On Dec. 8, he was taken away by Domestic Security Protection agents for showing concern for the Wukan village incident in Guangdong province, where villagers protested for a week over farmland seizures and the death an activist in police custody.</p>
<p>For more details, go to: <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/11/chinaaid-likens-china-to-pre-wwii.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/11/chinaaid-likens-china-to-pre-wwii.html</a></p>
<p>Two prominent Christian dissidents were given harsh penalties for posting articles on the Internet criticizing the government. In February 2011, Chen Wei, a pro-democracy activist in Suining, Sichuan province, was arrested by the authorities on suspicion of “subversion of state power” and was sentenced on Dec. 23 to 10 years in prison. Chen Xi of Guizhou province was arrested on Nov. 29, by the authorities for “inciting subversion of state power” and sentenced on Dec. 26 to 10 years in prison.</p>
<p> <br/> <br/>(Chen Wei & Chen Xi) </p>
<p>For more details, go to: <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/12/china-defends-human-rights-record.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/12/china-defends-human-rights-record.html</a></p>
<p>Another well-known human rights lawyer and Christian, Ms. Ni Nulan from Beijing, started in 2002 to expose the forced demolition of housing in Beijing in advance of the 2008 Olympics Games and was sentenced to a one-year prison term for it. She was so brutally beaten that her legs were permanently disabled. On Feb. 11, 2011, John Huntsman, then U.S. ambassador to China, visited Ni and had a picture taken with her. On April 6, Ni and her husband, Dong Jiqin, (see photo) were taken into custody by Beijing Xicheng district police for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and the Xicheng district procuratorate approved her formal arrest. Around July 13, the charge of “fraud” was added to her alleged crimes. She was tried on Dec. 29 in Xicheng District Court, but the outcome is still unknown.</p>
<p>The Dutch government announced on December 22 that its 2011 Human Rights Defenders Tulip award was going to Ni Yulan. She had been nominated for the prize by ChinaAid and Christian Solidarity Worldwide.</p>
<p>For more details, go to: <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/04/beijing-human-rights-lawyer-ni-yulan.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/04/beijing-human-rights-lawyer-ni-yulan.html</a> <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/05/urgent-lawyer-ni-yulan-to-be-formally.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/05/urgent-lawyer-ni-yulan-to-be-formally.html</a> <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/12/dutch-government-selects-chinese-human.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/12/dutch-government-selects-chinese-human.html</a></p>
<p><br/>10. After 20 months of forced disappearance, Gao Zhisheng is put in prison to serve a three-year sentence</p>
<p>During the 2011 Christmas season, prominent Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who was kidnapped by the authorities and forcibly “disappeared” for 20 months, was sent to Shaya prison in Xinjiang to serve a three-year prison term. Family members who went to the prison to see him were refused entry.</p>
<p>In a brief English-language dispatch on Dec. 16, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Gao Zhisheng was being sent back to prison to serve the three-year prison term to which he had originally been sentenced because he had repeatedly violated the terms of his probation. In their hometown in Shaanxi province, Gao Zhisheng’s eldest brother, Gao Zhiyi, on Jan. 1, 2012, received “notice of criminal’s admittance into prison” issued on Dec. 19, 2011, by the Shaya prion in Xinjiang’s Aksu region, the first confirmation that Gao Zhisheng had been incarcerated to serve the three-year prison term. Gao Zhiyi, accompanied by Gao Zhisheng’s father-in-law and two sisters, travelled to Xinjiang’s Shaya prison to visit him but were told on arrival that they could not see him. To date, they are still waiting nearby for permission to visit.</p>
<p>(File photo of Gao Zhisheng and his family before his forced disappearance.)</p>
<p>Gao Zhisheng is a lawyer who handled a number of controversial cases, including the northern Shaanxi province oil field case, the Christian persecution case in Kashgar, Xinjiang, and Falungong cases. In November 2005, the Beijing Justice Bureau Beijing shut down the Zhisheng Law Firm, of which Gao was the director. On Dec. 22, 2006, he was charged with “inciting subversion of state power” and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, with a two-year reprieve and five-year deprivation of political rights, and was released to go home. On Sept. 21, 2007, he was arrested again and held for 50 days. After his release, he wrote an account entitled “Dark Night, Dark Hood, and Kidnapping by Dark Mafia” in which he described the torture inflicted on him, including toothpicks inserted in his genitals. On Jan. 9, 2009, his wife and children left Beijing, secretly escaping from China for the United State, via Thailand. On Feb. 4, 2009, Gao was again kidnapped by the authorities and “disappeared.” On March 27, 2010, he suddenly resurfaced, though under the surveillance of Chinese plainclothes police, only to disappear again on April 20. On Dec. 10, 2010, ChinaAid founder and president Pastor Bob Fu travelled to Oslo, Norway, to attend the Nobel Peace Award Ceremony. Bob Fu visited the Chinese Embassy in Norway to submit a petition of 150,000 signatures for the release of Gao Zhisheng. The same day, ChinaAid also coordinated submission of the petition to 14 Chinese embassies and consulates around the world. On Jan. 10, 2011, the Associated Press published an exclusive news report entitled “Gao Zhisheng, Missing Chinese Lawyer, Described Torture Before Disappearing” in which reporter Charles Hutzler recounted his meeting with Gao at a Beijing teahouse during which Gao described the horror of the torture inflicted on him by the Chinese government during his detention in Beijing, Shaanxi and Xinjiang after he was “disappeared” into police custody.</p>
<p>For more details, go to: <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2012/01/prison-bars-brother-of-imprisoned.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2012/01/prison-bars-brother-of-imprisoned.html</a> <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/12/missing-gao-zhisheng-chinese-dissident.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/12/missing-gao-zhisheng-chinese-dissident.html</a> <br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/01/ap-exclusive-missing-chinese-lawyer.html">http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/01/ap-exclusive-missing-chinese-lawyer.html</a></p>
<p><br/>Conclusion</p>
<p>2011 was a dark year in China’s history. This list of top 10 persecution cases can by no means fully capture the deterioration in China of religious freedom, human rights and the rule of law in 2011, nor the price paid in blood and tears of the victims of brutal persecution. Pastor Bob Fu said, “2011 was a harsh winter for human rights in China, and I am not optimistic about things getting better.”</p>
<p>Nevertheless, in the face of continuous and targeted persecution, Christ’s church and his followers have, as always, shown extraordinary patience and perseverance, holding fast to the faith without regard to the cost, while living out with remarkable determination and persistence the non-violent model of defending one’s legal rights. This kind of courage, tolerance, perseverance, wisdom, love and hope is rare in other social groups and individuals in Chinese society.</p>
<p>China’s churches and Christians are going through persecution, but they need not place their hopes on any government or organization. They rely on the head of church alone―the Lord Jesus Christ―and remain faithful to this great God. As the Lord has promised in Romans 8:31, “What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”</p>
<p>The Chinese Communist government’s brutal persecution of the church in the past 60 years has not been able to stem the growth and development of God’s church. Is this not the most powerful testimony to the work of the Holy Spirit? Christ’s followers in China, you shall boast in the Lord.</p>
<p>History will one day prove that the growth of the church in China is setting the foundation for world peace, prosperity, and progress.</p>
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<p>END<br/>China Aid Association, USA<br/><a href="http://www.chinaaid.org/">www.ChinaAid.org</a> <br/>Further distribution and posting welcome</p> 新形势下对家庭教会宗教政策的理解tag:cmiusca.org,2011-10-30:2894894:Topic:120862011-10-30T07:05:28.969ZCMIUSCAhttp://cmiusca.org/profile/mande
<p>(根据作者《守望教会事件与家庭教会合法化研讨会》上的回应发言整理)<br></br>曼德<br></br><br></br>北京家庭教会守望教会户外敬拜已经有28周了,中共政权虽然没有定守望教会为邪教,也没有用刑事手段处理守望教会的信徒,但还是大量软禁守望教会领导层,每次的户外敬拜对参与信徒进行围追堵截、凡去中关村户外平台敬拜的信徒一律先抓到派出所,审问后释放。中共当前对家庭教会的政策表现出与西藏、新疆、法轮功问题的不同性,在目前新形势下,中共对待家庭教会的政策确实让人有难以捉摸的感觉。<br></br><br></br>其实,中国政府对待基督教的政策,是有规律可循的,根据赵天恩牧师《当代中国基督教发展史》一书和本人的体会,我认为政府对待基督教的政策,受四个方面的影响:<br></br>首先.马克思列宁主义“宗教是人民的鸦片”“宗教必然要消亡”的宗教观和中国历史上政教合一、神道设教的传统。这个宗教观是它一直对基督教没有好感、并要绝对控制的原因。而中国历史传统,也使它可以与马克思主义政教合一,但对其他宗教列为异端、欲铲除而后快;<br></br><br></br>其次,中国的宗教部门隶属于统战部门,宗教组织是其统战工具之一,出于团结党外、搞好国…</p>
<p>(根据作者《守望教会事件与家庭教会合法化研讨会》上的回应发言整理)<br/>曼德<br/><br/>北京家庭教会守望教会户外敬拜已经有28周了,中共政权虽然没有定守望教会为邪教,也没有用刑事手段处理守望教会的信徒,但还是大量软禁守望教会领导层,每次的户外敬拜对参与信徒进行围追堵截、凡去中关村户外平台敬拜的信徒一律先抓到派出所,审问后释放。中共当前对家庭教会的政策表现出与西藏、新疆、法轮功问题的不同性,在目前新形势下,中共对待家庭教会的政策确实让人有难以捉摸的感觉。<br/><br/>其实,中国政府对待基督教的政策,是有规律可循的,根据赵天恩牧师《当代中国基督教发展史》一书和本人的体会,我认为政府对待基督教的政策,受四个方面的影响:<br/>首先.马克思列宁主义“宗教是人民的鸦片”“宗教必然要消亡”的宗教观和中国历史上政教合一、神道设教的传统。这个宗教观是它一直对基督教没有好感、并要绝对控制的原因。而中国历史传统,也使它可以与马克思主义政教合一,但对其他宗教列为异端、欲铲除而后快;<br/><br/>其次,中国的宗教部门隶属于统战部门,宗教组织是其统战工具之一,出于团结党外、搞好国际关系、树立国际形象的统战目的,宗教政策也有不断地调整,这是为什么改革开放以来,总体上对基督教还是不断放宽的原因;<br/><br/>再次,中国宗教政策受政治形势影响非常巨大,政治形势紧张时,对教会的逼迫也就加剧;政治形势缓和时,对基督教也采取较为宽松的政策。比如在中共取得政权之初,对基督教实施全面控制、不加入三自的家庭教会领袖受到严酷的迫害,但一般信徒初时情形还可以;随着政治上越来越左,到文化大革命时期,消灭宗教成为政策。除了吴耀宗等少数几个基督教官员外,不仅家庭教会,连三自教会也被铲除,全国几乎所有的信徒都遭到不同程度的迫害。改革开放后,政治上改革开放,宗教政策随之温和。但改革历程中保守派的每一次反扑,都导致宗教政策的收紧,逼迫的加剧。如1983年的严打期间、1986年反资产阶级自由化、1989年六四镇压后,政策收紧。从1990年代中期,由于提出宗教要与社会主义相适应的政策、由于和谐社会的提出,宗教政策一度缓和。但近几年,由于2009年六四20周年、今年茉莉花革命、明年政治局常委换届,政治形势趋紧,宗教政策也开始收紧。<br/><br/>最后,宗教政策的制定也考虑到信徒的抗拒程度。例如由于农村家庭教会信徒从改革开放以来持续地与政权的抗争,政权最后也只能采取默认的态度对待农村家庭教会。由于目前城市家庭教会信徒的各种抗争,对小规模的家庭教会,中共也采取默认的政策。<br/><br/>这四个方面是理解中国宗教政策的关键因素,当前的宗教政策,既有历史的延续性,也有当前政治形势的特殊性;既有出于统战考虑的灵活性,也有意识形态决定的顽固性。明白了这四个因素,就为理解和认清中共当前宗教政策打下了基础。<br/><br/>在理解和认清中国政府对待家庭教会的当前政策时,要避免两个极端,一是认为当局会把家庭教会定为邪教后,像法轮功那样铲除,一是认为现在的政策是最好的政策,再没有必要要求改善。避免第一个极端,是让我们看到目前政策的相对进步性。避免第二个极端,才有斗志不断地推进家庭教会的信仰自由度。<br/><br/>之所以认为中共政府不会定家庭教会为邪教,有以下三方面的考虑: 首先基督教是历史最悠久、影响最广泛的正教,全世界大部分国家,尤其是西方发达国家,都是基督教人数占主流的国家,这些国家中的政治、经济、文化要人,大多是基督徒,如果定基督教为邪教,那么中国的宗教政策就会倒退到毛泽东的“文化大革命”时期,而中国政权就要与世界大家庭隔离、把自己不仅开除除联合国国籍,也要开除出人类的人籍了。<br/><br/>其次,家庭教会这么多年来的表现,是非常温和坚韧的,就是累遭逼迫,也是一面忍气吞声、一面坚强地拓展,使政权不得不步步退缩。而且家庭教会在家庭伦理、职业伦理、市场伦理方面的促进作用显而易见,家庭教会对社会救济、社会文化贡献也有越来越大,国内很多各界名人,都已经是基督徒,甚至很多官员,成为了地下基督徒。打压所谓的“邪教法轮功”,使中共承受了巨大的经济、政治、国际形象成本,再发动一场这样的打压运动,对政权来说是“心有余而力不足”。<br/><br/>第三,当局扶持的三自教会,撇开政治性的实质,在宗教形式的大体教义、经典、圣礼上也基本相同,都是同一本圣经、同一个三位一体的上帝。如果定基督教为邪教,那么自己的这一大块,又如何处理呢?这些综合因素,是当局一直不敢定基督教家庭教会为邪教的根本原因。<br/><br/>虽然政府不会把基督教当做“邪教”来彻底铲除,但现在对付家庭教会的政策是最好的吗?我认为现在这种有一定自由度的政策虽然比彻底消灭的政策有进步,但也显然违背中国自己的法律,并且有碍于基督教在国内的发展。现在对付家庭教会的政策归纳起来有5点,也就是我所谓的五化:<br/><br/>1.分散化:将100人以上的家庭教会分散成基督徒家庭里面的聚会,或者人数在20人以内的聚会,不让你成为church(有教堂的教会),而让你成为fellowship(家庭或小空间中的团契)。上海万邦教会就是一例。<br/><br/>2.非法化:绝不承认家庭教会的社会地位,绝不让家庭教会以独立社会法人名义登记。始终把家庭教会作为实质上的非法组织来看待。也因此家庭教会无法有合法的教产、敬拜场所、无合法的教会财务人事等制度、无合法的神学院、出版社、学校等等。<br/><br/>3.隐蔽化:不让家庭教会在中国社会、尤其是国际舞台上浮出水面。如2010年洛桑会议,采取极其粗暴的方法阻止家庭教会的代表参加国际会议、在国际舞台上展示形象。如本人在中国时在家庭教会讲道可以,但一旦去大学、社会论坛讲座,就被事前取消。要把家庭教会的社会影响力减少到最低,这是中国政府的宗教政策目标之一。<br/><br/>4.控制化:本人在国内时与全国不少家庭教会有过接触。给我的感觉是,虽然各地政策差异很多,有地方控制力度大,有地方能够包容,但是所有家庭教会,基本上都在政府的全面监控之中,一旦家庭教会人数扩大(估计超过100人)、一旦产生了社会影响力、一旦涉及到某些敏感事务,那么家庭教会头顶的悬剑就会落到头上。最新的消息是除了控制聚会点外,很多大城市街道办、居委会都设有专门的家庭教会负责人,负责所在地区的家庭教会信徒。<br/><br/>5.三自化:这次守望事件中,政府动员不少三自教会人员,给守望教会信徒在派出所里做工作,纳入三自、不要再参加家庭教会敬拜。而政府允许的登记是以三自教会附属机构名义登记,一些经不住考验的教会纳入了三自。纳入三自是政府对待家庭教会最终极的目标,但它也知道这是不能“心想事成”的。<br/><br/>守望教会要求的社会地位的合法化、整体性的公开敬拜、合法的教产等等诉求,显然与中国政府当前对家庭教会的政策是有巨大出入的。针对当前政权的五化政策,家庭教会的要求则是整体化、合法化、公开化、自治化、独立化。而时代给家庭教会信徒以及同情家庭教会的各界人士的任务,就是突破当前政权和政策的瓶颈,扩大家庭教会的信仰自由度,拓展家庭教会的信仰自由空间。在突破过程中,正如文首所言,统战范畴中国际形象的成本、国内信徒抗拒所造成的压力,会是一个很大的参数和变量,而且是人们可以控制的参数与变量。所以,在这两方面的努力,极可能推动中共对待家庭教会政策的不断前进而非退步。<br/><br/>10/14/11</p> 守望教会事件与家庭教会合法化研讨会召开tag:cmiusca.org,2011-10-19:2894894:Topic:106852011-10-19T05:54:46.494ZCMIUSCAhttp://cmiusca.org/profile/mande
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<p>10月17日,中国福音会(China Ministries International )在洛杉矶中国福音会会议中心举办“守望教会事件与家庭教会合法化研讨会…</p>
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<p>10月17日,中国福音会(China Ministries International )在洛杉矶中国福音会会议中心举办“守望教会事件与家庭教会合法化研讨会 ”。由海内外关心家庭教会的牧者、学者、信徒和媒体参与。洪予健牧师、刘同苏牧师和中国家庭教会传道人曼德、郑乐国、林悦恩等与会者发布了精彩的演说。广州良人教会主任牧师王岛和威斯敏斯特神学院在读博士章弟兄也为本次研讨会发来贺信和论文。<br/><br/>会议由中国福音会会长赵享恩牧师主持。会议开始先由北京守望教会早期会员林悦恩介绍守望教会情况,守望教会因为被剥夺了敬拜的场所,所以不得不进行户外敬拜。在至今已经28次的户外敬拜中,守望教会领导层都被软禁,很多信徒被遣返回老家,强迫下丢失了工作和住房。政府对守望教会的敬拜场所至今不给任何处理方法,还占据守望教会募集的2700万房款。她呼吁海内外华人更多关注守望教会事件。<br/><br/>洪予健牧师指出这次海内外教会不少信徒积极声援守望教会,但是就签名来看,西方人的签名是4000多,华人才400多,华人不到10分之1。中国人的事情倒是西方人热心帮助,中国的基督徒到底怎么了。不少海外华人教会对社会事务的冷漠、对公义的漠视,成为普遍现象。恐共、畏共,变成华人教会的特色。完全失去了教会应该做社会先锋、与黑暗争战的本色。<br/><br/>刘同苏牧师指出守望教会不畏强权的举止,为北京乃至全国各地家庭教会信仰自由的拓展取得了促进作用,其他家庭教会因为守望教会吸引了北京的维稳力量而得以有了较大的发展空间,北京已经再没有能力对付第二个将要出现的守望教会。经济、人力等维稳成本使北京不得不向家庭教会不断妥协,以前20人左右的敬拜聚会就干涉,现在已经把这个底线提高到200人。信仰自由度的扩大完全在于改革开放以来家庭教会信徒不断伸张自己权利的结果。<br/><br/>家庭教会传道人曼德指出中国宗教政策虽然比起“文革”有很大进步,但对家庭教会的政策还是继续钳制自由的五化:“非法化、隐蔽化、分散化、控制化、三自化”。对此五化政策,新生代教会和信徒的诉求则是“合法化、公开化、整体化、自治化、独立化”。有些老信徒指责守望“现在比文革时好多了,还闹什么?”,可见老一代家庭教会和信徒大多已经满足现状,但守望教会为代表的新生代教会和信徒,具有了新的、更高的诉求,他们会通过诉诸法律或户外敬拜等维护信仰权利行动,不断拓展家庭教会的自由空间。<br/><br/>温州教会传道人郑乐国发表了“家庭教会争取教产合法化的必然性”演说。指出教产是基督徒实行圣礼崇拜的必然物质空间,信仰的属地性必然要求信徒拥有一定的物质空间,而且此空间必然是公共的。家庭是私人领域,真正的敬拜是在公共领域,所以,谋求家庭教会的教产的合法化和公开化是当代基督徒的必然要求。<br/><br/>参加会议的还有洛杉矶基督徒义显社的曾博士、洛杉矶当地的戴牧师、邱牧师、王牧师、DR.JOHN和艾迪牧师等近60位参与者。他们都一致呼吁海內外教会、同情守望者对守望教会施以援手、参与到推动中國信仰自由度和家庭教会合法化、公开化的进程当中。<br/><br/>中国福音会会将更加详细的会议资料整理给外界。<br/><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3323363085?profile=original"></a></p> 中国福音会将办守望教會事件與家庭教會合法化研討會tag:cmiusca.org,2011-09-13:2894894:Topic:93842011-09-13T23:28:35.700ZCMIUSCAhttp://cmiusca.org/profile/mande
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3323363165?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3323363165?profile=original" width="736"></img></a> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3323363265?profile=original" target="_self"></a><br></br>一直以来关心中国家庭教会的福音机构中國福音會(China<br></br>Ministries<br></br>International )将于10月17日在洛杉矶中國福音會會議中心举办“守望教會事件與家庭教會合法化…</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3323363165?profile=original"><img width="736" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3323363165?profile=original" class="align-center"/></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3323363265?profile=original"></a><br/>一直以来关心中国家庭教会的福音机构中國福音會(China<br/>Ministries<br/>International )将于10月17日在洛杉矶中國福音會會議中心举办“守望教會事件與家庭教會合法化 ”研討會。届时将有众多关心中国家庭教会的牧者、学者、信徒和媒体参与。<br/><br/>主办机构认为:自2011年4月10日中國家庭教會北京守望教會舉行戶外聚會以來,守望众会友遭到持续地逼迫甚至主要同工至今被软禁,守望教會事件也成為全球基督徒、媒體關註的焦點。此事件是中國家庭教會公開化、合法化歷程中標誌性事件,它的发展和结局關涉到中国家庭教會、公民信仰权利乃至整個社會發展的未来走向。海内外信徒须关注此事,竭力保守聖靈所賜合而為一的心、关爱受逼迫的主内肢体,除了代禱、簽名聲援外,基督徒有必要就此事件進行研討和发声,以從深層上领会神在此事上的旨意,並進一步喚醒海內外教會對守望教會施以援手、並推動中国信仰自由度和家庭教會合法化、公開化進程。<br/><br/>据悉与会研讨人士将有美国家庭教会学者大衛 艾克曼博士、中國福音會會長趙享恩博士,洪予健牧師、劉同蘇牧師,中国家庭教会传道人曼德、鄭樂國、汤礼铀等国内家庭教会肢体,北京守望教会会友林悦恩肢体。洛杉矶当地也有蔡國文牧師、丘靈光牧師等牧者、学者参与研讨。<br/><br/>该次會議探討的主題將有:1.從守望教會看中國政府對家庭教會的當前政策及政教關係 2.守望教會與家庭教會公開化、合法化前景 3.論家庭教會教產及敬拜場所合法化問題 4.家庭教會信仰維權的研討與展望。<br/><br/>以下是该次研讨会的时间、地点、联系方式,欢迎主内肢体和媒体积极参与。<br/>时间:2011年10月17日礼拜一<br/>9:00AM----5:00PM<br/>地点:洛杉矶中国福音会会议中心 (1605 E Elizabeth St., Pasadena<br/>CA91104)<br/><br/>聯絡邮件:CMIUSCA@YAHOO.COM<br/>电话:626-398-2343 510-908-2195</p>
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