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A Remarkable Week of Training with China’s Underground Church
Underground church leaders in China have completed more than 30 hours of intensive Pathway Learning spiritual formation training. Amid growing persecution, they are being strengthened in the gospel—and a new generation of indigenous trainers is being equipped to multiply this training among church leaders throughout China.
URGENT CALL TO PRAYER
On Sunday evening (USA) and Monday morning (East Asia), Pathway Learning launched a 30-hour live online Spiritual Formation course for over 20 underground church planters and leaders in East Asia. Please pray for protection, clarity, and lasting impact—and consider giving to support this vital work.
Building Godly Character: Persecuted Church Leaders in China Complete Spiritual Formation Course
Thirty leaders in China’s underground church completed the spiritual formation course, equipping them to lead from character over skill.
Your Support Gives Hope to the Persecuted Christians in China
The church in communist China is facing some of the most severe persecution in decades. In 2016, Pathway Learning began providing the essential training needed to equip Chinese leaders to develop strong, healthy churches that transform lives and communities in the face of great suffering.
Your Support Gives Hope to Persecuted Christians in China
When you give to Pathway Learning, you help equip underserved church leaders with the training and tools they need to plant and develop churches among the persecuted church in China and around the world.
Your Support Brings Hope to Under-Resourced Inner Cities
When you give to Pathway Learning, you help equip underserved church leaders with the training and tools they need to plant and renew churches that transform lives and communities among the urban poor in North America and around the world.
Your Support Brings Lasting Change in Muslim West Africa
When you give to Pathway Learning, you help underserved leaders like Sylvain receive the essential education he needs to help start and develop churches that transform lives and communities among the poor in Muslim West Africa. You are helping to create lasting change and bring hope to people and communities around the world.
Persecuted Early Rain Church Elder, Family Harassed and Threatened After Return to Chengdu
In December 2018, Elder Li Yingqiang of Early Rain Covenant Church was arrested with Pastor Wang Yi and other leaders and jailed for 8 months in Chengdu, China. Li was then released on probation for one year, during which time he was required to leave Chengdu and live in his hometown. Learn what happened next.
Persecuted Imprisoned Chinese Pastor Wang Yi Transferred to Unknown Prison
According to a member of the persecuted Early Rain Church in Chengdu, their imprisoned pastor Wang Yi was recently transferred from his incarceration in Chengdu to a prison, but Wang’s family has not been told the location.
Declaration by Christians in Hong Kong in Support of Pastor Wang Yi of the Early Rain Church in Chengdu
We are a group of Christians based in Hong Kong who care about the well-being of churches in China. We are gravely concerned about the prosecution and sentencing of Pastor Wang Yi of the Early Rain Covenant Church for 9 years by the Intermediate People’s Court in Chengdu on 30 December 2019, under the charges of “inciting subversion of state power” and “unlawful business operation”. The following is our statement in this regard
Statement from Persecuted Early Rain Church Regarding Severe Sentence of their Pastor Wang Yi
Since December 9th, 2018, our church’s senior pastor Wang Yi has been imprisoned on charges of “inciting to subvert state power” and “illegal business operations.” On December 26th, 2019, he was secretly tried at the Chengdu Intermediate People’s Court.
On December 30th, the court announced that Pastor Wang Yi was sentenced to 9 years in prison and fined 50,000 RMB. Our church issues the following statement to clarify our position
China Sentences Prominent Pastor Wang Yi to Nine Years in Prison for Subversion
Wang Yi is one of China's most prominent protestant pastors, a respected intellectual, a legal scholar, a renowned human rights advocate, and a church movement leader. On Monday morning (Beijing time), December 30, 2019, the Chinese government sentenced pastor Wang Yi to nine years in prison on charges of inciting subversion of state power.
My Declaration of Faithful Disobedience – Pastor Wang Yi (English Translation)
Wang Yi is one of China's most prominent protestant pastors, a respected intellectual, a legal scholar, a renowned human rights advocate, and a church movement leader.
Pastor Wang Yi wrote the declaration below to be published by his church should he be detained for more than 48 hours. In it he explains the meaning and necessity of faithful disobedience, how it is distinct from political activism or civil disobedience, and how Christians should carry it out.
Join Worldwide Day of Prayer for Persecuted Church in China on December 9th
On December 9th, 2018, authorities arrested more than 100 members and leaders of Early Rain Covenant Church（秋雨圣约教会）, including their pastor, Wang Yi, who along with his wife were charged with “inciting to subvert state power.” Pastor Wang Yi is still in jail awaiting trial. China Partnership is calling for a worldwide day of prayer for all churches in China on this day. Included is a helpful prayer guide.
Early Rain Covenant Church Elder Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
Elder Qin Defu's trial was held last week at the Chengdu Qingyang District People's Court. He was charged with "illegal business operations" for his service at the church, which included providing books and printed resources for church members and printing and distributing hymnals. On November 29, he was sentenced to four years in prison, leaving behind a wife and two young children
Read Key Papers by Pastor Wang Yi and Persecuted Chinese Church Leaders in Several Languages
Read these primary source documents written in Chinese by the persecuted church leaders at Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China as well as important documents signed by groups of Chinese church leaders and translated into various languages.
U.S. Ambassador Calls on Chinese Authorities to Release Persecuted Pastor Wang Yi and Church Members
“We believe that Chinese authorities wanted to send a message to others who dare follow in his footsteps and defy the Communist Party.
But as a man of faith myself, I think the Chinese Communist Party may have done the opposite. When faith is under attack, it grows stronger.”
Silence is Betrayal 沉默就是背叛 - Pastor Wang Yi 王怡牧师
Silence Is Betrayal - 王怡牧师 Pastor Wang Yi
摘自成都秋雨圣约教会2018年10月21日的证道《我们是光明的儿女》
From the sermon "We are Children of Light" preached on Oct. 21, 2018, at Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China
Urgent Prayer Update 32 Directly From Persecuted Early Rain Church in China (English)
These urgent prayer updates (below) are directly from Early Rain Covenant Church seeking prayer and help from the watching world, especially followers of Christ. At the time of this post, there are 32 updates, ranging from December 9, 2018 to March 24, 2019.
秋雨圣约教会代祷信32号
These Chinese urgent prayer updates (below) are directly from Early Rain Covenant Church seeking prayer and help from the watching world, especially followers of Christ. At the time of this post, there are 32 updates, ranging from December 9, 2018 to March 24, 2019.