• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • HOME
  • ABOUT CHINA
    • NEWS
    • TESTIMONIES
    • OP-EDS
    • FEATURED
    • GLOSSARY
    • CHINA PERSECUTION MAP
  • FROM THE WORLD
    • NEWS GLOBAL
    • TESTIMONIES GLOBAL
    • OP-EDS GLOBAL
    • FEATURED GLOBAL
  • INTERVIEWS
  • DOCUMENTS AND TRANSLATIONS
    • DOCUMENTS
    • THE TAI JI MEN CASE
    • TRANSLATIONS
    • EVENTS
  • ABOUT
  • EDITORIAL BOARD
  • TOPICS

Bitter Winter

A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

three friends of winter
Home / China / Testimonies China

Christian Man Arrested Twice in Four Months

10/19/2018Jiang Tao |

Be handcuffed (taken from the Internet)

A member of the Born-Again movement from Anhui Province suffered constant persecution for his faith.

Last year in April, officers from the National Security Brigade and a local police station showed up at Cheng Lei’s home. They were there to escort Mr. Cheng and his parents to the station for interrogation. The family belongs to the Born-Again church and often hosts gatherings at their home.

The Born-Again movement, also known as All Range/Sphere, Full Scope and Word of Life Church or the Weepers, is a banned Christian group, included in the list of xie jiao (heterodox teaching) by the Chinese authorities.

While his parents were released the same day, Mr. Cheng was taken to a detention center where he was held for the next forty days. Even though he was released, he became a lifelong target of the authorities.

Months later in August, Mr. Cheng was traveling to Henan on a train. At night, he received a call from an official in the Public Security Bureau who accused him of fleeing. Soon after, a train attendant showed up to check his identification details.

The next morning, when the train reached its destination at 4 am, Mr. Cheng was arrested again. He was taken to a detention center and kept there for a month. After that, he was posted in a farm for reformation through labor.

He was released in March this year but still wasn’t given back his freedom. He had to check in at the local police station regularly, and if an officer were to show up at his home, he was expected to answer all his questions.

This constant harassment caused much anguish to Mr. Cheng on a personal level as well. His marriage has suffered and his mother’s health deteriorated.

Reported by Jiang Tao

Tagged With: Born Again movement, Christian Faith in China, Detention in China

Jiang Tao profile picture
Jiang Tao

Uses a pseudonym for security reasons.

Related articles

  • Wang Hai: Miao Christian Pastor Still Harassed and Investigated

    Wang Hai: Miao Christian Pastor Still Harassed and Investigated

  • Detained leaders of Church of Abundance Accused of “Violating National Security”

    Detained leaders of Church of Abundance Accused of “Violating National Security”

  • Beijing Lampstand Church: Pastor Qin Sifeng Sentenced to Five Years in Jail

    Beijing Lampstand Church: Pastor Qin Sifeng Sentenced to Five Years in Jail

  • Taiyuan Pastors Told to Teach Christians to “Always Follow the Party”

    Taiyuan Pastors Told to Teach Christians to “Always Follow the Party”

Keep Reading

  • Two Sentenced for Attending a Christian Conference in Malaysia
    Two Sentenced for Attending a Christian Conference in Malaysia

    One year of jail is the penalty for a pastor and a co-worker from Shanxi who went to an event organized by famous evangelist Tang Chongrong

  • China Plans to Export “Sinicized Christianity” Internationally
    China Plans to Export “Sinicized Christianity” Internationally

    “We will change the face of world Christianity!” A conference on June 27–30 launched a new grandiose plan—and a problem for the World Council of Churches.

  • Nanning Christian Pastor Detained—For No Reason Whatsoever
    Nanning Christian Pastor Detained—For No Reason Whatsoever

    The vague provision punishing “disturbing the social order in the name of religion” was enforced against Pastor Park Kwang-Zhe of New Life Christian Church.

  • Christian from Wenzhou Prosecuted in Sichuan
    Christian from Wenzhou Prosecuted in Sichuan

    Lin Xuesui wanted to be a missionary. He has ended up being a prisoner of conscience.

Primary Sidebar

Support Bitter Winter

Learn More

Follow us

Newsletter

MOST READ

  • Why the Unification Church Should Not Be Dissolved. 2. Dissolving Would Be Contrary to the Law by Tatsuki Nakayama
  • China’s Strange Battle Against Buddhists Releasing Mineral Water into Rivers by Gladys Kwok
  • Why the Unification Church Should Not Be Dissolved. 3. The Truth About “Spiritual Sales” and “Excessive Donations” by Tatsuki Nakayama
  • China Promotes a “Confucianized” Approach to the Holy Quran by Ma Wenyan
  • Anti-Religious Social Credit Targets Southern Mongolian Peasants by Zeng Liqin
  • France: Rémi Mogenet, a Victim of Anti-Cultism, Testifies by Massimo Introvigne
  • Why the Unification Church Should Not Be Dissolved. 4. The Witch Hunt Should Be Stopped by Tatsuki Nakayama

CHINA PERSECUTION MAP -SEARCH NEWS BY REGION

clickable geographical map of china, with regions

Footer

EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor-in-Chief

MASSIMO INTROVIGNE

Director-in-Charge

MARCO RESPINTI

ADDRESS

CESNUR

Via Confienza 19,

10121 Turin, Italy,

Phone: 39-011-541950

E-MAIL

We welcome submission of unpublished contributions, news, and photographs. Each submission implies the authorization for us to edit and publish texts and photographs. We reserve the right to decide which submissions are suitable for publication. Please, write to INFO@BITTERWINTER.ORG Thank you.

Newsletter

LINKS

orlir-logo hrwf-logo cesnur-logo

Copyright © 2023 · Bitter Winter · PRIVACY POLICY· COOKIE POLICY