储伟牧师
德州美德兰（对华援助协会2006年5月18日）
著名基督徒作家余杰和王怡已于北京时间5月18日下午5点结束美国访问后顺利抵达北京。据悉，因为余杰，王怡和李柏光于上周在白宫受到美国总统布什的热情接见中国高层非常恼火。余杰的太太刘敏和方舟家庭教会的同工作家北村也分别被安全部门找去谈话。白宫也向中国最高层明确发出信息，布什总统本人非常关心这几位客人的安危，希望中国领导人慎重处理这几个访美人士的回国事宜。据悉，美国大使馆派出高级别外交官亲自前去首都机场接机。中国安全部门以及一位来自国务院宗教事务局的官员也着便衣前去机场监视情况。在机场大厅也有8-9位来自日本和韩国的记者对他们回国事宜跟踪报道。余杰的太太刘敏和教会同工北村以及其他几位放舟教会人士将余杰顺利接走。
对华援助协会获悉，在5月16日和18日， 上海和北京又有家庭教会领袖被抓捕。
5月16日，上海市闵行区一个教会在12号的一次聚会被公安局冲散，不允许聚集。一个女性信徒叫范金林，5月16日搬到她自己家里，让几十个人聚会。下午3点公安局去了十多个人，开了两部车，把她们赶散，最后摄像。又把两个人，一个是温州叶胜冲牧师的抓去，还有一个是河南的叫张光明牧师，也被抓走。到截稿时为止仍有一位被抓捕人士未获释。
5月18日，安徽家庭教会领袖储伟牧师在北京也被抓捕4个小时。当时储牧师刚刚结束了为河南温县宗教迫害一案寻求著名宪政学者陈永苗先生的法律援助的谈话。北京时间下午1点25分正当储牧师走到海淀区四道口水产区批发市场附近，他被3名拒绝出示身份的国安便衣劫持到海淀区大钟寺派出所强迫讯问。一位自称姓史的北京国保大队官员对储牧师进行了4个小时的问讯后释放了他。该官员称=他们是接到了河南省和安徽省公安厅的请求对储牧师进行问讯的。储牧师一直在对一些受迫害的河南和安徽家庭教会信徒推动法制教育和提供法律援助的工作。
对华援助协会呼吁各界良心人士和国际社会透过信件和电话，向中国有关部门关注此案。尽快释放被关押的无辜教会人士。
对华援助协会2006年5月18日首发
Chinese Christian Writers Returned to China Safely after Meeting with US President Bush; House Church Leaders Arrested in Beijing and Shanghai
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Midland, Texas (CAA)-May 18, 2006
CAA learned after a high profile meeting with US President George W. Bush at the White House last week, two of the three Chinese House Church Christians, Mr. Yu Jie and Wang Yi, arrived safely at Beijing airport at 5 pm (Beijing Time) May 18. According to Yu Jie, the US Embassy sent an official, Mr. Eric Richardson, to meet with them in the airport. A reliable source told CAA that an official from the State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) also went to the airport to observe. About 8 to 9 international news/TV reporters along with some Chinese security officers also waited and photographed them. Mr. Yu Jie was picked up at the airport by his wife, Liu Min; his church coworker, Bei Cun and several church members. Reportedly the Chinese central government was very furious about the White House meeting between US President Bush and the three Chinese House church believers. The White House cautioned the Chinese highest authority to handle the return of the three individuals carefully. Sources say Yu Jie’s wife, Liu Min, was recently interrogated by Chinese security agents to stop attending Beijing Church of Ark which was founded by the couple. It was also suggested by the security agent that she divorce Yu Jie. If she didn’t comply the security agents threatened to pressure her employer, a US Company in Beijing, to fire her and to damage her reputation by exposing her private life stories. Yu Jie and his church coworker renowned author Mr. Bei Cun will travel to Berlin to attend the annual conference by International PEN in two days.
Meanwhile, CAA learned on May 16 and 18; three Chinese House Church leaders were arrested in Shanhai and Beijing respectively. At 3pm on May 16, in Minhang District, Shanghai City, ten PSB officers with two police vehicles raided a House church Bible study meeting at the home of a believer named Ms. FAN Jinlin. Two church leaders Pastor Zhang Guangming from Henan and Pastor YE Shengchong from Zhejiang were detained. One of them is still being held. Prior to that raid, on May 12, the Chenhang House Church at Pujiang Town, Minhang District, Shanghai was disrupted and ordered to close their gathering by the Shanghai authority.
In Beijing, at 1:25 pm, May 18, a well-known Chinese House Church leader Pastor Chu Wei from Anhui Province was arrested. According to reliable sources, three plain clothed Security agents from the PSB of Beijing, who refused to show their ID, took Pastor Chu who was at a seafood market in Sidaokou region, Haidian District to Dazhongsi PSB office at Haidian District. Pastor Chu had just finished a meeting with a well-known Chinese Constitutional law scholar Mr. Chen Yongmiao before his arrest. Officer Shi told Pastor Chu that the action (arrest) was taken because of a joint request from the Provincial Public Security departments of Henan and Anhui Provinces. Pastor Chu came to Beijing to seek legal counsel to help a persecuted church whose case took place on March 13 in Wen County, Henan Province. After 4 hours of interrogation, Pastor Chu was released.
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“The Chinese House Church Christians are not a threat to the stability of Chinese society,” said Rev. Bob Fu of CAA, “They have been ready to make a larger contribution to help the needy and practice the rule of law in today’s China once that true religious freedom is realized.” CAA urges the Chinese government to immediately release Pastor Chu.
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