Prominent House Church Leader Imprisoned

Zhang Rongliang, the leader of the Fangcheng fellowship house church network, consisting of over 10 million Christians in China was arrested on December 1 in Zhengzhou, in what reports are saying is a renewed attempt by the central Chinese government to suppress the house churches.

Imprisonment for his faith is not a new phenonomenon for Rongliang. He has been imprisoned seven times before for a total of 12 years of his life. He is probably being tortured as you read this, and he also has diabetes which makes it difficult for him to stand the hardship of prison in China without medical assistance which is rarely afforded Christian "counterrevolutionaries." His wife and children have gone into hiding after esacaping detention successfully. Read about his arrest here. There are also other links to read more about the persecuted church in China.