{"id":26714,"date":"2024-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/prayer-diary-china-6295\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:58:25","slug":"prayer-diary-china-6295","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/prayer\/prayer-diary-china-6295\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Diary: China"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a1be81753d3dcfce98158eea74cf45a1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;My children were terrified that night\u2026 they still suffer from that traumatic experience. They are frightened whenever they hear police sirens.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 19 August 2022, police stormed a summer retreat gathering of around 70 members of Covenant Home Church in northern China\u2019s Shanxi Province. Everyone was searched and interrogated, including pregnant women and about 40 children. Two preachers \u2013 Li Jie and Han Xiaodong \u2013 have been detained ever since. A third church member, Wang Qiang, was arrested in November 2022. All three were falsely charged with \u2018fraud\u2019 in June 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u4e86\u89e3\u8be6\u60c5\u8bf7\u8bbf\u95ee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/our_work_country_china.htm\/\" target=\"_blank\">csw.org.uk\/china<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Sunday 18 August<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Li Jie and his wife Li Shanshan were among the earliest members of Covenant Home Church. They have two young sons, whom Li Jie has not seen for two years. Ask God to comfort and reunite this family today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Monday 19 August<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Han Xiaodong\u2019s daughter told her mother that she is growing her hair like Rapunzel so that she can use it to rescue her father. Thank God for this young girl\u2019s hope, and pray that she knows his love as she waits for her dad to come home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Tuesday 20 August<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wang Qiang was arrested and tortured because he refused to give false evidence against Li Jie and Han Xiaodong. Give thanks for his integrity, and pray for his health and immediate, unconditional release today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Wednesday 21 August<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Isaiah 54:17 the Lord promises that no weapon formed against his servants shall prosper. Claim this promise for the members and leaders of Covenant Home Church today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Thursday 22 August<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The experience of Covenant Home Church is not unique; Golden Lampstand Church is based in the same city and has a long history of being persecuted by the authorities. Pray for an end to the targeting of this church, and the countless others like it in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Friday 23 August<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a growing trend of church leaders being prosecuted on fraud charges \u2013 like those levelled against Li, Han and Wang \u2013 in an effort to undermine their reputation and credibility. Pray that these efforts would not succeed, and that truth and justice would prevail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Saturday 24 August<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Father God, we lift the families and friends of Li Jie, Han Xiaodong and Wang Qiang to you today. Rise up and defend your faithful servants. See that justice is served and these men are released. In your mighty name, Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248)\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2024-08-17-prayer-diary-china.pdf\">\u4e0b\u8f7d\u672c\u5468\u7948\u7977\u65e5\u8bb0\u7684\u53ef\u6253\u5370\u7248\u672c\u3002.<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your daily prayer points for China<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8612,"template":"","regions":[131,128],"class_list":["post-26714","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-china","regions-east-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41384,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26714\/revisions\/41384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}