Heilongjiang: Mrs. Cheng
Fengying's house was seized illegally in January 2009 by
officials from the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM),
Religious Affairs Bureau (RAB) and Public Security
Bureau (PSB) after years of continual persecution.
Cheng Fenying, 54, is a preacher and evangelist. She,
her husband Xie Tongxing and her 25-year-old son Xie
Chengwei hosted a house church in their home with more
than 200 members, but government officials threatened
each believer to keep them away from the house church.
Cheng Fengying sent the following letter
 on February 17,
2009:
My name is Chang Fengying and I am
54 years old. My husband's name is Xie Tongxing and he
was a native of Guangming Village, Fulu Township, Muling
City, Heilongjiang province. Both my husband and I were
disabled in our childhood years. I gave myself to the
Lord and became a Christian in 1990. I went to the
Three-Self Patriotic Movement church between 1990 and
2003, then I came to see the true nature of the TSPM. I
left the TSPM and began to meet in house churches. In
July 2006, the TSPM church of Muling City colluded with
the government. They worked in cooperation with the
State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA), the
Public Security Bureau and the head of Guangming Village
and came to put sealing tape on my house and to forbid
us to meet at my house. The TSPM also sent groups of
thugs to raid my house again and again in which they
looted, beat up people and smashed our belongings. I
called 110 (the equivalent to 911 in the U.S.) and the
police wouldn't intervene. With no other alternatives, I
went to Beijing and sued the authorities there. During
the consecutive lawsuits, my husband was so scared that
he died... Soon after my husband passed away, the TSPM
colluded again with the government on July 3, 2007 and
canceled my house ownership title through illegal means.
During the 2008 Olympic Games, I was detained in a black
prison (prison cells privately established by government
officials) where I was injured in my arms. In January
2009, the TSPM took away my housing property by making
use of the court. During this time, we could not have
normal meetings. In the meantime, my family was so
persecuted by the TSPM and the government that it is
ruined with death and misery. My child has fled from the
persecution and there is no way for him to come back
home.
I hereby implore my brothers and sisters around the
world to pray for me and show concern for me. I also
implore the Lord to protect my family so that we can
still hold gatherings. I implore the Lord to enable the
court to rule on a fair basis and hope that legal
professionals can assist me in this case.
Your humble fellow Christian, Chang
Fengying.
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