Yaxue Cao, May 5, 2026 (Continued from Part One) Clandestine Bible training Faith was for Yang Hua a habit before it was a conviction. Like other Christian families with small children, he was carried to Sunday worship in a basket on his parents’ backs when he was little; when he was old enough, he walked on foot. He learned hymns …
Yaxue Cao, April 26, 2026 Introduction If we are to take stock of the Christian experience in China, the story of Pastor Yang Hua (仰华) may provide a good example. A third-generation Christian, the history of his family’s faith spans ninety years and can be traced back to the work of the China Inland Mission started by Hudson Taylor, one …
Yaxue Cao, November 4, 2025 (Continued from Part One) The Birth of Zion Church: In the Open, Not Underground In early 2007, Pastor Jin Mingri, together with his wife and three children, returned to Beijing. By then, China had already undergone over a decade of rapid economic development. From the street level to its skyline, Beijing — rebuilt by cheap …
Yaxue Cao, October 30, 2025 Zion Church Under Attack On the evening of Saturday, October 10, in Beihai, Guangxi (广西北海), more than twenty police officers stormed into the home of Pastor Jin Mingri (金明日, Ezra Jin), the head pastor of Zion Church (锡安教会), just after he and his elderly mother-in-law had finished dinner. One officer waved a piece of paper …
