{"id":3783,"date":"2011-07-04T10:43:33","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T14:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=3783"},"modified":"2011-07-04T17:09:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T21:09:44","slug":"couple-spends-12th-anniversary-in-jail-defying-chinese-governments-war-on-1000-member-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/couple-spends-12th-anniversary-in-jail-defying-chinese-governments-war-on-1000-member-church","title":{"rendered":"Couple spends 12th anniversary in jail defying Chinese government&#8217;s war on 1,000-member church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Christians Chu Xiaodong and Yu Xingmei spent their 12th wedding anniversary in jail.<\/p>\n<p>Their crime? They showed up for church in China\u2019s capital of Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>They were promptly arrested as the Chinese government\u2019s campaign against the 1,000-member Shouwang Church entered week 13.\u00a0 Sunday night, the couple\u00a0were\u00a0last two remaining detainees who had not been released by the end of the day, according to ChinaAid, a New York-based advocacy group.<\/p>\n<p>On Shouwang\u2019s Google Buzz social media page, church members kept a running tally throughout the day of who was in police custody and who had been released. When church member Fu Jing was released about 6:30 p.m., one church member wrote, \u201cFu Jing is out! Praise the Lord! She said that when she was inside and was experiencing a moment of weakness, from outside came the sounds of brothers and sisters singing hymns. Thank you to those brothers and sisters who were there waiting for her!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/pray_for_the_persecuted_church\/2011\/07\/couples-12th-anniversary-spent-in-jail-defying-campaign-against-beijing-church.html\">CLICK HERE to read complete story<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Christians Chu Xiaodong and Yu Xingmei spent their 12th wedding anniversary in jail. Their crime? They showed up for church in China\u2019s capital of Beijing. 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