{"id":4264,"date":"2011-07-22T07:47:58","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T11:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4264"},"modified":"2011-07-21T17:03:35","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T21:03:35","slug":"chinese-christian-dad-writes-letters-to-beloved-toddler-killed-in-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/chinese-christian-dad-writes-letters-to-beloved-toddler-killed-in-accident","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Christian dad writes letters to beloved toddler killed in accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For 13 weeks, the Chinese government has blocked the 1,000 members of Beijing\u2019s Shouwang Church from being able to meet for Sunday services.<\/p>\n<p>They are among an estimated 70 million to 150 million Chinese Christians who refuse to worship in the government-controlled Three-Self Patriotic Association, which bars children from attendance and whose government-paid pastors deliver government-approved sermons.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven days after Shouwang Church held its first outdoor Sunday worship service following its most recent eviction from an indoor meeting site, the child of a Shouwang couple fell to her death from an upper-story window of her family\u2019s apartment building.<\/p>\n<p>She was less than three weeks shy of her second birthday. Since her death, her father has written a series of letters to her. This is his eleventh letter to Leyi.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\" http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/pray_for_the_persecuted_church\/2011\/07\/chinese-christian-dad-writes-letters-to-beloved-toddler-killed-in-accident.html#ixzz1S8F1bzvr\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 13 weeks, the Chinese government has blocked the 1,000 members of Beijing\u2019s Shouwang Church from being able to meet for Sunday services. 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