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China's Pandemic of Persecution
Breakpoint
Colson Center
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2020
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
We are witnessing the greatest persecution of Christians in China since the dark days of Mao. So says Pastor Bob Fu in today’s outstanding BreakPoint Podcast.
And Pastor Fu should know. He and his wife escaped China and fled Hong Kong the day before the communists took over. Known as the “pastor of the Chinese Underground railroad,” Pastor Fu and organization he founded, China Aid, are helping Christian leaders escape certain imprisonment and worse.
Pastor Fu will receive the Wilberforce Award at our virtual event “Truth. Love. Together” in May. Join John Stonestsreet, Pastor Fu, Os Guinness, Joni Eareckson Tada, Sean McDowell, and more. It’s free! Come to WilberforceWeekend.org to register.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Breakpoint podcast. I'm Shane Morris, and today I'm speaking with someone. |
| 0:05.7 | Friends of the Colson Center and listeners are going to be hearing a lot more about in the coming weeks. |
| 0:10.6 | Bob Fu is sometimes affectionately called the pastor of China's Underground Railroad. |
| 0:15.5 | He's the founder and president of China Aid, an international human rights organization dedicated to exposing religious persecution |
| 0:22.0 | by the Communist Party in China into promoting religious freedom for all in that country. |
| 0:27.7 | Pastor Fu has been one of the leading voices in the world for persecuted believers in China, |
| 0:32.4 | where he was born and raised and has been involved in recent years in smuggling high-profile human rights activists |
| 0:38.9 | out of the country. As it turns out, he's been an opponent of the government there for quite some |
| 0:43.5 | time, leading students back during the Tiananmen Square demonstrations and later in the House Church |
| 0:48.7 | movement in Beijing, where he and his wife were eventually imprisoned for two months. The story of how |
| 0:53.8 | Pastor Fu and his family |
| 0:54.9 | fled Beijing via Hong Kong and came to America the day before the region was turned over to China |
| 1:00.7 | is reminiscent of Paul, I think, slipping over the wall of Damascus in a basket. His courage is one of the |
| 1:07.0 | many reasons why the Colson Center will be presenting Pastor Fu with the 2020 |
| 1:10.9 | William Wilberforce Award. I'll let him tell you his story in full and about his work on |
| 1:16.7 | behalf of our persecuted brethren in China. Pastor Fu, welcome to the Breakpoint podcast. It's an honor |
| 1:21.6 | to have you. Thank you, Sam, for having me. Well, let's pick up your story about how you came to America |
| 1:26.9 | and how you began the work |
| 1:28.4 | at China Aid. You and your wife, Heidi, were actually imprisoned for two months back when you lived in |
| 1:32.8 | Beijing in 1996 on charges of illegal religious activities. What happened after that? |
| 1:39.0 | That's why, Chen, both Heidi and I were imprisoned for our leadership and ministries among the underground church in Beijing. |
| 1:49.1 | And then after two months, we were released, but put under immediate house arrest. |
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