Pastor Lin is free.

China put Pastor David Lin in jail. He tried to help a house church start a training center in Beijing, China. (USCRIF)
All Christian churches in China must promise loyalty to the ruling Communist party.(AP/Ng Han Guan)
Qi Zhiyong prays at a church meeting not approved by the government in Beijing, China, in 2009. (AP/Greg Baker)
Many other Americans remain in Chinese prisons. Harrison Li holds a photo of his father, Kai Li. Mr. Li has been in jail in China since 2016. (AP/Jeff Chiu)
Chinese police watch this area. A church not registered with the government planned to meet there for Easter in 2011. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

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Pastor Lin helped a house church in China. Leaders there say which churches can meet. Police put Mr. Lin in jail.

He was in prison a long time. China freed him this year.

Pray for Christians in China. Pray government leaders will come to know Jesus.

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David Lin tried to help a house church open a training center in Beijing, China. The church did not have government permission to worship. Police detained Pastor Lin in 2006. Leaders sentenced him to life in prison. China changed his sentence many times. It finally freed him in September. He is almost 70. He served fellow inmates in jail. He translated the Bible into Chinese. His daughter says, “We have a lot of time to make up for.”

“In this world you will have tribulation. But take heart. I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)