Church elder, family suffer daily harassment by officials in China
The communist government of China is harassing and keeping an eye on Li Yingqiang, an elder of the persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church in Sichuan province, since he returned with his family last month to “experience the hardship and grace together with his fellow brothers and sisters.”
Li, a leader of ERCC, one of China’s largest unregistered churches, had to leave Sichuan last August due to threats, but he decided to return to a newly rented apartment last month.
Soon after their arrival, the local police came to verify their legal residence and six public security officers visited and repeatedly told him he was not welcome in Chengdu city, according to the U.S.-based persecution watchdog International Christian Concern....