Zhang Rongliang

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Zhang Rongliang (born July 15, 1950 in Fangcheng , Henan Province)

Zhang Rongliang is the leader of the Fangcheng Church in Henan and the evangelical house church network "Christ for China". He is one of the most internationally known activists of the Chinese house churches . In addition, Zhang is active in the "Back to Jerusalem Movement". The "Back to Jerusalem Movement" would like to convert the Middle East, from China to Jerusalem , to Christianity through Chinese missionaries and trains prospective missionaries in Arabic and Farsi in its own seminars. The aim of the movement is to push Islam back from Asia. Zhang Rongliang wrote: "The Muslim religion is the greatest obstacle on the way back to Jerusalem." Zhang is skeptical to hostile towards his own Chinese government. Zhang wrote about the Chinese missionary opportunities in the Muslim world: "The Chinese are more suitable than the Americans to proselytize in the Muslim world ... The Chinese government supports terrorism in the Middle East, therefore the Muslim nations support China."

Arrests and convictions

Zhang Rongliang was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in 1976 for aiding the counterrevolution and in 1999 to three years of re-education for disturbing the social order.

In 2005, Zhang was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for passport fraud. He was charged with leaving China with various forged passports. From June 2001 to January 2004 he used a passport named Gao Xiancheng, in 2003 a passport named Sun Rongming, and in August 2004 used a passport named Le De'en.

In 2005, the European Parliament passed a resolution calling for Zhang's release.

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  1. ↑ Seven and a half years imprisonment for Pastor Zhang Rongliang - the Chinese state cracks down on Christians ( Memento from January 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 3.1 MB)
  2. ↑ Back ti jerusalem website
  3. ^ The Chinese Christian Crusade. Jack Wheeler, Dec. 9.2003 ( Memento from February 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Rael Jean Isaac. Chinese Christians and Israel, March 25, 2007 ( Memento of October 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Suggestions on Prosecution, Public Safety Bureau of the City of Xinmi, 2005
  6. ^ House-church leader gets 7-1 / 2 years in prison WorldNetDaily, July 12, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Rongliang, Zhang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese house church activist
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Fangcheng (Nanyang)