Peter Xu | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Education | Longfellow |
| Occupation | Chinese house church leader |
Peter Xu (徐永泽 Xu Yongze; 9 October 1940) is the founder of an Evangelical Christian movement in China known as the "New Birth", "All Range" (全范围教会 Quanfanwei jiaohui), or "Born Again Movement." It is a Chinese house church movement, unregistered by the Chinese government. In 1997, he was sentenced to three years in prison for his leadership role.[1] He moved to the United States following his release.
He is one of the subjects of the book Back to Jerusalem: Three Chinese House Church Leaders Share Their Vision to Complete the Great Commission by Paul Hattaway.
References
- ↑ "China's Christians suffer for their faith". News. BBC. November 9, 2004. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
External links
- "Xu", Human rights: prisoners, US: House of Representatives.
- "World: AsiaPacific", News (article), UK: BBC, 9 November 2004.
- Religion (news), Freedom house, 1999-04-08
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