Defiant China church vows to hold Easter service

Easter service Shouwang provocative attitude of the Church, one of the largest Christian groups is the official Beijing, and comes amid a major surgery of government critics who have seen dozens of people detained or missing or charges.
"If the Easter Holiday is a very important day for us to stick to our decision to come out," said Senior Pastor Jin Tian Ming, told AFP by telephone from his home in Beijing where he is under house arrest.
"This is our strong and the question of faith, and if they arrest the followers of the religion, and this is the price you are willing to pay," he said.
Jin said the authorities Shouwang expelled from the old place of worship, office space leased in November and blocked the town of about 1000 people for the performance of the new facility that was purchased with funds of the church.
And upset the Chinese government officially atheist long to put religious and control of religion by requiring groups to sign up for government approval to increase, despite official policy provides for freedom of religion.
Founded Shouwang, which means "to save", in 1993, attempted to establish a government since 2006, Jin said, but was rejected again and again.
On April 10 and ended about 170 followed by the police after an outdoor Sunday service of worship in the Haidian District of Beijing University Bank to maintain it. Arrested nearly 50 a week later.
And released most of the followers after up to 24 hours in custody.
And criticized the U.S. government repeatedly suppress a broad rights in China, while S.. U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a body independent of government, and condemned this week that work against Shouwang.
Beijing responded again with a ruthless intolerance of peaceful religious activity, "said Leonard Liu, Chairman of the Committee, in a statement that also urged China to stop keeping members and services in the late Easter Holiday.
Jin said that all the leaders of the church is currently under house arrest, and probably will not be able to put their homes on Sunday to leave.
However, with the fiery religious images, they are urging their followers to messages on the Internet to sacrifice ourselves as Christ did in the fight against the persecution of the government.
Jane wrote Shouwang was in a battle with the devil in the freedom of religion and believers in the last weekend.
Jane "the devil, Satan took the authority that God gave to the national government and destroyed the church is seeking God," he said.
It's finally revealed clutch thee behind me Satan the devil! ".
On Monday, and was the pastor points Shouwang Ling Yuan members to sacrifice themselves for the wrath of "God agreed.
"The courage of our peace between the oppressor and the oppressed," Yuan said in a message posted on the Google alert, and micro-blogging site where the church and a forum on their site was shut down in China.
The human rights activists and lawyers from the anonymous calls over the Internet authorities have hit hard on the opposition, in February, calling for "Jasmine" each Sunday's protest in the country.
The campaign aims to launch a public call for the reform of governance similar to those that shook the Arab world, but not in public demonstrations, and that in China.
In his appeal on the Internet, said Jane Shouwang "have no connection with this revolution Jasmine."
Said the Rev. Juan Ling Shouwang is "only desire is that we can not be the conscience of our leaders to the law of sacrifices Smart peaceful and Jerusalem."
"Only in this way can we truly love our government," he said.
Remains to be seen how many will show up in a place of worship on Sunday in the yard in the open air in the western area of ​​Beijing University. Fell by some members to discuss plans to Agence France-Presse, citing the sensitivity.
Police refused to comment on Beijing, told AFP in this case.
But a lot of messages on the Internet, The Christians are not registered in China with the support of the church and urged Protestants Shouwang to collect.
About 15 million Protestants and five million Catholics worship in official churches in China, according to the latest official data.
But it is believed that an estimated more than 50 million people to pray, "underground" or "home" church as Shouwang who refuse to submit to government regulation.