73-Year-Old Chinese Pastor Missing

Join Us as We Walk with the Persecuted Faithful

This Week: Lara Trump advocates for Pastor John Cao to return home to his American family. Three elderly house church leaders face lengthy prison terms, potentially up to 13 years. Reports surface of increasing restrictions at one of China’s most iconic cathedrals. A 73-year-old Chinese pastor is missing.

This is the reality believers are facing right now in China.

Lara Trump Shares Pastor John Cao Story
This week, Lara Trump shared Pastor John Cao’s story on her program The Right View. John Cao is an American permanent resident who served seven years in a Chinese prison for his missionary work of establishing 16 schools serving more than 2,000 impoverished children near the China-Myanmar border. Pastor John Cao is fighting advanced cancer.

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“Unconscionable and Inhumane”
In Xi’an, three leaders of the Light of Zion Church face lengthy prison terms after prosecutors charged them with fraud for receiving voluntary offerings and tithes. Pastor Gao Quanfu, 69, was detained in May 2025, followed by his wife Pang Yu and Pastor Tang Bingyi. Formal criminal detention followed in September. Gao’s son Gao Pu declared the treatment of his elderly parents “unconscionable and inhumane.” Continue Reading...

Catholics Forbidden to Buy Bibles at Iconic Cathedral
At St. Ignatius Cathedral, Xujiahui, once a living house of prayer and a wonder of the world, the doors have been closed to visitors since the start of 2026 under claims of renovation. Public worship has ceased for months. In the affiliated store, every shelf was stripped by 1 August. Bibles and the Four Common Prayers vanished. What greater emptiness exists than a cathedral without the Word of God? Continue Reading…

73-Year-Old Chinese Pastor Missing
Nearly five months after authorities took 73-year-old Pastor Wang Sanyuan on March 17, his family in Jinan, Shandong, has received no official word of his whereabouts or status. The respected leader of the registered Changchunli Church, which draws 500–600 worshippers, suffers serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular conditions and has been hospitalized repeatedly. Continue Reading…

Will You Join Us In Prayer?

• Father, have mercy on Pastor John Cao and his family. We plead for his miraculous return home.
• Lord, we pray for divine intervention in the cases of Pastor Gao Quanfu, Pang Yu, and Pastor Tang Bingyi. May their cases be thrown out altogether. 
• Father, encourage the community of believers at St. Ignatius Cathedral. We pray the doors would open again.
• Lord, we ask that even this week Pastor Wang Sanyuan’s family would receive word of his whereabouts. 

Standing with the Persecuted
This week we’ve seen the harsh reality believers in China are facing. Yet even in the midst of these trials, the Gospel continues to advance in China, with many coming to Christ and the church experiencing over 100-fold growth since 1949. Your partnership reminds persecuted believers they are not forgotten. Would you consider a gift today to help sustain these families and continue standing with the persecuted church in China? Donate Now