Chinese Pastor Wang Yi Sentenced to Nine Years In Prison I will serve my sentence, but I will not serve the law. I will be executed, but I will not plead guilty.” In what is believed to be the longest sentence against a house church leader in more than a decade, Pastor Wang Yi of the Early Rain Covenant Church in China, was sentenced to nine years in prison for “inciting to subvert state power”, attempting to turn people against the Chinese government, and “illegal business operations.” The charges for business operations relate to the printing and distribution of Christian books by the church, the Voice of The Matyrs, reports. Pastor Wang’s trial was secretly held on December 26th and the verdict was announced on December 30th. Along with the lengthy prison sentence, he was also fined over $9,000 CAD and denied all political rights for three years. “This is a pure case of unjust religious persecution against a peaceful preacher of a Chinese reformed church,” reports Bob Fu, president...
