Pastor in China Sentenced to 5 Years in Jail

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Correspondent(Worthy News)—A house church pastor was sentenced to five years in prison, according to a magazine covering religious liberty and human rights in China.Pastor Wan Changchun, a well-known dissident and leader of Living Stone Reformed Church in Bengbu, Anhui, was arrested in 2023 along with several co-workers, as reported by Bitter Winter.In 2023, the charge against Pastor Wan was changed from “illegal business operations” to the more severe “fraud.” Altho