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Featured Ministry for April: Free Dr. Yang Jianli!

All Saints Parish

Dr. Yang Jianli, a member of our parish family, has been held in Chinese prisons since April 2002 because of his work to bring justice and democracy to the people of China. Won't you join us in working for his release?

Jianli became a Christian during his years as a graduate student at UC Berkeley. A physics professor shared his faith with him. There is no dramatic conversion story here. The heavens did not part, no bushes burned. Two people read the Bible together over lunch. This simple act of Christian witness, a friend telling a personal story about who he is and what matters to him, changed Jianli’s life.

Jianli was an ethical and compassionate man before he became a Christian. But he was transformed by the radical equality of Christian hope and freedom. He found a faith that embraced him, he found answers to his questions, and he responded to this gift by continuing his passionate works of justice and mercy with even greater joy in his heart. In his own words: “It is my deep belief . . . that there must be a better way, a better way to live together, a better way to cherish one another. . . a better way to build justice and peace into the fabric of our lives.”

As the fourth anniversary of his imprisonment approaches, we hope you will ask your friends and relatives who live in other states to contact their Congressional representatives on behalf of Jianli. To find out how to help, please contact Leslie Sterling at 617 921 2799 or AmmaLeslie@earthlink.net or go to yangjianli.com.

All Saints Parish in Brookline, MA

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