Peter Xu

Peter Xu

Infobox Person
name = Peter Xu


image_size = 175px
caption =
birth_date =
birth_place = China
death_date =
death_place =
education =
occupation = Chinese house church leader
religion = Christian - Born Again Movement (China)
spouse =
parents =
children =
nationality =

Peter Xu (born Xu Yongze) is the founder of an Evangelical Christian movement in China variously called "New Birth", "All Range", or "Total Scope Church." It is an "unregistered" Chinese house church and in 1997 he was sentenced to three years of prison for running it [cite web|title= China's Christians suffer for their faith|publisher=BBC News|date=November 9,2004|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3993857.stm.|accessdate=2008-05-06] . After that he moved to the USA and was one of the subjects of the book Back to Jerusalem: Three Chinese House Church Leaders Share Their Vision to Complete the Great Commission by Paul Hattaway.

External links

* [http://www.house.gov/pitts/initiatives/humanrights/prisoners/xu.htm House.gov]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3993857.stm BBC article]
* [http://www.freedomhouse.org/religion/news/bn1999/bn-1999-04-08.htm Freedomhouse]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Peter — ist ein männlicher Vorname sowie ein Familienname. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Herkunft und Bedeutung 2 Verbreitung 3 Namenstag 4 Varianten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Peter I — Peter hießen folgende Herrscher: Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Peter 1.1 Peter I. 1.2 Peter II. 1.3 Peter III. 1.4 Peter IV. V. 2 Peter …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Peter I. — Peter hießen folgende Herrscher: Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Peter 1.1 Peter I. 1.2 Peter II. 1.3 Peter III. 1.4 Peter IV. V. 2 Peter …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Peter II — Peter hießen folgende Herrscher: Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Peter 1.1 Peter I. 1.2 Peter II. 1.3 Peter III. 1.4 Peter IV. V. 2 Peter …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Peter II. — Peter hießen folgende Herrscher: Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Peter 1.1 Peter I. 1.2 Peter II. 1.3 Peter III. 1.4 Peter IV. V. 2 Peter …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Peter IV. — Peter hießen folgende Herrscher: Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Peter 1.1 Peter I. 1.2 Peter II. 1.3 Peter III. 1.4 Peter IV. V. 2 Peter …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Peter V. — Peter hießen folgende Herrscher: Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Peter 1.1 Peter I. 1.2 Peter II. 1.3 Peter III. 1.4 Peter IV. V. 2 Peter …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • péter — [ pete ] v. <conjug. : 6> • 1380; de pet; a remplacé l a. fr. poire (XIIIe); lat. pedere I ♦ V. intr. Fam. 1 ♦ Faire un pet, lâcher des vents. « Le marquis de Lescous, à la fin des repas, rote et pète comme un sapeur pompier » (Romains).… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Peter — (s. ⇨ Petrus). 1. Als S. Peter nur den Herrn Hof erschmeckt (gekostet) vnd sich da wermet, hat er sich alsbald den Hoffsitten bequemt. – Lehmann, 77, 30. 2. Der arme Sanct Peter hat viel ungelehrte Leute reich gemacht. – Petri, II, 81. »Pinguis… …   Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

  • Peter — Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater Episodio de Padre de Familia Título Peter, Peter come caviar (España) El aristócrata (Latino américa) Episodio nº Temporada 2 Episodio 1 Escrito… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Peter — is a popular male given name. It comes from the Greek word πετρος (petros) meaning rock . Peter could refer to the following:* Peter (name), the name itself. People The following people are known primarily by the name Peter :Religion* Saint Peter …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”