OK I did excuse me { My wife did the research} Their headquarters is in Oklahoma. There is short term work available such as locals getting involved with transpoting , packing Bibles, and packing care packages.
The long term is available for working with mail ,computer etc. You must provide your own support.
Practically ..I think I will just write to some of the following prisoners I
There are guidelines ..here are the most important rules.
1. Do not mention Voice of theMartyrs in anyway.
2. Do not bad mouth their government.
3. Send pictures and keep letters short because translating can be a problem
4. If you send a return address you may get letters from relatives asking for money.Do not send money.
5. These letters can be a huge encouragement as I'm sure they may feel that no one even knows or cares about them.
Pray about it my friend and send a few out.
Hebrews 13:3
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
Chuck7
AIQING ZHU
At 40 years of age, Aiqing Zhu was arrested for "˜illegal evangelistic activities"™ on June 9, 1996. She was sentenced with a twenty-year prison term.
Her prison address is:
The Public Security Department
Xiang Xiang City
Hu Nan Province
DAOXING SHEN
Shen, 61, was arrested in 2002 along with other South China Church leaders for starting an unregistered chldren's Sunday School. He may not have a Bible according to the court ruling. He was given a four-year sentence.
His prison address is:
Section 3, Sanxia Prison
Wanzhou, Chongqing City 404023
People's Republic of China
Click here to read more in the VOM Newsroom
GONG BANGKUN
He was arrested October 2002 and given a 15 year sentence
Prison Address:
No. 3 Division, Section 6
Jiangling District
Jingzhou City, Hubei Province 434110
People's Republic of China
GONG SHENGLIANG
Pastor Gong, founder and pastor of the South China Church was sentenced to be executed last December, but a re-trial was ordered by the Hubei Province Supreme Court. Gong was re-tried last October, but charges relating to cult and illegal religious activity were dropped. The second trial resulted in a sentence of life in prison. He has been severely beaten and was taken to the hospital. He is now back in prison but does not communicate verbally with his family visitors whether out of fear or injury.
His address is:
Mr. Gong Shengliang
Prison Section,Four Te Yi Hao
Hongshan Prison, Miaoshan Development Zone
Jiangxia District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430223
People's Republic of China
"We have seen with the overturning of the first verdict that international pressure can affect this case," says VOM Spokesman Todd Nettleton. "We urge American Christians to contact Chinese authorities and ask that Gong be released, or at the very least be allowed full participation in preparing his appeal."
Click here to read more in the VOM Newsroom
HU YING
A leader in the South China Church he has been given a sentence of life in prison.
His prison address is:
Jingzhou Prison
Jingzhou City, Hubei Province 434020
People's Republic of China
LI YING
Second in command in the South China Church and publisher of an underground church magazine. She was given a 15-year sentence.
You may write to her at the following address:
The Third Section
Female Prison of Wuhan City
No. 81, Bao Feng Yi Lu
Wuhan City, Hubei 430032
People's Republic of China
WRITE ONLINE
Write a letter online to Li using her native language through VOM"™s Prisoner Alert web site.
Click here to write your letter.
Click here to read more in the VOM Newsroom
MENGYU TANG
A 27 year old female South China Church Leader was given a six-year sentence.
Prison Address:
Yongchuan Female Prison
Yongchuan City, Chongqing City 402164
People's Republic of China
Click here to read more in the VOM Newsroom
Mr Cai Zhuohua
Pastor Cai Zhuohua was taken into custody from a bus stop September 11, 2004. He has been sentenced to three years in prison. His prison address is:
Mr Cai Zhuohua
Box 106-12, Chadian Station along Railroad
Jingshan, Hangu District, Tianjin
The People's Republic of China 300481
Mr Kim Kyung Il
Kim is a refugee from North Korea. He was arrested May 20, 2002 and is in prison in China. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison and scheduled to be returned to North Korea when released. His prison address is:
Mr Kim Kyung Il
#104-1004 Mailbox Tiebei Prison
Changchun City
Jilin Province
The People's Republic of China
PASTOR DONG DAOLAI
Arrested with other South China Church leaders during October 2002. He has been sentenced to 10 years.
Prison Address
No. 1 Division, Section 6
Jiangling District
Jingzhou City, Hubei Province 434110
People's Republic of China
PASTOR YI CHUANFU
He was arrested during October 2002 and sentenced to 10 years. He has been severely beaten.
Prison Address
No. 2 Division, Section 6
Jiangling District
Jingzhou City, Hubei Province 434110
People's Republic of China
QONG LING YI
This young South China Church leader was arrested when she was 21 years old. She was eventually given a seven-year sentence for her activities with her church.
Prison Address
Yongchuan Female Prison
Yongchuan City, Chongqing city 402164
People's Republic of China
SHIGUI TAN
A 41 year old South China Church Leader. He was given a four-year sentence.
His Prison Address is:
Section 3, Sanxia Prison
Wanzhou, Chongqing City, 404023
People's Republic of China
SUN MINGHUA
Arrested October 2002 she received a 13 year sentence.
Her prison address is:
No. 5 Division, Section 3
Wuhan Female Prison
Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430032
People's Republic of China
XIANG SHUANGYU
This 29 years old was arrested with the other South China Church leaders. She was given a seven-year sentence.
Prison Address
Yongchuan Female Prison
Yongchuan City, Chongqing City 402164
People's Republic of China
XIAO YANLI
She was arrested in October 2002 and given a 10 year sentence.
Her prison address is:
No. 2 Division, Section 2
Wuhan Female Prison
Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430032
People's Republic of China
Click here to read more in the VOM Newsroom
XITAO ZHAO
This 28 year old South China Church leader was given a seven-year sentence.
His prison address is:
Section 3, Sanxia Prison
Wanzhou, Chongqing City, 404023
People's Republic of China
XU FUMING
This South China Church Leader was sentenced to life in Prison.
His prison address is:
Jingzhou Prison
Jingzhou City, Hubei Province 434020
People's Republic of China
YUMEI LU
At age 27 she received an eight-year sentence for her role as a South China Church leader.
Prison Address
Yongchuan Female Prison
Yongchuan City, Chongqing City 402164
People's Republic of China
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Prisoners In Egypt
SHAIBOUB ARSAL
Shaiboub Arsal was given a 38 year hard labor prison sentence in June 2000. He has been falsely charged over a murder that took place during the 1999-2000 New Year"™s weekend violence, which targeted El-Kosheh"™s Coptic Christian population. Write a letter of encouragement to him, care of his local Coptic bishop.
Contact Information for Shaiboub Arsal:
Shaiboub Arsal
c/o Bishop Wissa
Diocese of Baliana
Baliana
Sohag Province
Egypt
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Prisoners In Eritrea
Dr Kiflu Gebremeskel
Dr Gebremeskel was arrested May 23, 2004. A full time pastor and leading figure with the Full Gospel Church of Eritrea. His prison address is:
Dr Kiflu Gebremeskel
Karsheli Prison
2nd Police Station Zone 7 Northern East
Zoba Maakel
Asmara, Eritrea
HAILE NAYZGI
During the early morning hours of May 23, 2004, Haile Nayzgi was arrested and taken to Police Station #1 in Asmara. He was the leader of Eritrea"™s Full Gospel Church, which is comprised of 120 to 150 house meeting groups. The church groups were closed by government decree at a meeting with a government official on May 15, 2003. At that time the church groups were given an application form for government registration. The Full Gospel Church filled out the form and returned it to the appropriate offices, but no reply was ever received.
Haile is married and has four children. He was previously an accountant with World Evangelical Alliance. He is a former mathematics professor at the University of Asmara. During his incarceration Haile has been refused any personal contact with his family. When family and friends went to take food and clothing to the prison for Haile on August 24, 2004, they were told that he was no longer there. Mr. Nayzgi has been moved to various locations since his arrest, but the actual charges against him have not been released.
Haile Nayzgi
Karsheli Prison
2nd Police Station Zone 7 Northern East
Zoba Maakel
Asmara, Eritrea
KIDANE WELDOU
Pastor Kidane Weldou of the Full Gospel Church in Asmara was arrested March 18, 2005. He has been a leader in Eritrea for many years. An estimated 900 Christians are in custody in Eritrea.
Kidane Weldou
Karsheli Prison
2nd Police Station Zone 7 Northern East
Zoba Maakel
Asmara, Eritrea
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Prisoners In Indonesia
Dr. Rebekka, Mrs. Eti, Mrs. Ratna
These three women, Dr. Rebekka , Mrs. Eti and Mrs. Ratna were arrested May 16, 2005, and charged under the Children Protection Act of 2002. Their trial began June 30th and ended September 1, 2005, when Indonesian judges sentenced the women to three years in prison plus a fine for allowing Muslim children to attend a Christian Sunday school program.
LEMBAGA PERMASYARAKATAN INDRAMAYU
JALAN GATOT SUBROTO
INDRAMAYU 45213
JAWA BARAT - INDONESIA
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Prisoners In Iran
Hamid Pourmand
A former Iranian army colonel is serving a three-year sentence because he was a Christian and became an officer in the army. It is illegal for a non-Muslim to serve as a m ilitary officer. He was sentenced in a Tehran military court on February 17, 2005. His sentence automatically discharges him from the army, cuts off his regular income, and eliminates his military pension.
Hamid Pourmand
Evin Prison
Tehran
Iran
Click here to read more in the VOM Newsroom
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Prisoners In Laos
THONG CHAN
Throng Chan, a Christian pastor from Udomxai continues to be held in prison. He had been a Chao Muang (District Governor). After his conversion he was first arrested in 1999 and convicted of preaching the gospel, being a traitor to the nation and speaking badly about the nation. His estimated release will be 2014.
You may send an encouraging note to him at:
Mr. Thong Chan
Ban Na Prison
Muang Xai
Udomxai, LAOS
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Prisoners In Pakistan
ASIF MASIH and AMJAD MASIH
We have just received word today, May 30, 2006 that after 7 years in prison both these men have been released.
Asif Masih along with Amjad Masih (not related) were accused of setting a copy of the Qur'an, wrapped in a towel, on fire while in jail. The police report stated that the towel was burned but the Qur'an was unharmed. The only witnesses are the police who supposedly saw the incident. A High Court in eastern Pakistan has upheld a decision sentencing these two Christian men to life in prison during an August 7, 2003 ruling. These men claim police set them up after they refused to pay a bribe. They were originally arrested February 5, 1999.
You may send a note of encouragement to these men at:
Asif Masih
Central Jail
Faisalabad
PAKISTAN
Amjad Masih
Central Jail
Faisalabad
PAKISTAN
PARVEZ MASIH
PAKISTAN "“ JAILED PAKISTANI CHRISTIAN PARVEZ RELEASED AFTER 5 YEARS IN JAIL. CHARGES DROPPED.
RHANJA MASIH
On May 8, 1998, at the funeral procession of a Christian, Muslim witnesses claim that Rhanja threw a rock at an Islamic sign. Now 55 he has been jailed since his arrest more than five years ago. Rhanja was tried under Section 295-c of the blasphemy law which normally carries a mandatory death sentence but on April 26, 2003 he was sentenced to life in prison and fined 50,000 rupees ($830).
You may write him a note or send Christian card to him at:
Rhanja Masih
Central Jail
Faisalabad,
Pakistan
WRITE ONLINE
Write a letter online to Rhanja using his native language through VOM"™s Prisoner Alert web site.
Click here to write your letter.
SHABAZ KAKA
He was arrested September 25, 2004 when mosque leaders saw the cross he was wearing and questioned him as he visited the restroom during a break on a bus ride. They fabricated an accusation that he had desecrated the Koran. He has been sentenced to life in prison.
Shabaz Kaka
Central Jail of Faisalabad
Faisalabad
Pakistan
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Prisoners In Vietnam
MA VAN BAY
He is serving an 11 year sentence and has been in prison since November 17, 2003.
Prison Address is:
Trai giam Huyen Bu Dang
Tinh Binh Phuoc
Vietnam
Y DHAM KNUL
Arrested September 2002, sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Prison address:
Trai Ba Sao Prison
Huyen Kim Bang District
Tinh Ha Nam Province
Vietnam
Y HAI KNUL
He was arrested September 9, 2002 and sentenced to 7 years.
Prison address:
Trai Ba Sao Prison
Huyen Kim Bang District
Tinh Ha Nam Province
Vietnam
Y HET NIE KDAM
Arrested August 2002. Sentenced to 10 years.
Prison address is:
Trai Ba Sao Prison
Huyen Kim Bang District
Tinh Ha Nam Province
Vietnam
Y KIM ENUOL
Arrested September 9, 2002 and sentenced to 7 years.
Prison address is:
Trai Ba Sao Prison
Huyen Kim Bang District
Tinh Ha Nam Province
Vietnam
Y KRO NIE
Arrested October, 2003 and sentenced to 7 years.
Prison address is:
Trai Ba Sao Prison
Huyen Kim Bang District
Tinh Ha Nam Province
Vietnam
Y LIA NIE
Arrested September 14, 2002. He was sentenced to 7 years.
Prison address:
Trai Ba Sao Prison
Huyen Kim Bang District
Tinh Ha Nam Province
Vietnam
Y OAL NIE
Arrested September 10, 2002, sentenced to five years.
Prison address:
Trai Ba Sao Prison
Huyen Kim Bang District
Tinh Ha Nam Province
Vietnam
Y TIM BUON YA
Arrested September 9, 2002 and sentenced to 10 years.
Prison address is:
Trai Ba Sao prison
Huyen Kim Bang District
Tinh Ha Nam Province
Vietnam
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