王怡牧师的审判结果

王怡牧师是成都秋雨圣约教会（原秋雨之福归正教会）的长老、主任牧师，也是公共知识分子，宪政主义者，作家，律师。2018年12月9日，秋雨圣约教会遭到有组织的大规模冲击。包括王怡在内的几十名信徒被捕，还有不少人遭到骚扰，教会财产被洗劫，会堂社区占用当作办公场所。许多信徒被遣返，或被监视居住，王怡的妻子蒋蓉也曾被捕，现在处于保释软禁状态。今年11月，他被检方正式以”煽动颠覆国家政权罪”提起公诉。为了减少西方国家的关注，在圣诞节后12月26日进行审判。案件不公开审理，外界并不清楚具体情况。王怡此前聘请的律师张培鸿被官方告知不得代理此案。12月30日，四川省成都市中级人民法院判处被告人王怡“颠覆国家政权”和“非法经营“指控而被判罪名成立，判处有期徒刑9年，剥夺政治权利3年，没收个人财产5万元。

请大家为王怡和所有因为信仰受逼迫的弟兄姐妹祷告。也为中国政府和教会祷告。

秋雨圣约教会关于王怡牧师被判重刑的声明

自2018年12月9日以来，本教会主任牧师王怡被当局以“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”和“非法经营罪”之名羁押，2019年12月26日在成都市中级人民法院被秘密开庭审理。12月30日，王怡牧师被宣布判刑9年，并处罚金5万元。本教会特作如下五点声明，表明教会的立场：

1，作为本教会的主任牧师，王怡牧师是上帝和主基督所拣选的忠心的仆人，他在福音真理的教导上符合整本圣经的启示，符合大公教会所传承的信经、信条及相关要理问答，符合改革宗长老会华西区会的宪章规定；上帝使王怡牧师在普世教会尤其是在全世界华人教会中拥有的影响力，是因为他蒙主呼召，按主所赐，大有勇气地在中国特有的文化与政治处境中宣讲福音；

2，王怡牧师的证道、讲座、书籍和文章，是他牧养信徒、传布福音的信息。从教会范围来看，这既是他对所蒙圣职呼召的践行，也是他对所领受恩赐、恩典的回应，是他履行牧师和宣教士职分的本分；从社会层面来看，这是他对中国宪法和法律所赋予中国公民的信仰自由和言论自由权利的践行。教会印制的书籍，从未有任何牟利行为，其目的都在牧养信徒和传福音，从未有过所谓的“非法经营”之行为；

3，王怡牧师自蒙呼召以来，在教会与政府关系上持守基于圣经的“政教分立”立场，在这方面有多年的研究、讲道和写作，在中国教会中广为人知，他在教会中从来都是教导基督徒要按照圣经顺服在上掌权者，即使在教会受逼迫的时候也愿意顺服政府对基督徒身体的限制、财产的剥夺，从未有过“煽动颠覆国家政权”的言论和行为；

4，王怡牧师被拘捕、被囚禁、被审判，是为基督信仰遭受逼迫，为上帝的荣耀作基督受苦的见证（彼前5:1），他是上帝赐给我们这间教会的礼物和喜乐（弗4.11；腓4:1）；

5，王怡牧师并没有违法犯罪，当局对他“涉嫌煽动颠覆国家政权罪”和“非法经营罪”的指控，是中国家庭教会遭受不公义逼迫的一部分。无论当局如何判决，王怡牧师都是本教会的主任牧师，是我们所认同和跟随的主耶稣基督所拣选和设立的忠心牧者。

我们对王怡牧师被判重刑发出在基督里的劝告和抗议。岂不知政府人员这样做是得罪上帝的吗？岂不知这是对上帝授予政府权柄的滥用吗（罗13:3）？即便如此，我们对你们没有仇恨，怜悯与公义的上帝反而要我们爱你们、为你们祷告，深愿参与这场教案的公务人员，秉公执法，能早日悔改归信主基督，认识主耶稣在十字架上受难对世人一切罪的代赎和赦免，并得到永远生命与盼望。

我们邀请寄居全地的普世教会，为因基督和福音缘故被囚禁的王怡牧师、覃德富长老和他们的家人继续切切代祷。为我们众人祷告，我们也会为你们祷告，愿我们在这末世 — 耶稣基督以他降世为人、完美一生、被卖受审、代罪受死、复活升天和赐下圣灵带来的末世中 — 以我们的受苦见证基督是道路、真理、生命（约14.6），是这黑暗世界的光。我们也邀请正在遭受逼迫的教会，一起定睛死而复活的耶稣基督，依靠圣灵与已经升到高天之大者右边的王万之王、永远的大祭司和末后的先知紧密联合，在祂的恩典上刚强起来，屡败屡战，屡战屡败，为的是践行大使命，让福音广传，使三一上帝荣耀的名得着称赞。求上帝帮助我们，让我们在逼迫中，同享上帝长阔高深的慈爱，直到与祂面对面的时刻。愿颂赞、尊贵、智慧、丰富、荣耀、能力和权柄，都归给我们在天上的圣父，为我们赢得拯救的主耶稣基督，不断向我们施恩帮助的圣灵保惠师。阿们！

秋雨圣约归正长老教会
2019年12月30日

A Statement from Early Rain Covenant Church Regarding the Severe Sentencing of Pastor Wang Yi

Since December 9th, 2018, our church’s senior pastor Wang Yi has been imprisoned on charges of “inciting to subvert state power” and “illegal business operations.” On December 26th, 2019, he was secretly tried at the Chengdu Intermediate People’s Court. On December 30th, the court announced that Pastor Wang Yi was sentenced to 9 years in prison and fined 50,000 RMB. Our church issues the following statement to clarify our position:

As the senior pastor of this church, Pastor Wang Yi is a faithful servant who has been chosen by God and by the Lord Jesus Christ. His teachings on the truth of the gospel are consistent with the entirety of biblical revelation; they are consistent with the creeds, confessions, and relevant catechisms inherited by the universal church; and they are consistent with the constitution of Western China Reformed Presbytery. The influence that God has given Pastor Wang Yi within the universal church and especially within Chinese churches throughout the world is a result of his being called by God and courageously preaching the gospel amidst the unique cultural and political circumstances in China.

Pastor Wang Yi’s sermons, lectures, books, and articles are produced for the pastoring of believers and for the spreading of the gospel. From the perspective of the church, he produces these things as a way of fulfilling his call to the ministry and responding to the gifts and grace he has received. By producing these things, he is fulfilling his duties as a pastor and a missionary. From the perspective of society, he is exercising his freedoms of religion and of speech, rights granted to Chinese citizens by the Constitution and laws of China. The books printed by the church have never been printed for profit but only for the pastoring of believers and for the spreading of the gospel. He has never conducted so-called “illegal business operations.”

Ever since Pastor Wang Yi received his calling from God, he has always held to the biblical principle of “separation of church and state” regarding the relationship between church and state. He has spent much time researching, preaching, and writing about this. It is widely known in the Chinese church that he has always taught that Christians should submit to authorities in power in accordance with Scripture. He has taught that even when the church is being persecuted, Christians should be willing to submit to the government’s physical restrictions of them as well as to the depravation of their property. He has never said or done anything that amounts to “inciting to subvert state power.”

Pastor Wang Yi’s arrest, imprisonment, and trial are persecutions he has suffered for the sake of the Christian faith, and they testify to the sufferings of Christ for the glory of God (1 Pet. 5:1). He is a gift and joy whom God has given to this church (Eph. 4:11, Phil. 4:1).

Pastor Wang Yi did not commit any crime. The authorities’ charges of “inciting to subvert state power” and “illegal business operations” are part of the unjust persecutions against the Chinese house church. Regardless of the sentence the authorities pronounce against him, Pastor Wang Yi is the senior pastor of this church and a faithful messenger of the kingdom of heaven whom we stand with and follow and whom the Lord Jesus Christ has chosen and approved.

In Christ, we issue the following exhortation and protest against Pastor Wang Yi’s severe sentence. Do you government officials not know that this is a sin against God? Do you not know that this is an abuse of your authority (Rom. 13:3)? Even so, we do not hate you. On the contrary, our merciful and righteous God wants us to love you and to pray for you. We desire that those public officials and law enforcement officers who are involved in this case would quickly repent and believe in the Lord, that you would know the atonement and forgiveness of sins which the Lord Jesus extends to all through his suffering on the cross, and that you would obtain eternal life and hope.

We invite all sojourners throughout the world who belong to the universal church to pray fervently for Pastor Wang Yi and Elder Qin Defu, who are being imprisoned for the sake of Christ and of the gospel, as well as for their families. Pray for all of us. We will also pray for you. In this eschaton, which Jesus Christ brought about through his incarnation, through his perfect life, through his betrayal and trial, through his substitutionary death, through his resurrection and ascension, through his gift of the Holy Spirit—in this eschaton, may we testify, through our suffering, that Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (Jn. 14:6) and that he is the light of the world. We also invite churches who are currently being persecuted to fix their eyes together with us upon the crucified and risen Jesus Christ. Through the Holy Spirit, may we be united to the King of Kings who ascended to the right hand of the Majesty on high, who is our eternal high priest and prophet of the last days. May we be strong in his grace as we keep on fighting despite repeated setbacks. We do this to fulfill the Great Commission and to spread the gospel, that the glorious name of the triune God might be praised. May God help us and allow us to experience together the breadth, length, height, and depth of the love of God until the day we see him face-to-face. May blessing and honor and wisdom and wealth and glory and power and authority be to our holy Father who is in heaven, to the Lord Jesus Christ who obtained our salvation, and to the Holy Spirit our Helper who continually helps us. Amen!

Early Rain Covenant Church December 30, 2019

美国驻华大使馆和领事馆的声明

发言人摩根·奥特葛斯的声明

2019年12月31日

中国基督教牧师王怡被定罪

成都秋雨圣约教会领袖王怡牧师因和平倡议宗教自由而被秘密审判并判处九年监禁，我们对此感到担忧。我们呼吁立即、无条件将他释放。

王怡牧师最初是于2018年12月9日，在针对成都最大的未注册教会的一次大规模镇压中，与该教会数十名其他成员一起被捕。他在12月26日一次秘密审判中，因莫须有的“颠覆国家政权”和“非法经营“指控而被判罪名成立。审判期间没有辩护律师在场。

这是北京变本加厉打压中国基督徒和其他宗教群体成员的又一例证。我们继续呼吁北京遵守其国际承诺以及其在自身宪法中做出的保证，推动所有个体的宗教自由，包括民族和宗教少数群体成员，以及那些在政府许可的官方机构之外进行敬拜的人。

经文

那时，人要使你们陷在患难里，也要杀害你们；你们又要为我的名被万民憎恨。（马太福音 24:9）

为义受迫害的人有福了！因为天国是他们的。人若因我辱骂你们，迫害你们，捏造各样坏话毁谤你们，你们就有福了！要欢喜快乐，因为你们在天上的赏赐是很多的。在你们以前的先知，人也是这样迫害他们。（马太福音 5:10-12)

你们听过有话说：‘要爱你的邻舍，恨你的仇敌。‘但是我告诉你们：要爱你们的仇敌，为那迫害你们的祷告。这样，你们就可以作天父的儿女了。因为他叫太阳照好人，也照坏人；降雨给义人，也给不义的人。（马太福音 5:43-45）

谁能使我们与基督的爱隔绝呢？难道是患难吗？是困苦吗？是迫害吗？是饥饿吗？是赤身露体吗？是危险吗？是刀剑吗？如经上所记： “我们为你的缘故终日被杀；人看我们如将宰的羊。“然而，靠着爱我们的主，在这一切的事上，我们已经得胜有余了。（罗马书 8:35-37）