Wang Mingdao
1900-1991 20th century
Denial passed through and not hidden, and a faithfulness that gets up again after giving way.
Who was Wang Mingdao?
A Beijing preacher and founder of an independent assembly, he refused to enrol his church in the official structures and was arrested in 1955. Broken by detention, he signed a confession, then withdrew it and returned to prison for twenty-two years. Released old and nearly blind, he received to the end those who came to listen.
In their own words
What I am even more anxious to know is whether I myself am qualified to be one of those smooth stones in the hand of God.
I am Peter. I am Peter.