Chinese: 1 Bible = 3 Years in Prison

How is this for a topc sentence to grab your attention, "Religious persecution in China has reached the point that distributing Bibles is earning a three-year prison sentence." Now, China has never been an open door for Missionaries, but it appears their persecution is ramping back up.

Cai Zhuohua, 34, a Beijing underground church leader, was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison for distributing Bibles and other Christian materials.
His wife, Xiao Yunfei, got two years, and her brother Xiao Gaowen was sentenced to 18 months by the Haidian Lower People's Court in Beijing.
They were arrested September 2004, said the China Aid Association of Midland, Texas. They were accused of distributing 200,000 Bibles and other materials as part of an unregistered house church Mr. Cai oversaw for 10 years.

Yet again, we need to thank God that we live in a nation which respects religious liberties. We still fight over Christmas parties in schools, but what we do in our own homes, our own churchs - even "unregistered home churches" - is our own business.