Bring Pastor Cao Home
Dear Church Family,
RevelationMedia is a Christian nonprofit that helps take the Gospel into different areas around the world. I (Dylan) have the privilege of working with them on their Marketing Team as the Marketing Assistant. RevelationMedia is doing major Kingdom impact around the world that we will not see this side of Heaven. Today, we can be apart of that impact.
Below is taken from Steve Cleary, CEO and Founder of RevelationMedia. Last week, Steve received a call from his good friend Bob Fu, founder of ChinaAid.
Bob has spent his life standing with persecuted Christians in China. He called Steve about one particular man, Pastor John Cao, and asked for his help.
When you read his plea, you will understand why there is no way Steve could refuse.
Bob said:
“Steve, I need your help. Pastor John Cao is a dear brother who has already paid an enormous price for following Jesus.
Pastor Cao spent years doing Christian humanitarian work among some of the poorest people along the China-Myanmar border. He helped build schools and gave thousands of impoverished children an opportunity for education. He went there to serve people and share the love of Christ.
And it cost him dearly.
“In 2017, John was arrested by the Chinese government and sentenced to seven years in prison. He was separated from his wife and sons and lost forty pounds in just the first six months of detention. Yet through it all, John has held tightly to his faith. He prayed, wrote poems, and continued encouraging other believers.
John Cao served his entire sentence, and when he was finally released in 2024, we thought at least he could go home to his family in the US, where he is a permanent resident.
But the Chinese government will not let him leave China. They refuse to return his passport.
And now John has advanced prostate cancer. The cancer has spread to his bones and spine. He has gone through chemotherapy and radiation, and no one knows how much time he has.
His wife is in America, as well as his sons, Amos and Benjamin. While they were able to visit him in China once earlier this year, they want their father home. John also has a one-year-old grandson, Conner, whom he has never seen in person and never held.
There is no sentence left for John to serve. He already served it all. All the Chinese government needs to do is return his passport and allow him to reunite with his family.
Steve, this family has suffered enough. Will you help me bring Pastor Cao home?”
President Trump is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on September 24. Before that meeting, RevelationMedia want to gather at least 100,000 signatures asking President Trump to personally raise Pastor Cao’s case.
Our request is remarkably simple:
Mr. President, please ask President Xi to return Pastor John Cao’s passport and allow him to come home to his family.
This is a humanitarian plea. Pastor Cao is not asking to escape a prison sentence. He already served it. Every single day. Now he is fighting stage 4 cancer, his family is waiting for him in America, and a little grandson is waiting to meet his grandfather for the first time.
Will you stand with us?
Signing takes less than a minute. We are only asking for your name, city, and state.
We are asking our church family at FBC LaPlace to work alongside RevelationMedia to help acquire these signatures to bring Pastor Cao home.
You can use the buttons above to be directed to signing the petition.
Thank you for helping RevelationMedia bring Pastor Cao home!
In Christ,
Church Staff
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