Peter Xu
{{Short description|Chinese Evangelist}}
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Peter Xu (徐永泽 Xu Yongze; 9 October 1940) is the founder of an Evangelical Christian movement in China known as the "New Birth", "All Range" (全范围教会 Quanfanwei jiaohui), or "Born Again Movement." It is a Chinese house church movement, unregistered by the Chinese government. In 1997, he was sentenced to three years in prison for his leadership role.{{cite web |title= China's Christians suffer for their faith|publisher=BBC | work = News|date=November 9, 2004|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3993857.stm | accessdate= 2010-11-11}} He moved to the United States following his release.
He is one of the subjects of the book Back to Jerusalem: Three Chinese House Church Leaders Share Their Vision to Complete the Great Commission by Paul Hattaway.
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- {{Citation | url = http://www.house.gov/pitts/initiatives/humanrights/prisoners/xu.htm | contribution = Xu | publisher = House of Representatives | place = US | title = Human rights: prisoners}}.
- {{Citation | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3993857.stm | publisher = BBC | place = UK | type = article | title = News | date = 9 November 2004 | contribution = World: AsiaPacific}}.
- {{Citation | url = http://www.freedomhouse.org/religion/news/bn1999/bn-1999-04-08.htm | publisher = Freedom house | title = Religion | type = news | date = 1999-04-08}}
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