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Police often threatened his Beijing house church, and Pastor Bike was detained repeatedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now based in Qingdao, Shandong province, Pastor Bike still ministers actively throughout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/globalprayerguide\/china\/?_source_code=VSLEG02C3\">China<\/a>, continuing to lead an average of two to three people to Christ every day. He and his wife are planting a church for migrants, and they baptized hundreds of new believers in 2018. 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Now based in Qingdao, Shandong province, Pastor Bike still ministers actively throughout China, continuing to lead an average of two to three people to Christ every day. He and his wife are planting a church for migrants, and they baptized hundreds of new believers in 2018. 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