安徽阜阳麦中归正教会长老马涛服刑 16 个月后获释，常顺、张森两名牧师仍在押Fuyang church elder Ma Tao released after 16 months in Anhui; pastors Chang Shun and Zhang Sen remain in prison
对华援助协会（ChinaAid）10 月 30 日报道，安徽省阜阳市麦中归正教会长老马涛 10 月 28 日获释，此前他因在政府批准的教会体系之外组织宗教聚会，被判处 16 个月有期徒刑。消息由中国人权监察组织维权网提供。同案被定罪的常顺牧师（判 1 年 6 个月）与资深牧师张森（判 1 年 7 个月）仍在押。[1]ChinaAid reported on October 30 that Ma Tao, an elder of Maizhong Reformed Church in Fuyang, Anhui Province, was released on Wednesday, October 28 after serving a 16-month prison sentence for organizing religious gatherings outside the government-approved church system; the Rights Defense Network, a Chinese human rights monitoring organization, reported his return home. Two pastors convicted in the same case — Chang Shun (18 months) and senior Pastor Zhang Sen (19 months) — remain behind bars. [1]
为什么重要WHY IT MATTERS
这起案件值得记录，有三个原因。其一，它是“组织非法聚会”罪名适用于纯粹敬拜活动的完整样本：检方指控的核心行为包括在家中进行私人敬拜、主持婚礼、欢迎获释基督徒，以及让未成年人在家中参加宗教活动并接受宗教教导——把日常教会生活逐项列为罪证。其二，三名教会领袖的刑期与获释时间表使案件有了可追踪的明确节点：常顺将于 2026 年 11 月 18 日到期、张森将于 2027 年 1 月 24 日到期，本站将到时核对两人是否如期获释。其三，案件的国际关注路径完整：开庭前三位领袖的妻子曾呼吁美国与欧洲外交官旁听庭审；张森在法庭上承认聚会发生过、但拒绝承认构成犯罪，并称“无论法院如何判决，我都不会恨任何人”——这些陈述构成理解此类案件中被告立场的一手材料。马涛获释后是否面临后续限制尚不清楚，其家庭此前报告持续遭到监控与骚扰，故定性为持续核实。[1]Three features make this case worth recording. First, it is a complete specimen of the 'organizing illegal gatherings' charge applied to purely worship activities: the conduct at the heart of the prosecution included private worship gatherings at home, conducting weddings, welcoming Christians released from detention, and allowing minors to participate in religious activities and receive religious instruction at home — everyday church life itemized as evidence of crime. Second, the sentence and release schedule gives the case checkable milestones: Chang is scheduled for release on November 18, 2026 and Zhang on January 24, 2027, and this site will check whether both are in fact released on time. Third, the case drew an unusually complete record of the defendants' own position: before the June 2026 trial, the three leaders' wives appealed to U.S. and European diplomats to observe the proceedings, and Zhang acknowledged in court that the gatherings occurred while rejecting that they were criminal, saying that regardless of the verdict he would not hate anyone. Whether Ma faces restrictions after release is unclear, and families associated with the church have previously reported continued surveillance and harassment, so this record is marked as under ongoing verification. [1]
详细记录Full report
据对华援助报道，马涛是安徽阜阳麦中归正教会的长老，10 月 28 日（周三）服满刑期回家。阜阳市颍州区人民法院 8 月 10 日以“组织非法聚会”判处马涛有期徒刑 1 年 4 个月；常顺牧师被判 1 年 6 个月，按期将于 11 月 18 日获释；资深牧师张森被判 1 年 7 个月，预计 2027 年 1 月 24 日获释。两人目前仍在押。消息来源为维权网。[1]
案件源头是 2025 年 6 月 29 日的突袭：警察突袭麦中归正教会及其附属的圣约堂的主日敬拜，带走 19 名会众、包括 4 名儿童，送往派出所。多数人次日获释，但马涛与常顺以涉嫌组织非法聚会被刑事拘留；7 月 9 日，警察在江苏徐州逮捕张森并将其带回阜阳。[1]
检方指控：根据法院记录与颍州区人民检察院的起诉书，三名教会领袖被指自 2021 年以来多次在未经政府批准的情况下组织宗教聚会，检方称其活动扰乱了公共秩序。指控所列行为包括允许未成年人参加宗教活动、在家中接受宗教教导，以及对华援助此前报道过的私人敬拜聚会、主持婚礼、欢迎获释基督徒等事项。麦中归正教会是拒绝加入官方三自爱国运动的独立新教教会，自 2021 年以来多次遭警察突袭与官方施压，最终被当局勒令关闭；会众此后转入民宅小规模聚会，教会领袖及家人报告遭受监控、威胁与迁居压力。[1]
庭审与被告立场：此案曾引发国际关注，2026 年 6 月开庭前，三位领袖的妻子曾呼吁美国与欧洲外交官旁听庭审，认为她们的丈夫是因和平表达基督教信仰而受审。庭审中，张森承认宗教聚会确实发生，但拒绝接受检方关于其构成犯罪的定性：“虽然我承认这些事情确实发生了，但我的良心不允许我承认它们是犯罪。”他主张聚会是基督教的基本实践，受中国宪法形式上保障宗教信仰自由的条款保护，并说：“无论法院如何判决，我都不会恨任何人。我相信最终的公义在全能的上帝手中。”[1]
核实说明：本记录的获释事实、判决刑期与到期日、2025 年 6 月突袭与起诉内容，均来自对华援助 10 月 30 日报道（获释消息由其转引维权网）；马涛获释后是否面临限制尚不清楚，教会家庭此前报告的监控与骚扰未获官方回应。本站无法独立核实全部细节，全程保留归属，定性为持续核实，并将跟进常顺（2026 年 11 月 18 日）与张森（2027 年 1 月 24 日）的到期获释情况。[1]
According to ChinaAid, Ma Tao, an elder of Maizhong Reformed Church in Fuyang, Anhui, returned home on Wednesday, October 28 after serving his sentence. On August 10 the Yingzhou District People's Court sentenced Ma to one year and four months in prison for 'organizing illegal gatherings'; Pastor Chang Shun received an 18-month sentence and is scheduled for release on November 18, while senior Pastor Zhang Sen was sentenced to one year and seven months and is expected to be released on January 24, 2027. Both pastors remain in custody. The release report came from the Rights Defense Network. [1]
The case began on June 29, 2025, when police raided Maizhong Reformed Church and its affiliated Covenant Chapel during Sunday worship services, detaining 19 congregants, including four children, and taking them to a police station. Most were released the following day, but Ma and Chang were placed under criminal detention on suspicion of organizing illegal gatherings; on July 9 police arrested Zhang in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, and returned him to Fuyang. [1]
The prosecution's case: according to court records and the indictment issued by the Yingzhou District People's Procuratorate, the three church leaders were accused of repeatedly organizing religious gatherings without government approval since 2021, and prosecutors claimed their activities had disrupted public order. The allegations included allowing minors to participate in religious activities and receive religious instruction at home, as well as private worship gatherings, conducting weddings, and welcoming Christians released from detention, as previously reported by ChinaAid. Maizhong Reformed Church is an independent Protestant congregation that has refused to join the state-controlled Three-Self Patriotic Movement; it has faced repeated police raids and government pressure since 2021, with authorities eventually ordering its closure, after which congregants continued meeting in smaller groups in private homes while leaders and their families reported surveillance, threats, and pressure to relocate. [1]
Trial and the defendants' position: the prosecution drew international attention; before the June 2026 trial, the wives of the three church leaders appealed to U.S. and European diplomats to observe the proceedings, arguing their husbands were being prosecuted for peaceful expressions of Christian faith. During the trial, Zhang acknowledged that the religious gatherings had occurred but rejected the prosecution's assertion that they constituted criminal offenses: 'Although I acknowledge that these events actually occurred, my conscience does not allow me to admit that they were criminal.' He maintained the gatherings are a fundamental practice of Christianity protected by China's Constitution, which formally guarantees freedom of religious belief, and said: 'Regardless of the court's ruling, I will not hate anyone. I believe that ultimate justice rests in the hands of Almighty God.' [1]
Verification note: the release, the sentences and release dates, the June 2025 raid and the indictment's contents all come from ChinaAid's October 30 report, with the release itself sourced to the Rights Defense Network. It remains unclear whether Ma faces restrictions following his release, and the surveillance and harassment previously reported by families associated with the church has drawn no official response. This site cannot independently verify every detail; attribution is preserved throughout, the record is marked as under ongoing verification, and we will check the scheduled releases of Chang Shun (November 18, 2026) and Zhang Sen (January 24, 2027). [1]
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