According to ChinaAid, a U.S.-based partner of VOM Korea, Pastor Lian was detained by Chinese authorities in August 2022. Lian serves as a pastor at Xi’an Church of Abundance, which is part of the Chinese Gospel Fellowship (CGF) house church network. “Pastor Lian and the Xi’an Church of Abundance have endured years of persecution,” Foley stated. “He has been imprisoned multiple times, most recently on August 17, 2022, alongside his son, Pastor Lian Xuliang, and Evangelist Fu Juan. Pastor Lian was reportedly denied the ability to lie down to sleep for nearly two years and eight months.