Mentuhui

Mentuhui (Chinese: 门徒会) is a Christian movement in China. It possibly has more than half a million members.[1] It was founded in Shaanxi in 1989 by Ji Sanbao (Chinese: 季三保), born 1937, who claims to be Jesus.[1][2] He has been influenced by Jesus Family.[2] He claims to have 12 disciples.[2] It has about 100,000 members in Guizhou.[2] It is at least present in Shaanxi, Gansu, Hebei, Qinghai, Hunan, Jiangsu, Yunnan, Shandong, Sichuan, Xinjiang, too.[2] There have been numerous arrests, including Ji Sanbao.[2][3] In Tonggu County in Jiangsu, at least 51 members of the movement were detained in 1999.[3] Mentuhui predicted the end of the world for 2000.[2]

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Notes
  1. April/May 2006. OMF (20 October 1999). Retrieved on 25 October 2011.
  2. ""Geheimgesellschaften" in der VR China: Christlich inspirierte, spirituell-religiöse Gruppierungen seit 1978" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. "PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: The crackdown on Falun Gong and other so-called 'heretical organizations'". Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2010.


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