Peter Xu (徐永泽 Xu Yongze; 9 October 1940) is the founder of an

Evangelical Christian Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual expe ...

movement in China known as the "New Birth", "All Range" (全范围教会 Quanfanwei jiaohui), or "

Born Again Movement The Born Again Movement (重生派 Chongshengpai) B.A.M., or Word of Life Church, or All Ranges Church (全范围教会 Quanfanwei jiaohui, "Total Scope Church") of China is a Christian religious movement founded by Peter Xu Yongze in 1968 during t ...

." It is a

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movement, unregistered by the Chinese government. In 1997, he was sentenced to three years in prison for his leadership role. He moved to the

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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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