Qin Sifeng — Media Profile & Archive
Person profile: Qin Sifeng — Beijing Lampstand Church Pastor.
Case chronology
- July 2022: Qin Sifeng and Su Minjun were arrested in Zibo, Shandong, during a church trip and held at the Zibo City Detention Center.
- April 2023: ChinaAid reported that Qin and other defendants were tried in Zibo.
- June 2023: ChinaAid reported a five-and-a-half-year sentence for Qin; Bitter Winter reported five years. The conflict is unresolved.
Source record
Bitter Winter, November 11, 2022: https://bitterwinter.org/beijing-lampstand-church-families-demand-release-of-arrested-pastor-co-worker/
ChinaAid, June 6, 2023: https://chinaaid.org/persecution-by-province/beijing/pastor-qin-sifeng-sentenced-to-five-years-other-coworkers-released/
Bitter Winter, June 12, 2023: https://bitterwinter.org/beijing-lampstand-church-pastor-qin-sifeng-sentenced-to-five-years-in-jail/
Evidentiary notes
No public judgment or indictment text was located. Qin Sifeng’s Chinese characters remain unconfirmed and are intentionally omitted. The five-year versus five-and-a-half-year sentence discrepancy is preserved rather than resolved.