  brother yun (äºå¼å), a.k.a. liu zhenying (åæ¯è¥), born 1958, is an exiled chinese christian house church leader, evangelist, and proponent of the back to jerusalem movement. brother yun was instrumental in the development of the christian house church networks in china during the 1980s and 90s. accounts about his life and ministry are to be found in his autobiography, the heavenly man. ==life in china== yun's book tells of both extreme persecutions and miracles of deliverance similar to ones found in the bible. despite a life of poverty in china, he since has spoken to thousands internationally with the gospel message. seen as a rebel among some chinese for not joining the government-controlled christian organization, he was imprisoned and tortured by the government authorities. his book reports that he became a highly wanted man across several provinces. he was finally arrested and sentenced to many years in prison. however, yun continued his ministry while in prison, with more miraculous results. as a result, many prisoners and even some prison officials became born-again christians. while he gained increasing favor from some officials, he also became a target of increased persecutions by others. he was repeatedly beaten and became severely malnourished. while in prison, yun writes about undertaking a total fast without food or water for 74 days. after many years in prison, he escaped from zhengzhou maximum security prison from which it is reported that nobody had previously escaped. he
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