ICYMI: Gallagher Welcomes Victims of CCP Religious Persecution and Prominent American Religious Leaders

Yesterday, Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and members of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party held an interfaith roundtable on the CCP's threat to religious freedom. Members and distinguished guests discussed the CCP's persecution towards Christian, Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, and others unwilling to put the decrees of Xi Jinping ahead of their god.

Chinese Pastor Pan Yongguang was a featured guest of the conversation, sharing the harrowing details of his church's escape from the regime's persecution in China. In April, the United States granted Pastor Pan and members of Mayflower Church asylum after CCP agents targeted, harassed, and tried to kidnap members of the Christian congregation in Thailand where they previously fled.

Uyghur Imam Hajim also delivered his testimony to participants, describing the personal risk taken to publicly speak out. Imam Hajim warned the room that the CCP's long arms can reach deep into the United States, even threatening those who speak out on US soil.

Prominent leaders present included:

Rabbi Abraham Cooper - Chair, US Commission for International Religious Freedom | Associate Dean and Director of Global Social Action for the Simon Wiesenthal Center

David Curry – Commissioner, US Commission for International Religious Freedom | President and CEO of Global Christian Relief

Imam Mohamad Magid - Commissioner, US Commission for International Religious Freedom | Executive Religious Director of All Dulles Area Muslim Society Center | Chairman of International Interfaith Peace Corps

Rev. Frederick Davie - Vice Chair, US Commission for International Religious Freedom | Strategic Advisor to the President at Union Theological Seminary (NYC)

Pastor Pan Yongguang – Mayflower Church of China | Granted asylum by the US in April 2023

Dr. Bob Fu – Founder & President of China Aid | Religious Refugee from China

Pastor Bob Roberts – President, Institute for Global Engagement | Co-Founder of Multi-Faith Neighbors Network

Imam Hajim - Uyghur Imam living in the United States

Bhuchung Tsering - International Campaign for Tibet

Pastor Corey Jackson – Pastor, Trinity Park Church (Cary, NC)

Tony Perkins – President, Family Research Council | Former Chair, US Commission for International Religious Freedom

Father Kurt Klismet – President, Trinitarian International Solidarity (S.I.T) - USA, Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives in the Roman Catholic Church

Watch key moments from the roundtable below, broadcasted HERE.

View photos of the roundtable HERE.