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Trapped in China, Terminally Ill Pastor Seeks Return to US Family

Trapped in China, Terminally Ill Pastor Seeks Return to US Family

Friday, September 18, 2026
In April, Jamie Powell walked into a hospital room in Changsha, China, with her eldest son and his fiancée. Laying on the hospital bed was her husband, John Sanqiang Cao, gaunt and fighting late-stage prostate cancer that had spread to his spine. The couple had not seen each other face-to-face in nine years—the Chinese government Read more... The post Trapped in China, Terminally Ill Pastor Seeks Return to US Family appeared first on Christianity Today.