Wang Yi

Wang Yi is the founding pastor of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China. Before that, he was a human rights attorney and law professor at Chengdu University. In 2004, he was listed as one of “50 Most Influential Public Intellectuals of China.” After his conversion and baptism in 2005, he left law for the ministry and planted Early Rain. In 2018, he was arrested by Chinese authorities and is currently serving a nine-year prison sentence, which is scheduled to end in December 2027. His work includes a statement on house churches, a declaration of “faithful disobedience,” and contributions to Faithful Disobedience: Writings on Church and State from a Chinese House Church Movement.