The “Weepers” refers to the Word of Life Movement or Born-again Movement under the leadership of Peter Xu Yongze, which is one of the largest “house church” networks of China since the 1980s. It is said that the believers always cried out loud during prayer and even considered it as a sign of salvation. To some extent, the Weepers are a counterpart of the “Shouters” as a twin brother of Chinese “house churches.”

Its origin can be traced back to 1982, when Peter Xu Yongze called the first general conference of “house churches” in Henan Province. They also sent the fi…