[2] Brother Yun's book tells both of great persecution, and a surprising series of miracles of deliverance very similar (though often even more 'extreme') to those found in the Bible.

'[2] It is claimed that the official investigation by the Chinese Government concluded that Brother Yun received no human help in his escape and therefore should remain free.

[7] His ministry struggled briefly when Chinese Christians became increasingly fearful of housing him because of the potential repercussions from government authorities.

[8] As a leader of the "Back to Jerusalem Movement", Brother Yun seeks to evangelise the countries between China and Israel, which are among the least-Christianised of the world.

[2] The Heavenly Man is an autobiography of Brother Yun detailing his life from the age of sixteen, through his three accounts of incarceration, and ending in his exile to Germany.

Paul Hattaway, the co-author of the book has published an open response[4] that claims the attacks on the credibility of Brother Yun are rumours originating with Titus Pan in Hamburg.

[4] Among them is Peter Xu, founder of the Back to Jerusalem Gospel Mission, who was a fellow prison inmate of Brother Yun.

Included in The Heavenly Man (p. 299) is a letter from the elders of the Sinim Fellowship of house church leaders in China, commending Brother Yun as "blameless before God" and his testimony as "genuine."