Chinese pastors required to read Confucius along with Bible
China is implementing its ‘sinicization’ campaign to change Christianity into an arm of the state.
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House Church in Yunnan Raided by the Authorities
House churches across China continue to be harassed by the government during their activities. On August 11, a house church in Yunnan province was raided by the authorities during service. Churchgoers’ cell phones were confiscated and names of members recorded, before they were asked to sign a statement promising that they would never come to this church again.
...continue reading this storyChinese ‘Ministry of Truth’ Begins Editing God Out of Western Classics
China has introduced a new textbook with Western classics such as Robinson Crusoe, Vanka, and The Little Match Girl, but with every reference to God removed.
...continue reading this storyChinese Students Told Parents Won’t Want Them Anymore If They Practice Xie Jiao Christianity
The extent of anti-Christian indoctrination in Chinese schools came to light recently in a testimony published by Bitter Winter, which detailed the way Christian children are being turned against their parents.
...continue reading this storyChinese Pastor, Detained in December, Comes Under New Charges From Regime
Chinese pastor Wang Yi, who was arrested in December on charges of ‘inciting subversion of state power,’ has now been charged again by the Chinese government with ‘illegal business activities.’
...continue reading this story5 More Chinese House Churches Shut Down in Campaign ‘Unprecedented Since the End of the Cultural Revolution’
A handful of new house churches have become casualties of the Chinese government’s ‘sinicization’ campaign since April, as the communist regime seeks to stamp out all remnants of unofficial Christianity.
...continue reading this storyEarly Rain Covenant Church Member Escaped to Taiwan: ‘No Long Safe’ for Christians in China
More information has surfaced regarding the lockup of 100 members of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China, in December.
...continue reading this storyChristianity a Threat to Chinese National Security, Xi Jinping’s Government Determines
“Christianity’s Enormous Harm on China’s Security” is the title of the most recent seminar held by party officials of the Chinese communist party, which took place in Henan last month amidst Xi Jinping’s campaign to assimilate all Chinese house churches into the communist-controlled Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM).
...continue reading this storyUSCIRF Annual Report Highlights China’s ‘Tragedy’ of Religious Freedom
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its annual report Monday, detailing religious rights abuses around the world and recommending state actors for the U.S. State Department to earmark as “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPCs).
...continue reading this story20 Christians Rounded Up in Shanghai As Chinese Government Seeks to Extinguish Belief
Twenty Christians, including one Taiwanese-American dual-citizen, were taken into custody in Shanghai yesterday as China continues its crusade against belief.
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