'Three-Self' Pastor taken by Chinese Police
Last month, Chinese police abruptly abducted a "Three-Self" pastor from his own state sanctioned church in Henan Province, according to International Christian Concern.
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Two House Churches Raided in China
China Aid reports raids on two house churches and a home Bible study in Xinjiang last month.
...continue reading this storyChina Plans To End House Churches
China's closure of a dozen churches in Hainan Province while threatening to close many more strongly suggests that the Communist government has a clandestine plan to eliminate all unregistered house churches, according to the China Aid Association.
...continue reading this storyChristian Persecution Rising in China
Incidents of Christian persecution in China rose by 42 percent last year as compared with 2011, according to a report by China Aid, a Texas-based human rights group.
...continue reading this storyVisitation rights curtailed for Chinese Christian Convert
Visitation rights for the family of a prominent Chinese house church leader incarcerated in Xinjiang have been severely curtailed, according to International Christian Concern.
...continue reading this storyChina's Pledge to End Labor Camps Doubtful
The secretary of the Central Politics and Law Commission said China would end the practice of sending its citizens to labor camps without the benefit of a trial, but critics remain skeptical.
...continue reading this storyShanghai House Church Christian Again Sentenced to "re-education through labor"
A high profile house church Christian in Shanghai who has been continually targeted for government harassment was just handed an extra-judicial sentence to a forced labor camp.
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The government of Mengka Township in Yunnan Province has a long history of suppressing the spread of Christianity by persecuting missionaries and banning personal Bibles.
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Police in Xinjiang recently raided a house church Sunday School, holding 70 children and their teachers for questioning while detaining seven other teachers.
...continue reading this storyChinese Church "Requested" to Desist
Authorities in China’s Sichuan province have asked a large house church to stop all its activities, the church's pastor told Radio Free Asia.
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