Members of Beijing’s Shouwang Church, which recently became the fourth Chinese house church to be closed since September, are ‘considering hiring lawyers’ after the government proceeded to shut down their alternative worship location last week, according to a source at China Aid.
...continue reading this storyChristians have been detained, and churches shut down or destroyed in China in the month before revised Regulations on Religious Affairs are due to come into effect on 1 February.
...continue reading this storyA Chinese house church pastor, her daughter, and her young grandson have been arrested, weeks after being accused of overstepping the country’s newly tightened religious restrictions.
...continue reading this storyProvoked by the mission work of a local house church, officials detained a pastor and her daughter on Sept. 22, taking the daughter’s three-year-old son into custody as well.
...continue reading this storyAn organization with ties to the Chinese Communist Party has unveiled new plans on how the government can enforce its restrictions on churches, including forced registration with state-run Christian institutions.
...continue reading this storyBelievers with Muslim and Buddhist backgrounds are the most persecuted Christian groups in China, according to a watchdog organization. And those Christians are in urgent need of Bibles in their own languages.
...continue reading this storyChina has tightened its ‘choke-hold’ on churches across the country in recent weeks, according to the rights and religious freedom group China Aid.
...continue reading this storyThe growth of the Christian faith in China continues its remarkable rise, with one pastor reporting as many as 100,000 new followers of Christ per year, despite the worsening human rights abuses and crackdown by Communist authorities.
...continue reading this storyThe greater the persecution, the greater the revival. It’s a phrase Chinese Christians are using these days, and with good reason.
...continue reading this storyChinese authorities in Zhejiang province have postponed the trial of five Christians who have been detained for defending their rights.
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