China

China’s ruling Communist Party is continuing its crackdown on Christianity by removing crosses from churches and adding new restrictions to religious activities, Missions Box reports. 

China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues its years-long program of suppressing Christianity in the country: Last month, authorities arrested and detained a Christian leader and shut down two churches, the Bitter Winter rights group reports. 

A US lawmaker has told a House Select Committee that China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) government is rewriting parts of the Bible in order to increase its power and suppress the Gospel, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

A pastor who led his entire church of over 60 people out of China to escape persecution there has testified to US Congress members that “there is no religious freedom” in his country of origin, the Washington Times reports.

A Christian pastor and three of his church members in China’s Guangdong Province have been in custody for six weeks after being arrested by the ruling Chinese Communist Party on suspicion of conducting “illegal business operations,” China Aid reports.

China’s ruling authoritarian Communist Party (CCP) has begun rolling out a new app that will require citizens to pre-register for approval to attend a religious service.

Five Christians detained since August 2022 for leading Bible studies have been freed on bail by authorities in China’s Yunnan Province, well-informed Christians Wednesday.

China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) is planning to bring in new regulatory measures that would require all churches and other places of worship to implement CCP propaganda as part of their services, the Bitter Winter Chinese human rights magazine reports.

An entire congregation of more than 60 asylum-seeking Chinese Christians has arrived in the US after their application for refugee status on the grounds of persecution by China’s government was rejected by both South Korea and Thailand, the Washington Times reports.