Chinese securities forces have detained a prominent Christian human rights lawyer and family members, amid an apparent new government-led crackdown on house churches, observers following the case said Thursday, September 27.
...continue reading this storyPastor Zhang Rongliang, one of China's top Christian leaders and authors, "will likely die soon" if he is not released from prison, fellow believers and human rights activists said Tuesday, September 25.
...continue reading this storyA prominent house church leaders who was convicted of illegally printing up to 40 million Bibles and other Christian writings was home Saturday, September 15, after three years detention, family members and Christians involved in the case said.
...continue reading this storyChinese secret service agents are massively infiltrating China's growing house church movement and pressure its leaders to leave Beijing before the Olympic Games are held there in 2008, well-informed Chinese sources and rights investigators told BosNewsLife Friday, September 7.
...continue reading this storyA well-known Chinese house church leader was believed to be behind bars Sunday, September 9, after he was detained by Chinese security forces and allegedly beaten for receiving three tons of Bibles from South Korean churches, fellow believers said.
...continue reading this storyChina's central government has launched a nationwide campaign to crackdown on what it calls "illegal religious activities," targeting especially Christians, BosNewsLife learned from investigators Saturday, August 25.
...continue reading this storyAn elderly jailed house church activist remained in "life danger" Saturday, August 18, as her health rapidly deteriorates because of abuses in prison, her family said.
...continue reading this storyA key Chinese house church activist in Beijing was free Saturday, July 28, after six months of imprisonment, human rights investigators said.
...continue reading this storyChinese Christian workers were recovering from injuries Saturday, July 21, after security forces raided a Vacation Bible School (VSB) for children in Jiangsu province, the latest in a series of police raids targeting China's house church movement which detentions of at least 15 leaders, local Christians and investigators said.
...continue reading this storyTwo key leaders of China's house church movement who faced the prospect of serving time in a labor camp have been released "on parole" from prison amid international pressure, BosNewsLife learned Saturday, July 14.
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