On December 6, a house church in China’s Fujian province was again raided by the local authorities during its service. Xunsiding Church, a house
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Even little keepsakes with religious content are becoming off-limits to people of faith in China, as authorities punish those who make and distribute
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Numerous venues were shut down, believers arrested and dispersed in August across Henan, Guizhou, and Fujian provinces. by Li Xiao On August 23, t
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Religious persecution in China affects each aspect of believers’ life. Those unwilling to give up their faith may lose their jobs. by Zhang Wenshu
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The CCP persecutes people for electronic devices with religious content as part of the campaign against “illegal publications and pornography.” by Li
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Attacks on house churches across China intensified in the past few months, as police and government officials raid places of worship and intimidate co
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Authorities in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen have raided a Protestant house church for the second time in two months, RFA has learned. ...
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Believers who resist being managed by China’s communist regime are often arrested and interrogated, despite their elderly age and declining health. b
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The CCP treats any link the Chinese believers have with abroad as “foreign infiltration” that threatens its regime. Any such tie is investigated and s
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The Chinese government is using WeChat, a popular multi-purpose social media and messaging app, for mass surveillance, including to monitor people of
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Believers of this banned Christian group suffer severe persecution and are often sent to jail, where they are indoctrinated and subjected to forced la
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04/27/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – ICC reports on April 14 that pastor Zhao Huaiguo, the founder of Bethel church, was arrested ...
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04/23/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – On April 19, a house church in China’s Xiamen, a city in southeastern Fujian province, was ra...
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House Church Pastor Arrested for Refusing to Join State-Vetted Church 04/14/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International ...
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04/13/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – An elder from a house church in China’s southeastern Guangzhou city has been repeatedly harassed ...
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04/10/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Although it is true that due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the Chinese government seems to relax ...
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03/29/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Pastor Ma Chao and his wife from the Guangfu house church in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, h...
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03/23/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Despite the Chinese government’s claim that there are no new confirmed cases of the Coronavir...
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In Xinjiang, one of the most restricted and heavily surveilled areas in China, Christians are detained for no reason, severely punished. by Xiang Yi
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Sentence Defies Previous Legal Promises by the Police 12/03/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern