Officer Beats Elderly Mother of Imprisoned Pastor

ChinaAid Chengdu, Sichuan – A Chinese police officer beat the elderly mother of an imprisoned church pastor as she withdrew money from the bank this morning. The woman, who is caring for her grandson, the child of incarcerated Early Rain Covenant Church pastor Wang Yi, is nearly 70 years old and was entering her password […]

China Targeted by Canadian Coalition on International Human Rights Day

RAHUL VAIDYANATH  |  EPOCH TIMES Canadian government urged to stand firm on arrest of Huawei executive OTTAWA—A number of groups subjected to human rights abuses by China’s ruling communist regime urged the Canadian government to take action on Dec. 10—International Human Rights Day. At a press conference on Parliament Hill, led by One Free World International (OFWI), […]

Crackdown on Christian Churches Intensifies in China

Joyce Huang  |  Voice of America Authorities in central China’s Henan province are ratcheting up pressure on unregistered religious establishments with the intent of shutting down at least two-thirds of Christian churches there. Observers say the aim of the policy from China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, appears to be to contain the growth and spread […]

Many House Churches Under Government Crackdown

ChinaAid Xuchang, Henan—The crackdown on Christian house churches in mainland China is becoming more ferocious. Chinese authorities have been checking Christian church venues on a large scale and shutting many down. The Liaoning Province government in northeastern China launched a campaign against venues for Christian gatherings; three gathering venues of Daoen Church located in Xuzhou, […]

Beijing Suppresses Church After Implementing New Regulations

ChinaAid Beijing— The Yizhuang branch of Beijing’s Zion Church has faced continuous harassment from the government in recent months. Not long after China’s revised Regulations on Religious Affairs went into effect nationwide on Feb. 1, the mistreatment of the church’s 1,500 members began, and the attendees predicted that further measures to curb their ability to […]

Chinese Authorities Demolish One Church, Close Another, in December

Qiao Long  |  Radio Free Asia Chinese authorities have pressed their campaign against religious groups operating outside of state control in recent days, demolishing a Catholic church in the western city of Xi’an and shuttering a Protestant church in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, sources said. In Shijing town in Xi’an’s Huyi district, authorities tore down […]

Over 30 Christians Detained Overnight in Guangdong

ChinaAid Dongguan, Guangdong— Police officers raided a house church meeting in China’s southern Guangdong province on Wednesday evening, detaining 30 of the members in attendance including the pastor and an American couple with two children. More than 20 officers broke into Zhongfu Wanmin Church approximately a half hour into their evening service on May 3. […]

Christians Caught Up in Increasing Repression in China’s Northwest

James Burke  |  Vision Times Chinese Christians who are unaligned with state-run religious associations are finding themselves targeted by the authorities who are ramping up “anti-terrorism measures” in China’s northwest. A Chinese official told RFA that all Christian activities not linked to state-approved churches in the restive province of Xinjiang have been banned. “They all […]

Protestant Church Member Prosecuted For Involvement in ‘Evil Cult’

Qiao Long  |  Radio Free Asia Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan have announced they will prosecute a member of an unofficial Protestant church for organizing and taking part in the activities of an “evil cult,” amid a flurry of such charges against Christians in the province. Tu Yan, a Protestant Christian church […]

Court in China’s Guizhou Jails Protestant Pastor on Spying Charges

Hai Nan  |  Radio Free Asia Authorities in southern China have sentenced a pastor of an unofficial Protestant “house church” to two-and-a-half years in jail on spying charges, his lawyer said. Pastor Yang Hua of the Huoshi church in the southern province of Guizhou was handed the jail term by the Nanming District People’s Court […]