China Executes 15 Underground Church Members In Secret
China has secretly executed 15 members of a controversial underground church after founding them guilty “of murdering members of a rival sect,” BosNewsLife learned Thursday, November 30.
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China Security Forces and Peasants Destroy House Church, Group Says
A group of Chinese Christians faced a difficult period Thursday, November 2, after their house church building located in the campus of Changchun Agricultural University in the suburb of Changchun city, Jilin province was reportedly demolished forcibly by local authorities.
China Christians Protest Church Nationalization, Several Believers Detained Elsewhere
Tensions remained high in a city of China’s Gansu province Wednesday, November 1, after hundreds of Christians reportedly demanded the return of their church property 40 years after it was taken away from then during the Cultural Revolution.
American-Korean Pastor Arrested
Local police raided Qilin Mountain Villa in the suburb of Uramqi City, Xijiang Autonomous Region, when some Christians were having a Bible training program held by a Korean pastor from America.
Chinese Prosecutor Drops Charges Against Jailed Pastors
There were hopes Tuesday, October 24, that at least five prominent Chinese church leaders jailed for their alleged role in resisting police forces while defending their church building would be released, after a prosecutor decided not to prosecute them because of “a lack of evidence,” supporters said.
China Jails Handicapped House Church Leader For Printing Bibles
China sentenced a crippled prominent house church leader to two years in prison on charges of “illegal business practices” after he printed and distributed Bibles for other Christians “free of charge”, fellow believers confirmed Friday, October 20.
China Court Frees Christian Leader From Labor Camp
A Chinese Christian leader was free Monday, September 25, after a Chinese court revoked a ‘re-education through labor’ ruling, an unprecedented move in this Communist-run nation.
China Detains Prominent Human Rights Activist
Chinese police in Beijing arrested Thursday, September 7, Hu Jia, a prominent human rights activist and close friend of a well-known detained Christian lawyer, several sources confirmed.
China Sentences Missionary To Labor Camp And Blind Activist To Prison
Chinese authorities sent a female Mongolian missionary to a labor camp and dissidents, including a blind activist, to prison amid a crackdown on evangelical churches and political dissent, investigators said Monday, August 28.
China State Destroys Church Building, Detains Christians
Christians in China’s Zhejiang province faced another tense day Wednesday, August 23, amid reports that authorities destroyed another church building and arrested six house church leaders.
China Christians Warn Of “Worst Persecution in 140 Years”
Over 20 Christians detained during the demolition of a large church in Zhejiang Province were believed to be still in prison Monday, August 14, amid fears that more churches would be destroyed by Chinese security forces as part of what local believers called the worst persecution in 140 years.
China “Tortures” Four Missionaries in Yunan Province
Chinese security forces reportedly arrested and tortured four Christian missionaries, including two women, in Jinghong City of Yunan Province on charges of “superstitious activities,” BosNewsLife learned Saturday, August 12.
Pastor Evicted As Government Intervenes in a Three-Self Church in Shanxi Province
A pastor in the Three-Self Church in Pinglu County, Shanxi Province was prohibited from preaching and forced to leave the church by the Chinese Religious Affairs Bureau.
China Church Leaders Imprisoned For “Leaking State Secrets”, Police Treatment Condemned
A Chinese court sentenced officials of China’s rapidly growing independent house church movement to up to three years in prison Friday, August 6, on charges of leaking “state secrets” to overseas organizations, human rights watchers said.
Chinese Authorities Demolish Church, Beat Protesters
International outrage has been spreading after the beating last weekend of hundreds of Christians at the tourist resort of Hangzhou on China’s eastern seaboard.
Chinese Authorities Raid House Churches, Arrest 80
China Aid Association (CAA) reported that government raids of two house churches last week resulted in the arrest of about 80 Christians.
China Sentences House Church Leaders To Labor Camp
Four key leaders of China’s house church movement have been sentenced to two years “re-education through labor” in the central-western province of Sichuan, fellow believers confirmed Thursday, July 27.
China House Church Leaders “Likely” In Labor Camp
There were fears Tuesday, July 25, that four key leaders of a house church movement in China’s central-western province of Sichuan were sent to a hard labor camp following their detention late last month.
China Security Forces Raid House Church, 20 Detained
Chinese police forces raided a house church in Hubei province Friday, July 21, and detained over 20 Christians, fellow believers said.
China Detains 19 Key House Church Leaders
A prominent leader of a house church in China’s Jilin province was still in jail Saturday, July 15, after she was detained along with her husband and small child earlier this week, fellow believers said.