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.
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.
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.
China Aid Association (CAA) reported that government raids of two house churches last week resulted in the arrest of about 80 Christians.
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.
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.
Chinese police forces raided a house church in Hubei province Friday, July 21, and detained over 20 Christians, fellow believers said.
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.
Three leaders of a controversial religious group were awaiting their execution Friday, July 7, and one house church pastor continued serving a seven and a half years prison term for his Christian activities, co-workers and a religious rights group said.
Chinese officials have expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with a resolution passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 12 condemning rising persecution of religious believers in China.
Chinese Security forces arrested at least almost 2000 Chinese Christians, including house church pastors, within a period of one year, and many were tortured, a report released Monday, June 26, shows.
A well-known disabled Chinese ‘house church’ leader has been detained on charges of “illegally printing and distributing Bibles and other Christian literature,” church sources confirmed Thursday, June 15.
Three members of an underground house church in China’s Henan province remained in prison Thursday, June 8, after security forces raided the congregation last month and detained dozens of believers during a Sunday worship service, supporters said.
A prominent Christian prisoner in China was still suffering from recent beatings Saturday, June 3, as Chinese authorities have refused to give him proper medical treatment, his family and investigators said.
Chinese security forces carried out massive arrests of house church pastors in two provinces and at least one church leader from South Korea was expelled from the country, investigators said Monday, May 15.
Chinese security forces detained seven foreign evangelical church leaders, including five Americans and two Taiwanese pastors, as part of a government crackdown on China’s evangelical movement, friends and investigators said Wednesday, April 19.
The court judging house church leader Zhang Rongliang, acknowledging that “there are insufficient evidence and ambiguous facts,” this week submitted the case to the Zhengzhou City Intermediate People’s Court asking for legal advice.
Chinese house churches on Friday, April 7, were anxiously awaiting answers from the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which has been asked to help free an influential ailing, and allegedly tortured, pastor from prison.
An influential Chinese house church leader was to appear Thursday, April 6, for a potentially decisive court hearing after over 16 months in police custody, a Christian news agency reported.
China Aid Association learned one House Church pastor was detained on March 20, 2006 at Hubei Province. Pastor Lian Changnian is now detained at the Detention Center of Xiantao City, Hubei Province. Pastor Lian who is from Xi’an City, Shannxi Province was leading a Bible study of over 100 believers at a House Church at Xiantao City when the raid occurred.