On August 31, 2026, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a coordinated arrest operation targeting The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in Hunan Province. Police conducted overnight raids and arrests in multiple cities, including Hengyang, Zhuzhou, Changde, Loudi, Yongzhou, andRead More →
From July to early August 2026, police in the cities of Wuhan, Xianning, Jingmen, Yichang, and Xiangyang, Hubei Province, launched a large-scale arrest operation targeting Christians from The Church of Almighty God (CAG). According to incomplete statistics, at least 23Read More →
In June 2026, 27 Christians from The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in Shandong Province were sentenced by courts to prison terms merely for attending gatherings, spreading the gospel, repairing electronic equipment, hosting Christians, safekeeping church books, and engaging inRead More →
On June 29, 2026, authorities in Liaoning Province launched a “zeroing-out campaign” targeting Christians of The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in the cities of Dandong and Benxi. Within one day, at least 59 CAG Christians were arrested by police—51Read More →
Since May 2026, police in Shandong Province have continued carrying out arrests targeting Christians from The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in the cities of Heze and Linyi. The police conducted covert surveillance using China’s Skynet surveillance network, prolonged physicalRead More →
On May 29, 2026, at around 4:00 a.m., police in Jinan City, Shandong Province, launched a coordinated operation to arrest Christians from The Church of Almighty God (CAG). The police had previously monitored and tracked some CAG members for aRead More →
The year 2026 marks the final year of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “Three-Year Tough Battle” against The Church of Almighty God (CAG). In an effort to achieve its goal of eradicating the church, the CCP has continued to intensifyRead More →
By Zheng Yi Since March 2026, coordinated arrest operations targeting members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG) have been carried out in Jingmen, Hubei Province, and Mengjin District of Luoyang, Henan Province. The arrest operations in both locations indicateRead More →
On May 26, 2025, the Shandong Provincial Public Security Department and the Jinan Municipal Public Security Bureau jointly carried out a coordinated arrest operation targeting The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in Jinan. Seventeen Christians were arrested in a singleRead More →
On June 25, 2024, a Christian named Li Yunhong (pseudonym, aged 60 at the time) was arrested by the Chinese police for her faith in God. She was later sentenced by a local court to three years and six monthsRead More →
Her case is based on a false accusation of “organizing others to cross the national border illegally.” The case of Beijing house church missionary Dong Yanmei, known among Christians as Ruhamah, has taken a troubling turn. Although the legally allowedRead More →
Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy media mogul and well-known Catholic layperson from Hong Kong, won an appeal this week against a 2022 fraud conviction for which he had been serving a six-year sentence. The reprieve provides little reason for him toRead More →
Chinese authorities detained leaders and members of the Early Rain Covenant Church in China on Jan. 6 amid the nation’s continued persecution of Christians. Among those detained, the whereabouts of some individuals remain unclear. As of Jan. 12, ChinaAid reportedRead More →
The police acted brutally, showing their intention to threaten and intimidate the whole believers’ community. On October 22, the wife of Brother Sun Xue, one of the Christian activists arrested during the crackdown on the Beijing Zion Church, sent toRead More →
Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church Raided Again: 15 Detained, Including Infants Bitter Winter previously reported in 2024 on the ongoing harassment of Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church, an independent Protestant congregation in Shanxi Province. On October 12, 2025, the church was againRead More →
Brother Wang Xiangchao was detained again on September 26. Pastor Mingdao remains in jail—allegations of torture continue. On July 25, 2025, Bitter Winter reported the arrest in June of five Christian leaders affiliated with the Shenyang Youth Fellowship, a houseRead More →
The Head Lama of the Choegyal Monasteries in Gonjo County, Tibet, died in prison after years of torture and isolation. The mountains we call home have long echoed with chants of compassion and wisdom. But today, they mourn. It hasRead More →
Bethel Church’s founder succumbed to years of police harassment and psychological torment. A rare blurred image of Pastor Zhao and CCP officers inspecting the Cili County Detention Center where he was detained. From Weibo. On September 5, 2025, Pastor ZhaoRead More →
From July to September 2025, Song Yanmei, a Christian in her 60s from The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in Anyang, Henan Province, and her husband were secretly detained by CCP police in a local hotel while in poor health.Read More →
The third raid in one year led to the arrest of Elder Ma Tao and Pastor Chang Shun. Despite its reformed theology, the church has been labeled a “cult.” In March 2025, “Bitter Winter” reported a raid by Chinese authoritiesRead More →
The veteran Christian dissident has been arrested for the third time since 2014. He has faced continuous police harassment for eleven years. Pastor Huang Yizi, of the Fengwo Church—a house church in Pingyang County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province—has become aRead More →
