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 →
Pastor Li Jie, Elder Han Xiaodong, and Elder Wan Qiang were sentenced to jail penalties for “fraud.” In 2022, “Bitter Winter” reported that a police raid on a parent-children camp of Linfen Covenant Home Church in August led to theRead More →
As of June 7, 2025, according to information obtained, Pastor Lian Changnian of Xi’an Church of Abundance, along with Pastor Lian Xuliang and preacher Fu Juan, had been detained since August 17, 2022, on charges of “fraud.” After approximately twoRead More →
Not even being part of the government-controlled Christian organization protects communities with a modicum of independence from repression. At the end of May, police arrested six Christians from Huainan City, Anhui—Zhao Hongliang, Shang Lei, Xu Yongshui, Xu Kehong, Yang Tongguang,Read More →
6/13/2025 China (International Christian Concern) — The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China’s ruling political class, released a plan on May 7 mandating Protestant churches to alter their worship music to include songs and lyrics praising communism, according to Christian DailyRead More →
Despite facing persecution, the Beijing Zion Church has expanded to multiple provinces. Now, the authorities are intensifying their crackdown on all branches. Beijing Zion Church used to be the largest house church in the city. Despite being raided and bannedRead More →
His stubborn refusal to join the CCP-controlled Three Self Church led to years of persecution. At the beginning of May, the Bethel Church in Zhangjiajie, Cili County, Hunan, reported that its pastor, Zhao Huaiguo, and his wife are under continuousRead More →
05/19/2025 China (International Christian Concern) – The Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, often called the “Mayflower Church,” endured years of persecution and uncertainty before finally finding refuge in the United States. In 2019, the 60-member congregation fled China due to increasingRead More →
A mammoth document both praises the CCP’s work in the security field and calls for a more severe repression of groups identified as national security threats. The State Council Information Office released the white paper “China’s National Security in theRead More →
The CCP’s top ideologist discusses Xi Jinping’s “unique scientific understanding” of religion and how it should be used to support the Party’s domestic and global aims. When Wang Huning speaks, it is always a good idea to listen. Wang isRead More →
4/17/2025 China (International Christian Concern) — Nine Chinese Christians have received prison sentences and large fines for re-selling and distributing Bibles in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. International Christian Concern (ICC) has followed this case for several years now. On April 10,Read More →
In June 2022, authorities in Guangdong launched two waves of large-scale arrest operations targeting Christians from the Church of Almighty God. Following the mass arrests in Heyuan and Maoming in early June, further detentions were carried out in mid-June inRead More →
Between June 1 and June 2, 2022, in just two days, the CCP police launched coordinated arrest operations in the cities of Maoming and Heyuan, Guangdong Province, detaining at least 125 Christians from The Church of Almighty God (CAG). ARead More →
