China Expands Crackdown on Independent Churches
7/17/2025 China (International Christian Concern) — Recent reports and firsthand testimony from Chri...Read More
2025-07-18
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“Rule of Law on Religious Work” Now Imposed on All Religions
United Front chief Li Ganjie has indicated the doctrine announced in April by top CCP ideologist Wan...Read More
2025-07-15
Fuyang: New Raid, Arrests Target Maizhong Reformed Church
The third raid in one year led to the arrest of Elder Ma Tao and Pastor Chang Shun. Despite its refo...Read More
2025-07-07
Yunnan, Update on Brother Chang Hao: Sentenced, Liberated, and Detained Again
The popular preacher was baptizing new Christians with famous Pastor John Cao when the police raided...Read More
2024-10-19
Street Evangelist Chen Wensheng Sentenced Again
He received a comparatively mild sentence (one year and seven months) but the authorities’s strategy...Read More
2024-06-25
Chengdu Early Rain Church Member Detained for Commemorating Tiananmen
Fu Lijun cautiously posted only music and a prayer on June 4. It was enough to go to jail. by Qi Jun...Read More
2024-06-11
Four CAG Christians Subjected to Heavy Jail Terms of 7-9 Years
Four members of the Church of Almighty God (CAG) in Henan Province were given sentences of seven to ...Read More
2023-07-21
Over 40 Old Local Church Venues Stifled in Jiangxi Province
China’s southeastern province continues to intensify religious persecution measures after coronaviru...Read More
2020-06-14
Mistreatment and Forced Labor in Custody Deteriorate Condition of Ill Christians
After some seriously ill Christians are arrested and detained because of their faith, they are not o...Read More
2020-06-13
Police Torture Believers to Get Information on Church Money
To eradicate The Church of Almighty God, the CCP goes to great lengths to deprive it of financial me...Read More
2020-03-11
Crosses Purged from Churches in Northeastern China
The CCP’s campaign to remove religious symbols from places of worship continues unabated, as believe...Read More
2020-03-08
Eradication of Jiangxi Province’s House Churches in Full Swing
Unregistered Protestant churches were continuously pressured in 2019 to join the state-run Three-Sel...Read More
2020-03-07
Christian Dies as Result of CCP’s Surveillance, Harassment and Lifelong Control for His Faith
An elderly Christian from the southeastern Fujian Province was subjected to the CCP police’s monitor...Read More
2020-03-06
65 Days of Indoctrination Confinement and Mistreatment: Story of an Elderly Christian
Ms. Liu Yi (pseudonym), a Christian in her 60s, was subjected to abusiveness, confinement, sleep dep...Read More
2020-03-04
Numerous Protestant Churches Stifled in Hubei Province
In the past year, not only unregistered house churches but also state-controlled Three-Self churches...Read More
2020-02-24
Burned, Beaten, Stripped, and Left Cold: 20-Year-Old Christian’s Story of Torture
A 20-year-old female Christian was arrested and tortured because of her faith and was even stripped ...Read More
2020-02-18
Chinese Officials Hunt for ‘Pirated’ Bibles
As the campaign “to eradicate pornography and illegal publications” sweeps across the country, relig...Read More
2020-02-15
These Chinese Christians Were Branded A Criminal ‘Cult.’ Now They Have to Flee.
The Church of Almighty God ranks very high on the Communist Party's enemies list of religious groups...Read More
2020-02-12
State-Approved Chinese Priest Ousted After Being Jailed for One Year
A state-sanctioned Chinese priest who was released on December 9, 2019, after being jailed for a yea...Read More
2020-02-10
House Churches in Heilongjiang Severely Persecuted in 2019
Nearly 100 places of worship were closed down in Daqing and Nehe cities alone. Believers were intimi...Read More
2020-02-10
Persecuted Church in China Brings Hope Amid Coronavirus Epidemic
A new respiratory virus with origins in the Chinese city of Wuhan has now infected 8,200 people acro...Read More
2020-02-08