The government harassed these Protestant places of worship on a variety of pretexts: from “disturbing neighbors” to “supporting protests in Hong Kong.” by Ye Ling The Religious Affairs Bureau of Fujian Province organized a conference for the directors of allRead More →
The Church of Almighty God remains one of the primary targets of China’s religious persecution, as its members are given hefty sentences for practicing their faith. by Yang Guang’an The Church of Almighty God (CAG), the largest Chinese Christian newRead More →
As the coronavirus was spreading throughout China, CCP-run Protestant churches and their congregations suffered continuous crackdowns at the hands of the government.Read More →
The CCP has never halted its persecution against members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG). Rather, it wantonly continued to arrest Christians before the outbreak of the coronavirus.Read More →
On April 13, a church in the capital of east-central China’s Henan province received a disbandment notice from the government, calling its religious activities illegal.Read More →
The CCP forces believers to give up their faith by implicating their families, threatening to deter education or employment opportunities, revoke state benefits.Read More →
Both house churches and state-approved places of worship suffered severe government crackdowns in the second half of last year.Read More →
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a house church pastor in China’s Hunan province was arrested on April 2, after being criminally detained since March 14 for “inciting subversion of state power.”Read More →
Police in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan detained at least eight people in an Easter Sunday raid on the homes of Early Rain Covenant Church members, RFA has learned.Read More →
Though approved by the government, Three-Self churches are not guaranteed protection from the state, and they often become targets of religious persecution.Read More →
Jiangsu and Liaoning provinces continue reducing the number of places for believers to assemble, barring state-run and house churches alike.Read More →
Although it is true that due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the Chinese government seems to relax its surveillance of house churches due to change of focus, many churches, especially well-known ones, continue to experience persecution from the authorities.Read More →
Religious texts not approved by the state, including the Bible, are confiscated from churches and believers, replaced with socialist propaganda.Read More →
Two Christians in Guangdong were arrested at the end of last year for printing children’s Bibles. Now they face charges and imprisonment.Read More →
Members of The Church of Almighty God are given lengthy prison sentences and are brutally pressured to give up their faith while in detention.Read More →
On March 29, police in Nepal arrested a Christian woman for allegedly creating misleading information about COVID-19. This is the second Christian in Nepal to be arrested on COVID-19 related charges.Read More →
Even during the coronavirus outbreak, China’s regime does not relax its efforts persecuting the religious groups it doesn’t control.Read More →
As part of the ongoing campaign to eradicate religions, the regime disposes of religious symbols, pressures believers to give up God, and follow the Communist Party.Read More →
The CCP has installed cameras in places of worship to ensure complete control and punish those who don’t worship according to its regulations.Read More →
Nothing can prevent the CCP from persecuting people of faith. Not even the spread of a deadly virus.Read More →
The CCP continues to suppress unauthorized places of worship, beating believers, looting church property, and imposing hefty fines on landlords.Read More →
