Disappeared Chinese Bishop in Xinxiang Still Unheard ofMarch 2, 2022 — 03/02/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – It has been nine months since a Chinese bishop in Henan province was taken away by the local authorities to an unknown place. His...
Three Out of the Five Detained Chinese Christians for “Illegal Border Crossings” ReleasedMarch 1, 2022 — 03/01/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – Three out of the five Christians from a house church in Taiyuan, previously sentenced to more than six months of imprisonment for attending a...
Three Out of the Five Detained Chinese Christians for “Illegal Border Crossings” ReleasedMarch 1, 2022 — 03/01/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – Three out of the five Christians from a house church in Taiyuan, previously sentenced to more than six months of imprisonment for attending a...
Chinese Ban on Unauthorized Online Religious Activity Comes into EffectMarch 1, 2022 — 03/01/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A scheduled ban on unauthorized online religious activities has come into effect in China today, cutting off many house churches from a crucial resource...
Chinese Ban on Unauthorized Online Religious Activity Comes into EffectMarch 1, 2022 — 03/01/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A scheduled ban on unauthorized online religious activities has come into effect in China today, cutting off many house churches from a crucial resource...
House Church Preacher in Ningxia Arrested for Illegal GatheringFebruary 24, 2022 — 02/24/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On February 19, a house church preacher’s wife sent a prayer request for Panshi church and her imprisoned husband Geng Zejun, who leads the...
Jailed Chinese Pastor Recently Sentenced Writes Letter to Her SonFebruary 22, 2022 — 02/22/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A house church pastor arrested for “fraud” and recently sentenced to eight years wrote a letter to her eldest son to tell him how...
Audio Bible Seller Lai JinqiangFebruary 20, 2022 — 02/20/2022 Washington, D.C. — On July 22, 2019, in China’s Guangdong province, seven employees at Shenzhen Cedar Electronics, a company that sells audio Bibles, were arrested for “illegal business operations.” ...
Alimujiang “Alimjan” YimitiFebruary 19, 2022 — 02/19/2022 Washington, D.C.—Alimujiang “Alimjan” Yimiti is a Uyghur Christian pastor in China’s western Xinjiang province, a region now well-known following allegations of genocide against its Uyghur Muslim population. Pastor Alimjan...
Henan Pastor Li JuncaiFebruary 18, 2022 — 02/18/2022 Washington, D.C. — A pastor, who was once part of the state-sanctioned Three-Self Church in China’s Henan province, refused to accept the imposed demands on his church as Beijing...
Bishop James Su Zhimin and the Disappearing Priests of ChinaFebruary 17, 2022 — 02/17/2022 Washington, D.C.—Bishop James Su Zhimin is one of the many Catholic clergies in China who has refused to join the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA), the Chinese government-sanctioned organization...
Former Three-Self Pastor Hao ZhiweiFebruary 16, 2022 — 02/16/2022 Washington, D.C. — A former state-vetted church pastor was arrested for “fraud” and has remained detained for the past two years, not knowing what the future holds. But on...
Bible Sellers in Hohhot, Inner MongoliaFebruary 15, 2022 — 02/15/2022 Washington, D.C. — Four Christians in China’s Inner Mongolia were arrested for selling Bibles. They were accused of “illegal business operations,” a charge that could result in several years...
Elder Hu ShigenFebruary 14, 2022 — 02/13/2022 Washington, D.C. — In 2015, the Chinese government underwent an aggressive campaign to suppress human rights lawyers, activists, and political dissidents. This crackdown led to over 300 lawyers and...
Imprisoned Chinese Christian Activist Zhang Zhan in Better ShapeFebruary 14, 2022 — 02/14/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – Christian activist Zhang Zhan, who was arrested and incarcerated in 2020 for exposing the failures of the Wuhan government’s early responses to the COVID-19...
Seven Golden Lampstand Church LeadersFebruary 14, 2022 — 02/14/2022 Washington, D.C. — The sight of a megachurch crumbling down in Shanxi province caught the attention of global media in 2018. Using heavy machinery and dynamite, local authorities demolished...
