Bible Apps and Christian WeChat Accounts Shut Down in China

May 1, 2021 — 05/01/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – In a move to crack down on Christianity nationwide, the Chinese government is targeting the cyberspace— Bible Apps and Christian WeChat public accounts have...

Chinese Underground Catholic Fined for Providing a Place for Mass

April 28, 2021 — 04/28/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – As the Chinese government continues to target underground Catholic bishops and prevent them from holding mass, now even the Catholics who provide the venue...

Chengdu Police Raided ERCC’s Home School Program

April 27, 2021 — 04/27/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – On April 21, police in Chengdu raided a residence where students from the heavily persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) were being homeschooled. A...

Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association Celebrates Founding of CCP

April 26, 2021 — 04/26/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – One hundred years ago, Mao Zedong and two other men founded the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Early celebrations have started this week, and religious...

Baptist Pastor Left Hong Kong Given Shrinking Freedom

April 23, 2021 — 04/23/2021 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – The president of the 80,000 members strong Baptist Convention in Hong Kong, ten days before his term expires, resigned and left Hong Kong...

USCIRF Releases 2021 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom

April 21, 2021 —

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Recommends that 14 Countries be Designated as Countries of Particular Concern for Religious Freedom Violations 04/21/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) –Today, the United States Commission on International...

Raid on Chinese Church Results in Court Hearing

April 20, 2021 — 04/20/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – In a joint operation, the Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs raided the Mt. Olive Church on March 24, confiscating pamphlets, Bibles, books, and...

African Leaders Ignore China’s Religious Freedom Violations

April 20, 2021 — 04/20/2021 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Ambassadors from across Africa spoke at an event in Beijing last month supporting China’s persecution of religious minorities. The event centered around whitewashing China’s largest-scale...

Chinese Priest Urges the Pope to Save Targeted Orphanages

April 18, 2021 — 04/18/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Several Catholic orphanages have been targeted by the Chinese authorities and face closure as Beijing seeks to minimize religious influence on minors. In response,...

Catholic Orphanage for the Disabled in Hebei to be Shut Down

April 14, 2021 — 04/14/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – An orphanage in China’s Hebei province, which hosts dozens of disabled children and young people, is about to be shut down on the orders...

“Transformation Centers” to Detain Chinese Christians Exist but Not the Norm

April 13, 2021 — 04/13/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Recently, it is reported that Christians in China are being detained in secretive, mobile "transformation" facilities where they are subject to brainwashing, torture, and...

Pastor Chen’s Family in China

April 9, 2021 —

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04/09/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – In the early 2000s, the Lord led Pastor Chen of China to serve churches in the suburbs and rural areas...

Guiyang House Church Elder Charged with Fraud

April 9, 2021 — 04/09/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – After being detained for more than 10 days, an elder from a house church in China’s Guizhou was charged for “fraud” on March 28....

China Will Stamp Out Five “Illegal Social Organizations” Including House Churches

April 3, 2021 — 04/03/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – According to China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA), China will launch a campaign to toughen its clampdown on five types of illegal social organizations....

ERCC Preacher Repeatedly Taken Away by the Police

April 1, 2021 — 04/01/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – A preacher from the heavily persecuted house church Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) in Chengdu has been taken away by the police today. According...

Hebei House Church Ransacked by the Police

March 31, 2021 — 03/31/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – A house church in Hebei province’s Sanhe city was ransacked by the local authorities on March 27. Without showing any proper document, they removed...