Christian in Wuhan Warned for Street Evangelism

November 15, 2020 — 11/15/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A Christian in China’s Wuhan received a warning from the local authorities for “sharing the Gospel on the street.” According to China Aid, Li...

Sichuan Police Shut Down Utilities to Pressure ERCC Elder

November 14, 2020 — 11/14/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – The elder from Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) in Chengdu, who was forced to move out in late October to Leshan city, continues to...

Sichuan Police Harass Landlord’s Family to Kick Out ERCC Elder

November 7, 2020 — 11/07/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) elder Li Yingqiang risks having to move again, thanks to the local police’s pressure on his current landlord’s family....

Priests, Seminarians, Nuns in China’s Baoding Taken Away

November 6, 2020 — 11/06/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – An underground Catholic community in China’s Hebei province has been raided by the local authorities, with many taken away. According to Asia News, on...

Chinese Christian Summoned for Speaking on “Christianity and Chinese Culture”

November 5, 2020 — 11/05/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Ran Yunfei, a Chinese writer and a high-profile democracy activist who converted to Christianity in 2016, was briefly summoned on November 4 by the...

Chinese House Church Elder Continues to be Tracked by Police

November 4, 2020 — 11/04/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Li Yingqiang, the elder of Chengdu-based Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC), continues to be tracked by the authorities despite moving away from Chengdu to...

Early Rain Covenant Church Member Interrogated, Elder Forced to Move

November 2, 2020 — 11/02/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – On October 26, a member of the heavily persecuted Sichuan church Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) was summoned by the police, for he allegedly...

Leaders of Guizhou House Church Taken Away by the Police

November 1, 2020 — 11/01/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – On October 25, the pastor of Enguang Church in Guizhou’s Guiyang city and his wife were allegedly taken away from their home at night...

China Harasses Canadian Catholics from Hong Kong

October 30, 2020 — 10/30/2020 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – Beijing has extended its surveillance and harassment to anyone residing in other countries who is considered anti-China. In a webinar held yesterday, a...

Weekly Harassment Becomes the New Norm for Sichuan Church

October 26, 2020 — 10/26/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – An elder and a worshipper from Sichuan’s heavily persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) were taken away again during the Sunday service yesterday. Elder...

ICC Leads the Outcry on China

October 23, 2020 —

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10/23/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – "Religious scholars and imams were some of the first to...

China’s Appointment to the UN Human Rights Council

October 22, 2020 — By Benjamin Harbaugh On October 17th, China was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council.[1] Many human rights activists deplored the announcement. While they were right to protest China’s...

Vatican Renews Bishop Appointment Deal with Beijing

October 22, 2020 —

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Provisional Deal Renewed Despite International Criticism 10/22/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the controversial two-year deal between the Vatican and China on...

Update to Yunnan Pastor Wang Hai’s Case

October 21, 2020 — 10/21/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – ICC reported on October 10 that Yunnan pastor Wang Hai and his parents have been missing for over two months, based on a WeChat...

China Fines Xiamen Hotel for Providing Venue for House Church’s Worship

October 20, 2020 — 10/20/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – The space for house churches in China is shrinking at an unprecedented rate, as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to control Christianity through...

Chinese Government Demolished Swedish Missionaries’ Gravestones

October 18, 2020 — 10/18/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – The Shanxi government destroyed more than 20 Swedish missionaries’ gravestones in their designated cemetery on September 12. An adjoining house for visitors was demolished...