Imprisoned Church Leader Faces Trial Today in China

November 25, 2019 —

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Early Rain Covenant Church Pastor Wang Yi Still Awaits Trial 11/25/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Qin Derfu, an...

Dozens of Hong Kong Christians Receive Threatening Online Messages

November 22, 2019 — 11/22/2019 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – More than 40 Hong Kong Christians who have been vocal or actively participate in the ongoing protests have received threatening messages to their...

Statue of Christ at Shandong Church Replaced with a Lightning Rod

November 21, 2019 — 11/21/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – China’s attempt to get rid of Christian symbols of faith continues, with the latest victim being a church in Shandong province. According to Asia...

U.S. Senate Unanimously Passes Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act

November 20, 2019 — 11/20/2019 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – On Tuesday, the United States Senate unanimously passed a bill that would require an annual review of the special treatment Hong Kong receives...

Chinese Pastor to Face Trial Without Representation

November 19, 2019 — 11/19/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Early Rain Covenant Church Pastor, Wang Yi, has been in custody since December 9, 2018. He is expected to officially start his trial soon....

China Increases Church Surveillance and Monitoring

November 16, 2019 — 11/16/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Surveillance and tracking devices have reportedly been installed in churches across China as part of authorities increasing desire to control the movements of Christians...

Protesters Arrested in Hong Kong Catholic Church

November 15, 2019 — 11/15/2019 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – A video circulated on social media depicted several Hong Kong riot police officers entering a Catholic Church and later arresting several protestors. Police...

Chinese Bishop Targeted in Church Detachment Strategy

November 13, 2019 — 11/13/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Bishop Vincenzo Guo Xijin of Fujian is currently being pressured and pursued by the Chinese government to sign documentation associating himself with an “independent...

Chinese Government to Offer Compensation After Church Demolition

November 10, 2019 — 11/10/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – A Catholic community in Wu Gao Zhang has reportedly been granted new land and rebuilding compensation for a new church following the demolition of...

Christian Magazine Forced to Sinicize Biblical Imagery

November 9, 2019 — 11/09/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Since January 2019, China’s state-sanctioned Christian magazine, Heavenly Wind, has published sinicized biblical artwork on its cover. Chinese authorities have required that the magazine,...

Christians in China Endure New Wave of Repressive Policies

November 7, 2019 — 11/07/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Recent reports indicate that the situation for Christians within the People’s Republic of China is worsening by the day. Chinese “sinicisation” policies are trampling...

Chinese Christians Harassed for Purchasing Christian Books Online

November 6, 2019 — 11/06/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – For Chinese Christians who are purchasing Christian books through WeChat (instant messaging App) online shop, now they are facing risks of being invited to...

Watchdog Organization Reports Another Church Demolition in China

November 5, 2019 — 11/05/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – According to China Aid, another Three-Self church in China’s Henan province has been demolished by the country’s communist regime. In July, the Caiduzhen True...

Hebei Official Church to be Salvaged and Relocated

November 4, 2019 — 11/04/2019 China (International Christian Concern) - On Friday, November 1, ICC posted an article on the Official Catholic Church in Hebei Province being threatened with a demolition by order by...

Hebei Official Church To Be Demolished

November 1, 2019 — 11/01/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – The parishioners and priests of the diocese of Handan (Hebei province) have occupied the church of Wu Gao Zhang (Guan Tao district) to stop...

Religious Venue Star Rating System Increasingly Implemented in China

October 28, 2019 — 10/28/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Nowadays in China, not only hotels are rated for their services rendered to their customers, religious venues, including churches and chapels, are subject to...