China Plans to Deport More Than 60 North Korean DefectorsAugust 10, 2019 — 08/10/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Radio Free Asia reports that China has detained about 60 North Korean defectors and begun repatriating them back to North Korea where they could...
USCIRF Commissioner Calls for Release of Chinese ChristianAugust 8, 2019 — 08/08/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – On August 5, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCRIF) Commissioner Gary Bauer, called for the release of an imprisoned underground church elder, democracy...
Huoshi Church in Guizhou Raided AgainAugust 7, 2019 — 08/07/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Huoshi Church in China’s Southwest Guizhou province was raided again by the police on Sunday. The local authorities came with more than hundreds of...
No Summer Camps for Young Chinese CatholicsAugust 6, 2019 — 08/06/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – In summertime, churches around the world traditionally host summer camps or Bible school for the next generation of believers. However, it has not been...
No Update On Detained ERCC Christian After Eight MonthsAugust 5, 2019 — 08/05/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – After her husband was arrested in the December 9th crackdown last year, the wife of a detained Christian from Sichuan’s Early Rain Covenant Church...
Christians Arrested in Shenzhen for Selling Audio Bible PlayersAugust 4, 2019 — 08/04/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Seven employees at Shenzhen Cedar Electronics in China’s Guangdong province were arrested on July 22 for “illegal business operations,” according to Father Francis Liu...
China Continues to Prevent Imprisoned Pastor from Meeting His LawyerAugust 1, 2019 — 08/01/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Imprisoned Pastor Wang Yi from Sichuan’s Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) still has not been able to meet his lawyer, thanks to the Chinese...
Beijing Pastor Petitions for His Daughter’s Rights to Leave ChinaJuly 30, 2019 — 07/30/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Pastor Jin Mingri (Ezra) from the now banned Beijing Zion Church sent out another prayer request letter on July 27, calling the Chinese government...
State-backed Chinese Catholic Churches Refute Religious Freedom ViolationsJuly 28, 2019 — 07/29/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – State-vetted Chinese Catholic bodies and other officially sanctioned religious organizations have refuted the claim made by the United States accusing the communist authorities of...
Chinese Court Upholds Pastor John Cao’s Prison SentenceJuly 25, 2019 — Sentence Upheld After Repeated Delays on Appeal Hearing 07/25/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on July 25, a court in China’s Yunnan province...
Jailed Pastor Wang Yi Faces New “Illegal Business” ChargeJuly 19, 2019 — 07/19/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – According to pastor Wang Yi’s lawyer Zhang Peihong, in addition to being charged for "incitement to subvert state power," Chinese authorities are now investigating...
Appeal of Imprisoned Chinese Pastor Will Be Handled Only On PaperJuly 17, 2019 — 07/17/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – On July 12, the lawyers of jailed Chinese pastor John Cao, received a notice from the Pu’er Court in Yunnan province stating that Cao's...
Activist Claims China is Abusing its ‘Secret Deal’ with the VaticanJuly 16, 2019 — 07/16/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – An activist in China claims that the Chinese government is using its secret deal with the Vatican to crush the Chinese Catholic Church. The...
Chinese Pastor Jin Mingri Calls for Help in Prayer RequestJuly 15, 2019 — 07/15/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Pastor Jin Mingri (Ezra) from Zion Church in Beijing sent out a prayer request over this past weekend, asking people to pray for him...
State-vetted Churches in China Seek to Include Socialism in SermonJuly 12, 2019 — 07/12/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – The two organizations responsible for monitoring state-sanctioned churches in Shanghai city are mobilizing church leaders to attend sermon writing training, with the aim to...
Chinese Christians Threatened Against Sharing Persecution StoriesJuly 9, 2019 — 07/09/2019 China (International Christian Concern)- The Chinese church has faced severe suppression by government authorities recently, especially in Henan and Hebei regions. Though stories of church raids, demolitions and forced...
