Chinese Church Members Escape PersecutionJuly 8, 2019 — 07/08/2019 China (International Christian Concern)- On Sunday, Chinese Christian Liao Qiang and his daughter Ren worshipped publicly for the first time in several months since their church was raided. Members...
Chinese Catholic Churches Violently ClosedJuly 6, 2019 — 07/06/2019 China (International Christian Concern)- Catholics in Fujian faced a series of severe crackdown operations against churches that refused to join the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA). A report from...
Chinese Local Government Offers Reward for Reporting ChristiansJuly 5, 2019 — 07/05/2019 China (International Christian Concern)- Authorities in Guizhou are incentivizing local residents to report illegal religious activities, according to China Aid. People who report members of their community will receive...
Church Banned in China, Crosses RemovedJuly 1, 2019 — 07/01/2019 China (International Christian Concern) A major unregistered church was banned in Xuzhou, according to China Aid. Jiangsu authorities had harassed Dao En Presbyterian church for a while before officially...
Vatican Asks China to Stop Intimidating Catholic BishopsJune 28, 2019 — 06/28/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – On Friday the Vatican asked China that “no intimidatory pressures be applied to the “non-official” Catholic communities, as, unfortunately, has already happened”. This comes...
China’s Status as Country of Particular Concern RenewedJune 27, 2019 — 06/27/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – The State Department recently released this year’s International Religious Freedom report for China. In the report, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rebuked the country’s...
Members of Chinese Church TorturedJune 26, 2019 — 06/26/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Members of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China who have been held since December were tortured while in custody. Police are using...
Released Members of Early Rain Covenant Church Still Closely MonitoredJune 21, 2019 — 06/21/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – A few members from Sichuan’s Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC), including Pastor Wang Yi’s recently released wife Jiang Rong, are still under surveillance. According...
Chinese Priest Refuses to Join State Approved ChurchJune 19, 2019 — 06/19/2019 China (International Christian Concern)- Msgr. Guo Xijin, an auxiliary bishop applicant of Fujian province, refused to join China’s government-run Patriotic Catholic Association (PA) as a way of showing his...
Christians Participate in Hong Kong ProtestsJune 17, 2019 — 06/17/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Observers are confirming numbers which suggest that the latest protest in Hong Kong may have broken the city’s record, with nearly 2 million individuals...
China Forbids Christian Burial for Arrested PriestJune 15, 2019 — 06/15/2019 China (International Christian Concern) — China is prohibiting a public funeral and Christian burial for the recently deceased bishop of Tianjin, who has been under house arrest since 1992....
Jailed Pastor’s Wife Released from Prison in ChinaJune 13, 2019 — Authorities Pursue Charges Against Autumn Rain Covenant Church Members 06/13/19 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on June 11, 2019, Chinese authorities released a...
China Slates 24 Village Churches for DestructionJune 13, 2019 — 06/13/2019 China (International Christian Concern) — According to the Catholic News Agency (CNA), 24 churches in China’s northeastern Hebei province are slated for destruction. CNA also reports an increase of...
Priest Flees Chinese Province After Church DemolitionJune 11, 2019 — 06/11/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Local officials in China’s northeastern Henan province demolished a church last month after members refused to donate the building to the county. More recently,...
China Targeting Human Rights Workers InternationallyJune 8, 2019 — 06/08/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Canada is currently studying China’s targeting of human rights workers who internationally raise awareness about the communist government’s abuses of personal and civil liberties....
Tiananmen Square Massacre Remembered by ChristiansJune 6, 2019 — 06/06/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Chinese Christians gathered to remember the Tiananmen Square Massacre, whose 30-year anniversary occurred this week. The Chinese government continues to deny the atrocities committed...
