Hong Kong Hands Down Jail Terms to Christian Activists, Pastor

April 25, 2019 — 04/25/2019 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – On April 23, a Hong Kong court has handed down jail terms of up to 16 months to four pro-democracy activists accused of...

Detained Members of Sichuan House Church Released

April 24, 2019 — 04/24/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Several detained members of Sichuan’s Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) have been released in the past few days, according to their family members. On...

Beijing House Churches Not Ceasing Worship In Spite of Challenges

April 23, 2019 — 04/23/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Britain’s Sky News recently visited Beijing to witness the ongoing persecution against Christianity, especially well-known house churches. Despite the challenges, the members of these...

Chinese Government Hires Informants to Spy on Churches

April 21, 2019 — 04/21/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – The Chinese government is hiring citizens to monitor churches and their activities by offering these informants stipends, according to Chinese Christians. According to China...

Wife of Missing Chinese Christian Lawyer Uses His Birthday to Call for Release

April 18, 2019 — 04/17/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – April 20 will mark the 55th birthday of Chinese Christian lawyer Gao Zhisheng. Yet he will again celebrate his birthday incarcerated somewhere in China,...

Priests Forcibly Taken Away by the Chinese Government

April 17, 2019 — 04/17/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – The Chinese government has not stopped persecuting underground Catholic community in China even after the signing of a provisional agreement between the Vatican and...

Faith-Driven Pursuit of Democracy Leads to Jail in Hong Kong

April 11, 2019 —

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04/11/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Hong Kong is on the trajectory of losing its promised autonomy to...

Shaanxi Government Plans to Demolish More Churches

April 10, 2019 — 04/10/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Shaanxi government sent at least 600 government officials and policemen this morning to demolish the Marian shrine of Mujiaping in the Diocese of Fengxiang....

Shaanxi Government Demolishes the Only Parish in Qianyang

April 6, 2019 — 04/05/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – On April 4, the government in Shaanxi province forcibly demolished the only parish in Qianyang city. The two-story building was reduced to a pile...

Underground Church Leaders Repeatedly Detained in China

April 1, 2019 — Clergy Continuously Persecuted for Refusing to Join State-Sanctioned Church 04/01/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on March 28 and March 29, two underground...

China’s Guangzhou Encourages Citizens to Report ‘Illegal Religious Activities’

March 28, 2019 — 03/28/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Guangzhou, China’s third largest city, has issued a set of guidelines to reward those who report on ‘illegal religious activities.’ Informants can receive up...

China Revokes Preaching Permit of 57 Three-Self Church Pastors

March 26, 2019 — 03/26/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – The Chinese government has increasingly included the state-backed Three Self Patriotic churches in its crackdown on Christianity. Bitter Winter magazine reports on March 25...

Chinese Authorities Ban Major House Church in Beijing

March 25, 2019 — Members Briefly Detained and Requested to Stop Attending Their Church 03/25/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Saturday, March 23, at around 1:50...

Appeal for Imprisoned Pastor John Cao Postponed for the Sixth Time

March 25, 2019 — 03/25/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Chinese pastor John Cao was wrongfully convicted and received a seven-year sentence on “organizing illegal border crossings” in 2018. Despite his attempt to submit...

Kachin IDP Women Sold to China as Child-bearer

March 23, 2019 — 03/23/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The ongoing armed conflict in Myanmar’s northern Kachin state has not only displaced more than 100,000 people since 2011, it also created an opportunity...

Pope Francis Unlikely to Meet Chinese President Xi Jinping

March 22, 2019 — 03/22/2019 Holy See (International Christian Concern) – Chinese President Xi Jinping paid his first visit to Italy on Thursday, 6 months after the historic deal between the Vatican and China...