Chinese Bishop and Priests From Hebei Temporarily Released

February 9, 2019 — 02/09/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – A underground bishop and two priests from Hebei province in northern China who had been detained last year were able to go home for...

China Sets New Rules on Online Videos, Adds Censorship to Religious Content

February 6, 2019 — 02/06/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – In January, the China Netcasting Services Association (CNSA) issued new regulations stating that all programs due to be posted online must be reviewed before...

Churches in China’s Northeast Qiqihar Diocese Suppressed by the Government

February 2, 2019 — 02/02/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – At least seven churches and their communities have been suppressed in recent months in the diocese of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province. The Qiqihar bishop, Giuseppe...

Chinese Police Forces Sichuan House Church Members to Testify Against Their Pastor

January 31, 2019 — 01/31/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – More than a month after the December 9 crackdown of the Autumn Rain Covenant Church (officially translated as “Early Rain Covenant Church”) in Sichuan, eight...

Emeritus Bishop of Hong Kong Receives Medal for Fighting Communism

January 30, 2019 — 01/30/2019 Washington DC (International Christian Concern) – Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, the emeritus bishop of Hong Kong, received the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom from Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC)...

Chinese Underground Bishop Skips Retirement Mass to Protest Sino-Vatican Arrangement

January 25, 2019 — 01/25/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – After the Vatican signed a provisional deal with China on the appointment of bishops last September, Bishop Zhuang Jianjian in Shantou was asked by...

Chinese Bishops’ Chief Will Work Hard on “Sinicization” of Religion

January 23, 2019 — 01/23/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Wang Zuoan, deputy minister of the United Front Work Department (UFWD), recently visited the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA) and the Bishops' Conference of...

Chinese Christians Forced to Make Choice Between Welfare Benefits or Belief

January 18, 2019 — 01/18/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Chinese Christians in poor health who depend on the government’s welfare benefits are forced to choose between their belief or social benefits. According to...

Asia is the New Hotbed for Christian Persecution, Says Open Doors

January 16, 2019 — 01/16/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Christian persecution watchdog Open Doors released its annual World Watch List on Wednesday, calling Asia “the new hotbed of persecution for Christians,” with an...

Sichuan’s Stream of Life House Church Raided by Police

January 14, 2019 — 01/14/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – One of the earliest urban house church in Sichuan was harassed and raided by police on the night of January 10, as members were...

China Now Demands “Church-Free Zones” Near Schools

January 10, 2019 — 01/10/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – According to recent documents issued in China’s northern Shanxi province and central Henan province, China is now establishing ‘church-free zones’ near schools while asking...

Freedom Is Lost for Many Sichuan House Church Members

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The Pain that Engulfs Autumn Rain Covenant Church 01/09/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – He is an...

Henan Re-purposed Several State-sanctioned Churches

January 6, 2019 — 01/06/2018 China (International Christian Concern) – Last September, Henan province saw churches across the province taken over in waves and repurposed to suit the government’s alleged needs – at least...

Church Asked to Remove First Commandment By Chinese Official in Henan

January 5, 2019 — 01/05/2018 China (International Christian Concern) – Authorities in Henan Province’s Luoning county ordered a government-approved Three-Self church to remove one commandment from the venerable Decalogue or Ten Commandments, reports Bitter...

U.S. Congressman Calls On the World to Stand Against China’s Religious Persecution

December 29, 2018 — 12/29/2018 China (International Christian Concern) – In an op-ed published on Washington Post on December 27, U.S. Congressman Chris Smith from New Jersey calls on the world to let the Chinese...

Hong Kong Christians in Solidarity With Persecuted Chinese Christians

December 26, 2018 — 12/26/2018 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – Hundreds of Hong Kong Christians gathered to pray dressed in black on December 23 to show their solidarity with persecuted Christians in mainland...