Henan Holds Sermon Competition on Sinicization of Christianity

September 13, 2022 — 09/13/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – China’s Henan province recently held a competition to select the best sermons and preachers among the state-vetted churches. According to China Christian Daily, Henan...

China’s New Regulations on Online Religious Content

September 12, 2022 — 09/12/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - On September 1, China’s new “Administrative Measures for Internet Religious Information Services” will be fully implemented across the country. The regulations, designed to limit...

Entire Chinese Church Congregation Seeks Refugee Status in United States

September 6, 2022 — 09/06/2022 Thailand (International Christian Concern) - The world is watching the ongoing crisis of the entire church congregation who left China due to religious persecution to seek asylum in South...

ERCC Member Briefly Taken Away for Illegal Gathering

August 30, 2022 — 08/30/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On August 28, as some of the members of Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) were gathering for house worship in the morning, the police...

Linfen Church Leaders Placed Under Detention

August 29, 2022 — 08/28/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – Preacher Li Jie, his wife Li Shanshan, and Preacher Han Xiaodong from Linfen Holy Covenant Church in Shanxi province are detained for the alleged...

ERCC Member Released after 12 Days of Detention

August 27, 2022 — 08/27/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A member of the Chengdu-based Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) was released on Friday after being detained for 12 days. The police took brother...

Wenzhou Christian Criminally Detained in Sichuan, Seminaries Shut Down

August 25, 2022 — 08/25/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On August 20, a Christian woman named Li Chunqing from Zhejiang province’s Wenzhou sent out an open prayer letter for her husband, Lin Xuesui,...

Assembly of Chinese Catholics Highlights Disturbing Socialist and Nationalist Influences on the Chinese Church

August 24, 2022 — 08/24/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - The 10th National Assembly of Chinese Catholic Representatives, a gathering of all the Chinese Catholic organizations officially controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), concluded in...

Christians Detained in Taiyuan and Beijing Released

August 21, 2022 — 08/21/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – Two heavily targeted house churches in Beijing and Taiyuan are relieved as their members were released this week after detention. On August 18, Zong...

Assembly of Registered Catholic Leaders Lauds Itself for Maintaining “Correct Political Direction”

August 20, 2022 — 08/20/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - On Thursday, August 18, the 10th National Assembly of Chinese Catholic Representatives, the most important meeting of the “official” Catholic leaders registered with the...

Imprisoned Church Elder Formally Charged With “Subverting State Power”

August 19, 2022 — 08/19/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - On March 16, 2021, several members of Guiyang Renai Reformed Church gathered for a Bible study in a rented room at Wenzhou Hotel. Police...

A Letter from a Persecuted Church in China

August 17, 2022 — Gina Goh 08/17/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tightens control on religion in China, churches that refuse to register with the state-sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic...

Taiwanese Church to Hold Prayer Service for Jailed Christian Human Rights Lawyer

August 10, 2022 — 08/10/2022 Taiwan (International Christian Concern) - Jinan Presbyterian Church in Taiwan announced that it would hold a prayer service for Chinese Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng on August 10....

Preacher from Early Rain Covenant Church Taken to Police Station

August 6, 2022 — 08/06/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - On August 2, a preacher from the heavily persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) was taken away from the police for allegedly violating COVID...

Printing Houses’ Fear of Government Crackdown Threatens to Cause Shortage of Bibles in Hong Kong

August 5, 2022 — 08/05/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) tight regulations on religious content have led to a shortage of Bibles in Hong Kong. The Franciscans who run...

Zhuhai House Church Faces Hefty Fine, Asks for Prayers

August 4, 2022 — 08/04/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A house church in China’s Zhuhai, Guangdong province, is facing a hefty fine as the authorities continue to crack down on “unauthorized churches” in...