Christian Family Threatened with Eviction in ChinaOctober 4, 2022 — 10/04/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) is a house church in China whose members have faced substantial persecution from the Chinese government over the last...
ERCC Member Briefly Taken Away for Illegal GatheringAugust 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...
ERCC Member Released after 12 Days of DetentionAugust 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...
Preacher from Early Rain Covenant Church Taken to Police StationAugust 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...
Members of Early Rain Covenant Church Report Several Cases of Detainment and InterrogationJuly 8, 2022 — 07/08/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – Located in the southwestern province of Sichuan, China, members of Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) have recently undergone several cases of harassment. Beginning in...
Chengdu Police Raid ERCC Gathering, Arrest Youth LeaderMay 13, 2022 — 05/13/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On May 12, a member of the heavily persecuted Chengdu-based Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) was taken away by the police after his home...
ERCC Member Taken Away from Rented ApartmentJanuary 25, 2022 — 01/24/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A member from the Chengdu-based Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) was taken away by the place when he returned to his rented apartment with...
Another Unpeaceful Christmas for Chengdu House Church MembersDecember 27, 2021 — 12/26/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – The heavily targeted Chengdu-based Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) was again harassed by the authorities during Christmas time. On Christmas Eve, ERCC elder Li...
Landlord of ERCC members Fined for Renting to ThemDecember 15, 2021 — 12/15/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – A landlord was fined for renting to a Christian couple who attend the heavily persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) in Chengdu. On the...
Chengdu House Church Goes Through Another Persecution CycleNovember 1, 2021 — By Gina Goh 10/31/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Imagine a day when you return home, only to find that the keyhole to your door has been filled with glue....
ERCC Members Pressured to Move Out from Their Rented ApartmentsSeptember 4, 2021 — 09/04/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC), a well-known house church in China’s Chengdu barely spends a day without having its members followed or harassed by...
ERCC Couple Finally Got Married After being Forced to Cancel Three TimesAugust 31, 2021 — 08/31/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – On August 28, a couple from the heavily persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church in China’s Chengdu were getting ready to be wedded in the...
ERCC Elder Detained Over a Funeral ParticipationAugust 17, 2021 — 08/17/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – An elder from the heavily targeted Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) was briefly detained on August 14 for his participation in a June funeral....
Chinese Police Again Summon ERCC Preacher for QuestioningJuly 27, 2021 — 07/27/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Sichuan police continued their persistent harassment of the Chengdu-based Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC). On July 17, officers again seized Wu Wuqing, who is...
Persecuted Chinese Christians Arrive in the United StatesJuly 6, 2021 — 07/06/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Late at night on December 9, 2018, officials from the Chinese Communist Party raided Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC), seizing and interrogating hundreds of...
Concerns Grow Over the Health of Imprisoned ERCC PastorJune 22, 2021 — 06/22/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Concerns over the health of the imprisoned pastor of the banned Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) are growing. Pastor Wang Yi has been in...
