Beijing Pastor Petitions for His Daughter’s Rights to Leave ChinaJuly 30, 2019 — 07/30/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Pastor Jin Mingri (Ezra) from the now banned Beijing Zion Church sent out another prayer request letter on July 27, calling the Chinese government...
State-backed Chinese Catholic Churches Refute Religious Freedom ViolationsJuly 28, 2019 — 07/29/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – State-vetted Chinese Catholic bodies and other officially sanctioned religious organizations have refuted the claim made by the United States accusing the communist authorities of...
Christian Relatives of North Korean Defector Killed for Sharing GospelJuly 27, 2019 — 07/27/2019 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – At the State Department's religious freedom ministerial last week, a North Korean defector shared what it’s like to live as a Christian in...
Vice President Pence: The U.S. Will Press DPRK on Religious LibertyJuly 20, 2019 — 07/20/2019 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – In his address at a ministerial meeting at the State Department on religious freedom on Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence criticized North Korea’s...
Jailed Pastor Wang Yi Faces New “Illegal Business” ChargeJuly 19, 2019 — 07/19/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – According to pastor Wang Yi’s lawyer Zhang Peihong, in addition to being charged for "incitement to subvert state power," Chinese authorities are now investigating...
Appeal of Imprisoned Chinese Pastor Will Be Handled Only On PaperJuly 17, 2019 — 07/17/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – On July 12, the lawyers of jailed Chinese pastor John Cao, received a notice from the Pu’er Court in Yunnan province stating that Cao's...
Chinese Pastor Jin Mingri Calls for Help in Prayer RequestJuly 15, 2019 — 07/15/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Pastor Jin Mingri (Ezra) from Zion Church in Beijing sent out a prayer request over this past weekend, asking people to pray for him...
State-vetted Churches in China Seek to Include Socialism in SermonJuly 12, 2019 — 07/12/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – The two organizations responsible for monitoring state-sanctioned churches in Shanghai city are mobilizing church leaders to attend sermon writing training, with the aim to...
Chinese Christians Threatened Against Sharing Persecution StoriesJuly 9, 2019 — 07/09/2019 China (International Christian Concern)- The Chinese church has faced severe suppression by government authorities recently, especially in Henan and Hebei regions. Though stories of church raids, demolitions and forced...
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...
Woman Charged with Blasphemy in IndonesiaJuly 3, 2019 — 07/03/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern)- A Catholic woman in Indonesia was charged with blasphemy despite reports she is mentally ill. After entering a mosque in Bogor still wearing shoes and...
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...
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...
