Pastors in Hong Kong Play an Important Role Building Up Chinese ChurchesMarch 6, 2018 — ICC Note: Time Magazine writes about the role pastors in Hong Kong play in helping to build up Chinese Christians, especially as China tightens its grip on religion and recently renewed...
Underground Church in Henan Faces Increasing PressureMarch 5, 2018 — ICC Note: Local government in China’s central Henan province has tightened its grip on worshippers from underground church. Hefty fine and threats are imposed on underground Christians to coerce them into...
Cross Removed from a State-Sanctioned Church at Jiangxi ProvinceMarch 4, 2018 — ICC Note: Members of Shaxi Church, an officially registered church in Jiangxi province, China, looked on last month as the cross atop their church was removed by a demolition crew. ...
Catholic Church in Xinjiang Has Its Religious Features Forcibly RemovedMarch 1, 2018 — ICC Note: Authorities in Yining, Xinjiang forcibly removed a Catholic church’s crosses, statues, and bell towers on February 27. A source believes that these features were demolished due to “incompatibility with...
President Xi’s Extension of Power, Bad News for Persecuted Christians in ChinaFebruary 28, 2018 — ICC Note: Chinese President Xi Jinping intends to stay in power past 2022 with a proposal to remove presidential term limits. The Christian Post quotes International Christian Concern in this article...
Taipei Archbishop Doesn’t Think Vatican-China Deal Will Lead to Diplomatic TiesFebruary 27, 2018 — ICC Note: The Holy See and China seem to be finalizing a deal over bishop appointment in China, which many see as a move closer to establishing diplomatic relations between the...
Persecution Likely to Continue as Xi Extends His TermFebruary 26, 2018 — ICC Note: The Chinese Communist Party has proposed ending presidential term limits. The move comes ahead of the National People's Congress in March and implies that current President Xi Jinping...
Nearly 50,000 Chinese Catholics Baptized in 2017February 25, 2018 — ICC Note: In spite of religious persecution, the Catholic Church in China registered nearly 50,000 baptisms last year according to a Vatican agency. Hebei province once again has the most baptisms...
Eight Chinese Christians Granted Asylum in Czech Republic, Dozens Turned AwayFebruary 24, 2018 — ICC Note: Eight Chinese Christians, two men and six women, had their asylum requests granted this week in the Czech Republic after waiting for nearly two years. The Czech government's approval...
North Korean Christian Defector First Heard About God from Her TorturerFebruary 23, 2018 — ICC Note: Mission Network News shares the story of a North Korean woman who crossed the border into China to find food for her starving family. When she was arrested upon her...
Bishop in Lanzhou Commemorates His Predecessor Amidst CriticismFebruary 22, 2018 — ICC Note: Chinese bishop Giuseppe Han Zhihai of Lanzhou was an underground bishop until he was officially recognized by the government last November. A commemoration of his predecessor, bishop Filippo Yang...
Church Ordered To Close, Church Buildings Face Potential Demolition in ChinaFebruary 21, 2018 — ICC Note: The Chinese government is actively enforcing a new set of religious regulations enacted this month. A large Protestant church in Guangdong province was ordered to close just two weeks...
Officials in Guizhou Province Secretly Auction Church to Pay FineFebruary 19, 2018 — ICC Note: On February 11, local authorities in Guizhou province auctioned off three sites of Huoshi Church, the largest house church in Guiyang. They sold the properties to a state-owned...
North Korean Defector Mi Jin’s Journey to CatholicismFebruary 19, 2018 — ICC Note: North Korean defector Mi Jin Kang, a reporter at the Daily NK, shares her story of how she became a Catholic after she escaped her motherland to make...
Chinese Couple in Connecticut Spared in Deportation CaseFebruary 17, 2018 — ICC Note: A Chinese couple who have lived in the US for nearly 20 years without legal status were spared from a deportation order less than a day before they...
North Korean Security Measures Tightened Along the Border with ChinaFebruary 17, 2018 — ICC Note: Authorities in North Korea have tightened security measures along the border with China after they failed to stop smuggling and defections since the end of January. In the run-up...
