Linfen House Church Faces Ongoing PersecutionNovember 8, 2022 — 11/08/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A house church in southwest Shanxi province continues to face an ongoing crackdown, as church leaders and members are slapped with trumped-up charges and...
Preachers from Linfen Church Formally ArrestedOctober 6, 2022 — 10/06/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On September 30, Preacher Li Jie and Preacher Han Xiaodong from Linfen Holy Covenant Church in Shanxi province, detained in August for the alleged...
Previously Raided House Church in Changchun Now BannedSeptember 20, 2022 — 09/20/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A house church in Jilin province’s Changchun raided last month by police during its Sunday worship is now disbanded by the government. On September...
Christians Detained in Taiyuan and Beijing ReleasedAugust 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...
A Letter from a Persecuted Church in ChinaAugust 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...
Zhuhai House Church Faces Hefty Fine, Asks for PrayersAugust 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...
Officials Hold Trial for Preacher Geng Zejun After Six Months in PrisonJuly 30, 2022 — 07/30/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On July 13, Chinese officials at Huinong District Court reviewed Preacher Geng Zejun’s case following his formal arrest in January. The pastor and members...
Golden Lampstand Church Asks for Prayers and Demands Justice for Imprisoned LeadersJuly 25, 2022 — 07/25/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A member of the demolished Golden Lampstand Church in Shanxi province asks for prayers for the imprisoned leaders of his house church, especially his...
Christians “Hurting Society” or Hurt by Society? Church Leader Penalized for GatheringJune 26, 2022 — 06/26/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On June 2, Huang Lei, the leader of Yueyang Lou District Rock Bible house church in Hunan province, was officially penalized for hosting a...
Arrested Chinese Pastor’s First Trial Planned for JuneJune 14, 2022 — 06/14/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – ICC has reported previously on the imprisonment of Chinese house church preacher Geng Zejun, who was detained for the second time and ultimately arrested...
Iranian Church Leader’s 10-Year Prison Sentence UpheldJune 10, 2022 — 06/10/2022 Iran (International Christian Concern) – On May 29, an appeal court in Iran upheld a decade-long prison sentence for a house-church leader. The Iranian government is imprisoning the Iranian-Armenian...
Chinese Preacher and Wife to Attend Court for Administrative ReconsiderationMay 1, 2022 — 05/01/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A Chinese preacher and his wife, who have received a hefty fine for organizing illegal religious gatherings, will soon face court for the administrative...
House Church Members Raided after Easter BaptismApril 22, 2022 — 04/22/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – After a house church in China’s coastal province held a baptism in the ocean during the Easter weekend, the members were raided by local...
Chinese Police Arrest and Interrogate Seven ChristiansApril 12, 2022 — 04/12/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On April 3, Chinese police raided a house church during a Sunday service and detained seven Christians for allegedly violating pandemic rules prohibiting gatherings....
Interview with a Chinese Christian Who Continues to Testify Despite PersecutionApril 9, 2022 — 04/09/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A month after Beijing’s new Measures for the Administration of Internet Religious Information Service came into effect, many wonder how the Christians in China...
A Letter to Imprisoned Church Leaders Hao Ming and Zhang ChunleiMarch 24, 2022 — 03/24/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – ChinaAid reported that last Wednesday, March 16, marked one year of imprisonment for Elder Zhang Chunlei of Guiyang Ren’ai Church and four months of imprisonment...
