China’s New Regulations on Religion Tighten Control on Underground ChurchesMarch 17, 2018 — ICC Note: A new set of regulations which came into force in February are reducing space for unregistered churches to operate. Members and leaders of churches across China have been harassed,...
Xinjiang Underground Church Members Interrogated, Later DetainedMarch 16, 2018 — ICC Note: Authorities in Xinjiang raided a house church in Xinjiang on March 12, accusing them of gathering illegally in violation of the religious regulations. Upon rejecting to sign a...
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...
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...
Chinese authorities demolished well-known Shanxi Christian ChurchJanuary 11, 2018 — ICC Note: The Golden Lampstand Church in the Shanxi Province city of Linfen was demolished by local authorities on 1/10. Members of the church were pressured to stay silent about...
Chinese Christians Poised to be Missionaries Despite PersecutionNovember 30, 2017 — ICC Note: Christians in China, especially those who attend house churches, are often persecuted by the Communist government due to their faith. With President Xi Jiping’s tightening control of religion,...
China Detains Two Christian Women and 3 Y/O for Missionary Work in HubeiOctober 6, 2017 — ICC Note: Chinese pastor Xu Yuqing along with her daughter and a three year old son have been detained by Chinese authorities for carrying out mission work. The two women...
Jiangsu government invokes fear with new house church investigationSeptember 15, 2017 — ICC Note: Chinese authorities in Jiangsu begun scrutinizing Christian churches by requiring them to register their staff and other people who might be associated with the churches. The officials were...
Ethiopian Pentecostal Church Forced to Close DoorsAugust 17, 2017 — ICC Note: A Pentecostal Church in Ethiopia was told to stop operations after a mob attacked it. This mob is believed to have been formed by a student organization that...
Chinese Christians Continue ‘House Church’ Gatherings Despite Intensified Religious CrackdownAugust 8, 2017 — ICC Note: Last month, director of China's State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) Wang Zuoan, published an article in a Communist Party journal banning religion for its approximately 90 million...
Christians in China taking a Stand Against Government RegulationsAugust 23, 2016 — ICC Note: According to an Open Doors Persecution watch list, China ranks number 33 where it is most difficult to practice the Christian faith. House churches are being forced to...
Chinese Authorities Pressure Christian Church into Joining TSPM or Face ArrestJune 28, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The Chinese government has yet again reached out towards a house church in central China forcing members to join the government controlled three self church or face arrest....
Persecution of House Church leaves two Dead and two Imprisoned in ChinaApril 11, 2016 — ICC NOTE: One aspect of the massive sweep of persecution led by the Chinese government which goes unnoticed are the effects of those related to the incarcerated. In one such...
Evolving Tactics used to Expand Church Crackdown in Guangdong, ChinaFebruary 16, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Zhejiang province in China has been the focal point for the Communist Party's crackdown on Christianity through the removal of crosses and demolition of churches. Now, the crackdown...
