Chinese Underground Priest Banned by the GovernmentSeptember 10, 2020 — 09/10/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A priest in China’s Jiangxi province who has refused to join the state-approved Catholic church in China, received a notice from the government on...
Missing Chinese Underground Bishop Presumed Dead After 17 YearsJuly 13, 2020 — 07/13/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Underground Bishop James Su Zhimin was last seen 17 years ago by a Catholic in a hospital in Baoding, Hebei province. At age 88,...
Underground Church in Jiangxi Faces Intensified PersecutionJuly 10, 2020 — 07/10/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – An underground church in China’s Jiangxi province has been threatened by the Chinese government to submit to its power and register under the Sino-China...
Chinese Priest in Fujian Taken Away by the AuthoritiesApril 7, 2020 — 04/07/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A parish priest who refused to join China’s state-vetted Catholic church, has disappeared in police custody last Friday. Asia News reports that on April...
Funeral of Chinese Underground Bishop Restricted by the GovernmentMarch 29, 2020 — 03/28/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – In the name of preventing the spread of Coronavirus, the Chinese government interfered the funeral arrangement for an elderly underground bishop, a move considered...
A Wuhan Church Finds God’s Grace Amid Coronavirus ScareMarch 1, 2020 — By Gina Goh 03/01/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The Root and Foot Christian Church (RFCC) is situated at the very center of the Coronavirus epidemic – Wuhan, China. When the outbreak...
Underground Catholics Will Not Obey CCP’s New RulesFebruary 4, 2020 — 02/04/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A revised set of administrative measures on religions came into force on February 1 across China, covering all religions, as announced late last year...
A Story from The Secret Church Inside North KoreaJanuary 24, 2020 — 01/24/2020 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – Young-sik never expected that one day he would find another Christ follower in the most difficult country for Christians to live in –...
Chinese Bishop, Priests in Fujian Province Evicted from ConventJanuary 17, 2020 — 01/17/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Underground bishop Guo Xijin from the Mindong diocese in Fujian province has been made homeless and is sleeping on the doorstep of his residence...
China Intensified Crackdown Against “Disobedient Catholics” Amid Hong Kong ProtestsOctober 5, 2019 — 10/05/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – As anti-extradition law protests continue to escalate in Hong Kong, the Chinese government is targeting underground Catholics in China who refuse to join official...
Chinese Underground Bishop Missing for Over 20 YearsMay 8, 2019 — 05/08/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – No one knows the whereabouts of Bishop James Su Zhimin of Baoding in Hebei province, who has been missing since 1996. Bishop Su, an...
Chengdu Police Officer Attacks Mother of Imprisoned PastorFebruary 26, 2019 — 02/26/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – The mother of imprisoned pastor Wang Yi, 74-year-old Chen Yaxue, was beaten up by Chengdu police after refusing to let them peek at her...
Family of Imprisoned Sichuan Christians Threatened with DeathFebruary 22, 2019 — 02/22/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Sichuan officials interrogated and threatened to kill family members of imprisoned Christians after they sought the help of German diplomats on behalf of their...
New Legal Initiatives Threaten the Existence of Chinese Underground ChurchFebruary 19, 2019 — 02/19/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – On Feb. 12, the State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) and the Ministry of Civil Affairs jointly announced that personnel of all religious venues...
Chinese Bishop and Priests From Hebei Temporarily ReleasedFebruary 9, 2019 — 02/09/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – A underground bishop and two priests from Hebei province in northern China who had been detained last year were able to go home for...
Churches in China’s Northeast Qiqihar Diocese Suppressed by the GovernmentFebruary 2, 2019 — 02/02/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – At least seven churches and their communities have been suppressed in recent months in the diocese of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province. The Qiqihar bishop, Giuseppe...
