(International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a house church pastor in China’s Hunan province was arrested on April 2, after being criminally detained since March 14 for “inciting subversion of state power.” On April 11, Bethel Church sent out an urgent prayer request for its pastor, Zhao Huaiguo, asking for […]

BEIHAI, Guangxi (ChinaAid) — This week, a Christian mother in China faced a court because she chose not to send her child to public schools. Fan Ruzhen refused public education for her child, choosing homeschooling or Christian schooling instead. Because of this, officials summoned her several times and threatened to revoke her government-provided subsistence paycheck. […]

LANXI, Zhejiang (ChinaAid) — On Dec. 1, 2019, hundreds of government and public security personnel were dispatched to close a house church in Lanxi and disperse the 30 Christians who were gathering. During the incident, 11 church members were seriously injured and the church assets confiscated. On the morning of the incident, Lanxi officials sent […]

BEIJING (ChinaAid) — The Chinese government will roll out new regulations on religion Saturday. These regulations, consisting of six chapters and 41 articles, will require religious leaders and organizations to display complete devotion to the Chinese Communist Party. Article 5 reads, “Religious organizations must spread the principles and policies of the Chinese Communist Party, as well […]

(ChinaAid) — A United Nations group has urged China to release North Carolina Pastor John Cao. The group, the United Nation’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), has released this statement. In it, the group has said it raised the issue of Cao’s arrest to the Chinese government earlier this year. The piece went on […]

(China Aid) — Two leaders of Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) continue to face numerous legal challenges as they grapple with authorities. According to new information, the defense lawyer for Pastor Wang Yi was barred from meeting with his client several weeks ago. More recently, officials said Deacon Tan Defu hired two lawyers in his […]

GUIZHOU (ChinaAid) — On Sunday, June 30, authorities in Guizhou province broke into Zion Reform Evangelical Church during worship. Officials reportedly subjected congregants to inquiry and confiscated some church possessions. When asked to sign official documents, church leader Zhu Jieheng wrote down “God grants the right to worship” to demonstrate the church was not subject […]

TAIPEI (ChinaAid) — Liao Qiang and several family members arrived in Taiwan last week after fleeing China. His attendance at a Sunday church service in Taipei represents the first time Qiang worshiped publicly since authorities shut down Early Rain Covenant Church last December, the Associated Press reports. Liao and his family hope to reside in […]

XIAMEN, Fujian (ChinaAid) — Police and security officials staked out the location of Xunsiding Church for at least a month after the house of worship was shut down in May. … The wife of Xunsiding Church’s pastor brought friends to the church’s location on June 30. A large group of police and other officials formed […]

XIAMEN, Fujian (ChinaAid) — Authorities in China’s Fujian province carried out campaigns against Christian house churches to meet a July 1 goal of clean-up and rectification. As part of their efforts, authorities dispatched police to Xinzao Church to monitor the location each day. Officials issued an administrative shutdown notice against the church on June 19, […]