China Permits House Church To Gather Again; Restores Water And Electricity
Pastor Zhang "Bike" Mingxuan and his wife celebrated their first peaceful Sunday in more than three months after officials restored their water and electricity and permitted their house church to...
View ArticleChinese Pastor's Son Regains Consciousness After Police Beatings
The son of one of China's most well-known evangelists regained consciousness in a Bejing hospital Friday, October 17, a day after he was "severely beaten with iron bars" by Chinese security forces,...
View ArticleDetained Uyghur Christians Face Execution And Mistreatment In China
Family and activists continued efforts Wednesday, October 22, to obtain the release of two Uyghur devoted Christians in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, saying one of them may be executed while...
View ArticleChina Releases Key Christian Leader
A key leader of China's rapidly growing underground house church movement who disappeared last month, was free Saturday, November 8, after Chinese authorities released him and other family members,...
View ArticleChina: Legal Wheels Turn Slowly for Uyghur Christian
Chinese officials have yet to declare a new court date for Alimjan Yimit, a Christian house church leader and ethnic Uyghur in China's northwest province of Xinjiang detained since his arrest on Jan. 12.
View ArticleHouse Church Leader Zhu Baoguo Sentenced to 'Re-education Through Labor'
ChinaAid learned a house church leader in Henan province, Pastor Zhu Baoguo, was sentenced to one year of "re-education through labor," accused of being an "evil cult" leader.
View ArticleChina: Officials Reach out to House Churches; Raids, Arrest Continue
In recent months Chinese officials have attempted to build bridges with the Protestant house church movement even as police raided more unregistered congregations, arrested Christian leaders and forced...
View ArticleChina "Abolishes" House Church Alliance; Major Crackdown Reported
There were concerns Wednesday, December 10, that Chinese authorities would launch a nationwide crackdown on the growing 'house churches, after the Ministry of Civil Affairs ordered the "abolishment" of...
View ArticleChina Sentences Christian To Labor Camp
Chinese authorities have sentenced Christian Mao Minzi to a forced labor camp for his involvement in organizing a worship service with other believers in a house church, an advocacy group confirmed...
View ArticleChristian "Disappearing" in China
Four Christians remained missing Friday, December 12, more than a month after they were detained in China's Hubei province amid a police crackdown on believers, including missionaries, in the region, a...
View ArticleMassive Arrests Of Christians In China
Over a dozen Christians will spend Christmas behind bars in China after police raided a Christian leaders gathering in Henan province, while in the capital Beijing two officials of the banned Chinese...
View ArticleChina Launches Christmas Crackdown On Christian Worship
Christians in several parts of China were behind bars on Christmas Day after a police crackdown on worship services and Bible study, a Christian advocacy group said Thursday, December 25.
View ArticleTwo Chinese Pastors Say Bye to Jail, Spend Christmas at Home
In a good turn of events, two Chinese pastors Wang Weiliang and Zhu Baoguo will be spending this year's Christmas at home after their miraculous release from jail by the authorities in China for...
View ArticleChina Christian Workers And Survivors Missing In Earthquake Zone
Several Christian volunteers and survivors of China's worst earthquake in a generation remained missing Sunday, December 28, after Christmas Eve police raids on homes under construction in the...
View ArticleChina Court Case Against Officials Banning Worship Services
In a unprecedented move, a Chinese court has agreed to hear a case filed by a pastor against government officials who prohibited worship services in his house church, observers familiar with the trial...
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