Chinese believers are finding that their travel is being monitored or prohibited. They fear social credit system and growing pressure on family members.
Attended Church 10 Years Ago? No Travel for You
1,000 Government Officials Demolish Buddhist Temple
Under the pretext of urban renewal, authorities in Wenzhou city, in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang, cause destruction.
Shanxi CAG Members Arrested and Persecuted Again
The Chinese government, once again, is on a rampage against the Church of Almighty God, adding nearly 50 more arrests to its growing numbers.
Fujian Home Churches Shuttered Under False Pretenses
Government officials are on a tear, cracking down on renowned house churches all over China.
Testimonies
Police: “Come and Worship Me. I Am the Law!”
Repeated arrests of believers from Early Rain Covenant Church continue. The details of the beating of one faithful woman illustrate the extent of the injustice.
Choice for Christians: Welfare Benefits or Belief
“If you believe in God, you can’t receive a subsistence allowance; if you receive a subsistence allowance, you can’t believe in God,” goes the CCP mantra.
House Church Closed, Believers Spiritually Homeless
Continuing the pattern in China’s Northeast, believers arrested, forced to sign anti-religious pledges, for daring to meet in believer’s home.
First-hand Testimony of Indoctrination for Christians
A woman confined to “legal education center” due to her Christian beliefs, recounts indoctrination, sleep deprivation, surveillance.
Weekly Feature
CCP is Silencing Tiny Community of Kaifeng Jews
China’s wide-ranging crackdown against religious groups has hit a tiny Jewish community in Kaifeng, where an atmosphere of fear and paranoia has set in.
Articles
Journal of Religion and Violence: “The CAG Did Not Commit the McDonald’s Murder”
A special issue of the respected academic journal debunks the idea that new religious movements are inherently violent—and that The Church of Almighty God was responsible for the murder of a woman in a McDonald’s in 2014
Death Sentences by the Thousands
Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg will be executed, while Beijing continues to maintain almost total secrecy over the number of people condemned and killed.
Interviews
Local Church, Shouters, Assembly: Who’s Who in the Watchman Nee Tradition
An interview with J. Gordon Melton, one of the world’s leading scholars of contemporary religion, who explains the differences between the different groups in the tradition of Chinese Protestant preacher Witness Lee.
“Dozens of my in-laws vanished.” The other 9/11 of Rushan Abbas
That very day her sister and aunt disappeared. It was six days after the renowned Uyghur activist denounced the disappearance of many others – some of them babies.
Documents
The Persecution of The Church of Almighty God Continues in China (Video)
As a commentary to our coverage of the recent crackdown on The Church of Almighty God, we publish the text and the video of the speech by a representative of that Church at the rally in Geneva on November 6, 2018 during the Universal Periodic Review of China.
Partners in Crime: North Korea Urges China to “Continue to Fight Against Cults”
We publish the statement by North Korea at China’s Universal Periodic Review in Geneva. Defying ridicule, the country rivaling China for the worst human rights record in the world praises the Chinese government for its “promotion and protection of human rights” and its fight against “cults”.
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