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Five House Church Members Detained for 15 Days in Jilin

Five House Church Members Detained for 15 Days in Jilin

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 24, 2018 In April 2018, of a group of Siping Public Security Bureau officers surrounded the meeting place of a house church in the town of Shijiabu, Lishu County, Siping city in Jilin Province. Without providing any...

Twenty-Five Shouters Arrested in Xinjiang

Twenty-Five Shouters Arrested in Xinjiang

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 23, 2018 Twenty-five members of the Shouters church in Xinjiang’s Kuitun city were arrested on March 14, 2017, when six officers from the local Public Security Bureau and police station broke down the door and charged into...

Local Church Leader in Jilin Arrested Twice in One Year

Local Church Leader in Jilin Arrested Twice in One Year

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 22, 2018 Hao Qingguo is the leader of all the congregations of the Shouters, an Evangelical Christian group known in the West as the Local Church, in Jilin Province. In February 2018, the 59-year-old priest was arrested...

Police Use Tactics of Deceit to Arrest Believers

Police Use Tactics of Deceit to Arrest Believers

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 21, 2018 A couple from the city of Linfen in Shanxi Province, members of The Church of Almighty God- a Christian new religious movement, has been listed as wanted persons by the Chinese Communist Party police because of...