Source: UCANews, Facebook Date: May 30, 2018 UCANewsreports that the Justice and Peace Commission of Hong Kong issued a statement on May 29 calling on the Chinese government to free Roman Catholic Coadjutor Bishop Cui Tai of the Diocese of Xuanhua in Hebei Province, a...
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 30, 2018 On May 23, Bitter Winter reported about seventy-year-old Christian Zhu’s arrest for carrying memory cards that contained religious videos. Bitter Winter received additional information that Zhu lost her...
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 30, 2018 Bitter Winter recently received information that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) issued a secret document ordering all provinces, cities, and counties to make short films that discredit The Church of Almighty God,...
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 30, 2018 Bitter Winter has learned that, on April 28, 2018, the Long’an District Government in Anyang, Henan, used a crane to demolish the cross of Shenjiagang Church, which was still under construction.
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 30, 2018 A source informed Bitter Winter recently that, in April, a preschool in Luanchuan County, which is part of the prefecture-level city of Luoyang, Henan, sent a WeChat (a popular messaging and social media application...
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 30, 2018 On May 5, 2018, a village official from Wuzhi County, which is part of the prefecture-level city of Jiaozuo, Henan, used an electric drill to remove four Chinese characters 以马内利(meaning “Emmanuel”) on a horizontal...
Source: ChinaSource and information from CESNUR Date: May 29, 2018 ChinaSource, quoting Christian anti-cult ministries, report that a Chinese new religious movement called Ling Ling, better known to scholars as the Efficacious Spirit Teachings movement, worries the...
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 28, 2018 On April 28, a private school established by the Rock Church in Zhengzhou, Henan, organized a park trip for students. When the children were dancing to praise the Lord, the park staff interrupted them and threatened...
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 28, 2018 Local authorities forcibly dismantled a 200-square-meter iron shack built for religious meetings by Three-Self church believers in Fuqing, Fujian. At present, over a hundred believers, most of whom are aged, have...
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 28, 2018 Bitter Winter has learned that, on May 6, 2018, the police raided a house church meeting place in Xiaoguan, a town in Henan near the city of Gongyi, arresting seven Christians. At about 2 p.m. that day, four...