Over 20 schools set up by Chinese missionaries in Myanmar’s Wa State have been closed down, and many staff members have been arrested and later handed over to the Chinese authorities.
As per new legislation, over 150 congregation sites in this Hebei Province’s city are waiting to be approved by the government and have ceased their activities.
Members of a house church in Shandong Province left their home to evade arrest but were found when authorities used online targeting technology to pinpoint the couple’s location.
Authorities also arrested its female preacher and seized assets from the church.
In the past two decades, he has suffered persecution from authorities because of his religious belief.
Authorities are monitoring a content sharing app, and anyone who uses it has their cellphone suspended automatically.
Authorities in this city of Guangdong Province have shut down various house churches as part of a well-planned strategy of religious persecution.
The authorities use bail-granting procedures to exploit believers and make a financial profit.
A government-controlled Three-Self church was closed for a month after its pastor was arrested, fined, and placed under surveillance by the authorities for protecting a South Korean preacher.
According to preliminary calculations, at least 26 members of The Church of Almighty God were arrested during an operation that the authorities implemented in this city of Shaanxi Province in mid-September.