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Preschools Join the Crackdown on Religious Freedoms

Preschools Join the Crackdown on Religious Freedoms

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...

Anti-Cultists Criticize the Efficacious Spirit Movement

Anti-Cultists Criticize the Efficacious Spirit Movement

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...

The Rise and Fall of Ark School

The Rise and Fall of Ark School

Article based on direct reports from China, May 28, 2018 Ark School in Xiaohe, a town situated in Xun County, near the city of Hebi, Henan, was founded by a local Christian, Ms. Liu in 2015. The government refused to issue the documents it needed because of its...

Children Banned from Praising the Lord in a Park

Children Banned from Praising the Lord in a Park

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...

Government Demolishes Iron Shack Used for Church Meetings

Government Demolishes Iron Shack Used for Church Meetings

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...