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The CCP Attempts Church Demolition, Met with Fierce Protests

The CCP Attempts Church Demolition, Met with Fierce Protests

The authorities in a Henan Province's city were unable to demolish a church, following protests by believers. In April 2018, local authorities in Yanshi city of Henan Province made two attempts at demolishing a state-approved Protestant Three-Self Church but failed...

Three-Self Church Appropriated by Authorities

Three-Self Church Appropriated by Authorities

A government-controlled Protestant Three-Self church in Jiangxi Province was taken over by authorities and converted into a “poverty alleviation center.” With the growing persecution of religions in China, even the government-approved Protestant Three-Self churches...

Couple Arrested for Christian Books

Couple Arrested for Christian Books

Two Protestant pastors from a government-controlled Three-Self church in Guangdong Province were arrested for receiving religious publications by mail. On the morning of January 23, 2018, Dongguan city police officers arrived at the home of Xia Lian and her husband,...

When CCP Deployed Nearly 600 to Demolish a Church

When CCP Deployed Nearly 600 to Demolish a Church

A church in Zhejiang Province was torn down in 2014 and multiple people were injured while protesting it.   The cross of a church in Zhejiang Province was torn down in 2014 and multiple people were injured while protesting it. On July 21, 2014, the cross of the...

Christian Church Forced to Spread Communist Propaganda

Christian Church Forced to Spread Communist Propaganda

Authorities demand pastors to learn and explain Communist Party government policies before giving sermons and include ideological propaganda into them. According to sources in a Christian church in Hanzhong city, Shaanxi Province, all church activities related to the...

Elderly Christians Harassed And Tortured

Elderly Christians Harassed And Tortured

Stories of three elderly Chinese Christians in Jilin Province and how they were persecuted for their belief. In the spring of 2015, Xiao Hong arrived home from the Tumen city market when three police officers apprehended her in plain clothes. She was arrested without...

House Church Leader Forced to Pay for Prison Meals

House Church Leader Forced to Pay for Prison Meals

While a house church leader was serving her sentence, her family has been drained of money in paying for her prison meals. In October 2015, Wang Hui (pseudonym) was arrested with five others while they were having a religious gathering at a house church in Liaoning...

House Church Christian Tracked Down and Arrested

House Church Christian Tracked Down and Arrested

A previously arrested member of a Christian house church moved to a different province hoping to evade future persecutions, but authorities tracked her down. Zhang Pei (pseudonym), a Christian with a house church in Neijiang city, Sichuan Province had her home raided...