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71 Believers Arrested, 16 Receive Prison Sentences in Henan

71 Believers Arrested, 16 Receive Prison Sentences in Henan

Arrested during a church meeting, handcuffed believers were taken to a police station and later were fined, some detained and then sentenced. In May 2017, the police arrested 71 members of a house church in Shangqiu city, Henan Province while attending a gathering....

Government Employees Persecuted for Their Beliefs

Government Employees Persecuted for Their Beliefs

Believers working for the state lost their jobs, homes, and privileges after their faith had been exposed. Since the new Regulation on Religious Affairs came into force in February 2018, China’s government employees, teachers, healthcare workers, and Communist Party...

Believer Sent to Prison After Returning to China

Believer Sent to Prison After Returning to China

A member of The Church of Almighty God was imprisoned when she returned to China after her asylum application was refused in Switzerland. Wu Xin (pseudonym), born on April 5, 1956, in Linshu County of Linyi city, Shandong, joined The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese...

Police Use Funeral to Capture Local Church Preacher

Police Use Funeral to Capture Local Church Preacher

Law enforcement officers apprehended an Evangelical preacher during her father-in-law’s funeral. While preacher Ding Lijuan (pseudonym) of the Local Church in Jiaozuo city, Henan, was making funeral arrangements for her father-in-law, she was arrested by the Chinese...

Five Family Members of Believers in Almighty God Arrested

Five Family Members of Believers in Almighty God Arrested

The police monitored phones of the family members before arresting them during a joint operation between two regional law enforcement forces. Li Changqing and five others in his family are members of The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese Christian new religious...

House Church Leader Forced to Undergo Intense Indoctrination

House Church Leader Forced to Undergo Intense Indoctrination

Arrested for her belief, a house church leader spent three years in prison undergoing brutal atheist “training.” In July 2014, more than a dozen police officers from the Public Security Bureau and local police station in Dezhou city, Pingyuan county, Shandong...