Local authorities in Shandong raid a Christian gathering place and illegally detain a pastor. On July 29, seven police officers in Shandong’s Zibo city raided a sola fide gathering. Also known as justification by faith alone, sola fide is a Christian theological...
The group included 28 underage students and were meeting in a remote area when the police detained them. On July 18, Xie Biao, a pastor with Justification by Faith church, organized religious summer camp in a remote forest in Sichuan’s Langzhong city. The group was...
Hundreds of Christians from across China were arrested during a large religious gathering in Hubei Province. A Christian named Xu Meilan from a house church in Xian’an High-Tech Development Zone, Xianning city, Hubei Province, invited more than 500 Christians from her...
The police apprehended four elderly house church Christians in Sichuan. One of them, fearing the authorities would cancel his subsistence allowance, attempted to kill himself. On April 6, 2017, the head of the local police station of Mianyang city, Sichuan Province...
A Christian man who was arrested and became half immobile due to torture was forced to return to prison. In October 2015, officers from a local police station in Inner Mongolia’s Wulanhaote city arrested Wang Qiang for his Christian faith (pseudonym). He was sentenced...
The places of worship established by South Koreans in China have been persecuted since President Xi Jinping came to power; the number of closed down churches and deported missionaries is dramatically increasing. Bitter Winter has recently accessed reports of a case...
Jail authorities ordered cellmates to pour buckets of ice water daily on a believer imprisoned after a Christmas get-together of church members. On December 25, 2015, Wang Dong (pseudonym) and over ten other Christians of the Life Church were holding an annual...
Chinese officials intimidate senior believers by forcing them to renounce their faith, or their allowances would be discontinued. As per stories coming out of Henan province, local government officials have taken to intimidate elderly Christians for their faith. These...
The authorities closed down a charitable institution for children because it was established and run by Christians from abroad. Last month, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities shut down the Xinmi Welfare Home, House of Mercy, a home for orphans in Xinmi city...
Since the end of March, the Chinese authorities have forbidden the sales of the Bible online and restricted the distribution of religious literature, closing down numerous sellers. Individuals who ordered religious texts have also been apprehended and monitored. On...