On March 10-25, 2018, the police in Suzhou implemented organized arrests of believers. One of them was an elderly family church presbyter in a village in Xiao county. At 2:00 p.m. on March 23, 68-years-old family church presbyter Wu Jie (pseudonym) went to the clinic...
Christian Faith in China
Christian Imprisoned for Her Faith, Still Under Surveillance After Release
The local police unlawfully detained a house church member from Tuquan because of her belief. Even after her release from custody, she is subjected to monitoring. On November 11, 2016, at about 6 a.m., five officers from the county Public Security Bureau criminal...
Four South Korean Preachers Deported
Four South Korean missionaries were arrested in the cities of Dandong and Dalian in May this year and were later deported. Kim Eunseoung and Wang Sukyeong (both are pseudonyms) were apprehended in Dandong city, where they were conducting missionary work. The police...
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 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...
Christians Paraded in Streets for Believing in God
In a tactic that is reminiscent of Cultural Revolution, people of Christian faith were publicly humiliated by parading them in streets. During China’s Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s to 1970s, a large number of people who were seen as violators of any kind by...
Elderly Preacher In Debt After Paying Nearly 14,000 USD In Fines And Bribes
Xin Shoudao from Henan Province has been left impoverished after paying hefty amounts in fines in the past one year to the Chinese government. Over the years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government has resorted to various methods of torture and persecution of...
Shanxi Christians Undergo Heavy Prison Sentences, One Crippled
Released after completing a three-year sentence for her belief, a Christian comes home with serious health problems. Wang Ping (pseudonym) who was arrested in April 2015 has recently been released after completing her three-year sentence at the Yuci Women’s Prison in...
Christians Continue to Be Harassed After Prison
Five house church members from Qingdao, Shandong Province were sentenced to a year and four months in prison and continue to be persecuted after their release. On May 22, 2016, the police raided a house church in the Yifengdian town, Jimo city, Qingdao, Shandong and...
Shenyang Christian School Struggles to Survive for 23 Years
Authorities have been persecuting the school for over two decades, forcing its constant relocation. Various Christian movements and religious groups in China have opened up private schools where classes on religions are taught alongside the regular curriculum. Due to...





