The popular preacher was baptizing new Christians with famous Pastor John Cao when the police raided the gathering on October 15.
Christian Faith in China
Zhu Bin: Christian School Founder Detained in Beijing
After years of harassment, the fiercely independent educator, dissident, and poet was arrested on September 29.
A Chinese Christian Tortured in Jail Tells His Story
Zhu Chunlin’s testimony explains what “strict control and punishment” and “strengthened learning” mean in Chinese prisons: torture.
China, Government-Controlled Three-Self Church Celebrates 70th Anniversary
The national symposium was more than a celebration. It instructed Christian pastors to hail in their sermons the recent Third Plenary Session of the CCP Central Committee.
China, “Strict Governance of Religion” Imposed on Christians
A new slogan calls for a closer supervision of preachers and sermons by both Three Self bureaucrats and the United Front.
Street Evangelist Chen Wensheng Sentenced Again
He received a comparatively mild sentence (one year and seven months) but the authorities’s strategy is to keep arresting him (he was arrested more than 100 times).
Yan Zhengxue: Persecuted Chinese Christian Artist Dies at Age 80
A key figure of the dissident artist movement and a member of the Beijing Holy Love Fellowship House Church, he was repeatedly detained and tortured.
Hefei’s Ganquan Church: Wives Call for Release of Pastor Zhou, Elder Ding
The two Christian leaders falsely accused of fraud suffer of diseases that cannot be treated in jail, families say.
Hohhot Christians’ Trial: Ban Yanchao Gets 5 Years for Distributing Bibles
Co-defendant evangelist Wang Honglan has not been sentenced yet but remains in custody.
Yunnan Christian Preacher Chang Hao Still Illegally Detained
The term for keeping him in jail without a verdict has expired. Yet the “Christian anti-COVID-masks man” has not been released.