A house church preacher was arrested in 1998, and even though she was released soon enough, she continues to face harassment from authorities.
House Churches
CCP Infiltrates Agents Into Churches
56 house church congregation members were arrested in Jiangxi Province after reports from a special agent who pretended to be one of the believers.
Enough is Enough, Say Chinese House Churches
Hundreds of Chinese pastors have signed a declaration stating that the new Regulation of Religious Affairs amounts to persecution of Christianity, and wowing to resist.
Authorities Pursue International Church, Deport Foreign Pastors
Officials in Shanghai have targeted repeatedly a church, established by a Filipino national, seeking to dismantle it.
House Church Coworker in Jilin Sentenced to Three Years
A member of a house church in Tonghua county, Jilin Province, was arrested twice for his belief in God. He remains in custody after his second arrest.
“Uyghurs Are Forced to Denounce Their Faith to Survive”
Uyghur human rights scholar and activist Zubayra Shamseden tells Bitter Winter that CCP sees all Uyghur as enemies, is engaged in the largest detention of an ethnic group since World War II, and has now extended its repression to other Muslim minorities.
Landlords Harassed for Renting Out to Christians
In a veiled attempt to crush house churches, the authorities have been pressurizing landlords that rent out space to Christians. Because the Chinese authorities often demolish house churches when they find out about them, the believers find it convenient to rent a...
Christians Arrested for Evangelism, One of Them Later Imprisoned
Two women went to Henchi city in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region where they were taken into custody for spreading the gospel; one of them was detained, and the other was sentenced to three years in prison. House church members from Guilin – Li Xia and Fang En –...
Over 100 Officers Storm a South Korean Christian Church
A South Korean-sponsored Christian house church in Heilongjiang's Hegang city was closed down after a raid by the police. On June 17, 2018, more than 100 police officers broke through three gates guarded by believers to raid the meeting place of a South Korean house...
Chinese Police Fires Warning Shots at a Religious Gathering
In an incident from Anhui, the police disrupted a house church gathering by firing warning shots. In November 2014, a gathering was underway at a house church in Anhui’s Hefei city when police officials stormed inside. To intimidate those present, the police...