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05/16/2018 Bitter Winter

Chinese Government Officials: Demolishing Churches and Cracking Down on Christianity Is the Central Committee’s Spirit

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 15, 2018 Henan is a province with a large Christian population in China. In 2018, it suffered the most severe religious persecution by the Chinese Communist Party: churches seized, crosses removed, minors banned from going to church — these events have been a common occurrence.

05/16/2018 Bitter Winter

Authorities Pressure Two Beijing House Churches and Their Landlords

Source: ChinaAid Date: May 15, 2018 ChinaAid reports that, in the past weeks, law enforcement officers harassed two Beijing house churches – Holy Love Fellowship and another church that chose to remain anonymous. Authorities pressured the landlords of the churches’ buildings to revoke their leases.

05/16/2018 Bitter Winter

One-Year-Old Child Prohibited From Attending Holy Grace Church in Tanghe, Henan

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 15, 2018 The newly revised Regulations on Religious Affairs forbid any kind of religious education to minors on sites of religious activities. To enforce this policy, local governments in Henan province issued notices banning minors from entering the church and participating in religious activities. Authorities impose this ban […]

05/15/2018 Bitter Winter

Town Government in Linzhou, Henan, Raids House Churches

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 15, 2018 Since mid-April 2018, the town government in Linzhou, Henan, has dispatched many people to all villages under its jurisdiction to work with local village officials and disrupt Christian religious activities.

05/14/2018 Bitter Winter

Christians in Guizhou Urged to Register at the Official Church

Source: ChinaAid Date: May 13, 2018 ChinaAid reports on yet another attempt by religious affairs bureau to coerce members of Huaqiu Church congregation in China’s southern Guizhou to join the state-run Three-Self Church.

05/13/2018 Bitter Winter

Fuyang Government in Anhui Deployed Over 600 People to Forcibly Demolish a Church

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 13, 2018 Bitter Winter has recently received evidence confirming that, on December 23, 2014, a house church meeting place was forcibly demolished by the local authorities in Jialou village, Zhangzhai town, Funan county in Anhui province’s Fuyang city, who deployed more than 600 people to complete the task. […]

05/11/2018 Bitter Winter

Christians Arrested for Distributing Religious Materials in Sichuan Province

Source: ChinaAid Date: May 11, 2018 ChinaAid reports that, on April 25th, the police arrested four congregation members of Autumn Rain Blessing Church for distributing Christian materials in China’s southwestern Sichuan province.

05/04/2018 Bitter Winter

House Church Christians Sentenced Under the False Accuse of Being Members of the Three Grades of Servants

Source: China Aid and CESNUR Date: May 3, 2018 China Aid has reported that on April 24, the Dali Intermediate Court in Dali, Yunnan, ruled that Christians Tu Yan and Su Min had participated in the Three Grades of Servants, a religious institution listed as a xie jiao by the Chinese government. Tu received a […]

05/02/2018 Bitter Winter

Surveillance Cameras Installed in Christian Churches

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 1, 2018 Since early this year, the Chinese Communist government has strengthened surveillance and control of Christianity in mainland China. Recently, Bitter Winter learned that surveillance cameras have been installed in Christian churches in Zhejiang. In Beijing as well, surveillance cameras have been forcibly installed in the meeting […]

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