Local authorities raid and close places of worship using various pretexts, from poverty alleviation to epidemic prevention.
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Protestant Churches Continue to Be Destroyed Across China
Both Three-Self and house church venues have been demolished under various pretexts in Shaanxi, Anhui, and other provinces. Exclusive videos and pictures from Bitter Winter.
House Churches Are Pushed to the Brink of Extinction
Unregistered Protestant venues are monitored by plainclothes police officers and residential communities’ managers before their churches are raided and closed.
Landlords Punished for Renting to House Churches
Authorities intimidate property owners and hotel managers who allow unregistered religious groups to hold religious gatherings.
House Churches Suppressed Across China
Numerous venues were shut down, believers arrested and dispersed in August across Henan, Guizhou, and Fujian provinces.
House Churches Closed as ‘Illegal Venues,’ Believers Punished
The CCP eradicates unregistered Protestant venues, harassing and arresting believers, imposing hefty fines on them.
Persecution of Protestant Churches Intensifies
House churches and state-controlled Three-Self churches across China are raided and closed down. Believers are questioned, and their homes are searched.
House Churches Closed Down and Heavily Fined
The government continues to crack down on unregistered Protestant venues across China, threatening and arresting believers.
House Churches Raided to Force Them into Official Church
To intimidate unregistered churches in Zhejiang Province, local officials order to remove crosses and other religious symbols, close down the venues.
‘You Can’t Believe in God in China,’ Police Tell Believers
Attacks on house churches across China intensified in the past few months, as police and government officials raid places of worship and intimidate congregations.