Unregistered Protestant churches were continuously pressured in 2019 to join the state-run Three-Self Church. Crackdowns don’t seem to ease down this year.
House Churches
Crackdowns on House Churches in Zhejiang’s Ninghai County
During the last month of 2019, Protestants in the county’s towns and villages suffered intense persecutions, as their churches were shut down for “being illegal.”
House Churches in Heilongjiang Severely Persecuted in 2019
Nearly 100 places of worship were closed down in Daqing and Nehe cities alone. Believers were intimidated and pressured to renounce their faith, fined, arrested.
30 Police Officers Raid a House Church in Guangdong
They first cut off the power supply, then terrorized the congregation. Two pastors were taken in for interrogation, threatened to give up their faith.
House Churches Subjected to Increasing Persecution
To drive believers into the state-run Protestant Church, the CCP threatens to take away their social benefits, shuts down and destroys meeting venues.
‘Only Government-Supervised Worship Is Allowed!’
House churches throughout China are pressured to stop gatherings and join state-run churches, as religious activities outside them, even at home, are prohibited.
Early Rain Pastor Wang Yi Sentenced to Nine Years in Jail
The decision confirms that in Xi Jinping’s China independent house churches will not be tolerated.
Attacks on House Churches Intensify Across China
Protestant house churches, regarded as a threat to the regime due to large numbers of believers, face total extinction, people threatened to give up their faith.
CCP Officials: All House Churches Must Be Eliminated
Refusing to be controlled by the government, house churches are deemed illegal and are suppressed in the name of eliminating “gangs and evil forces.”
‘Give Back Our Venue,’ Plead Members of a Destroyed Church
Gathered on the ruins of their church, believers pray and ask the state to respect religious freedom. Not many can dare even such small acts of defiance in China.