Members of these conservative Protestant house churches face increasing persecution, as their meeting venues across China are raided by the police and shut down.
Sola Fide
10 Sola Fide Meeting Venues in Zibo City, Shandong, Shut Down
Four of the church’s leaders were also arrested in one of the largest operations against this network of house churches.
Taizhou, Zhejiang: House Church Believers Prepared to Be Arrested for Their Faith
Unapproved Protestant churches are bracing for more crackdowns, as local officials are planning a new round of suppression in the second half of the year.
Share a Meal and Go to Jail
Sola Fide believers were arrested and beaten in Hubei, after having been told that even gathering for a dinner is an illegal religious activity.
Sola Fide Meeting Venue Forced to Dissolve
Pressuring to join the state-approved church, authorities installed surveillance cameras and stationed police officers to intimidate the pastor and believers.
Sola Fide (Justification by Faith) House Churches in China
Increasingly persecuted, members of these conservative Protestant churches are fleeing China in growing numbers.
Arrested Christians Severely Injured by Police
The police tortured nine co-workers from a house church in Hainan Province, most of them suffered internal injuries as a result.
House Church Raided Twice for Standing Up to Authorities
In the past two months, law enforcement and government agencies ransacked a Sola Fide church in Hunan because its leadership refused to join the government-controlled Three-Self Patriotic Movement.
Shandong Authorities Target Christian Students at Universities
Municipal governments are following in the steps of authorities in other provinces to discriminate against students who hold religious beliefs.
Crackdowns on Sola Fide Churches in Xinjiang
Authorities have raided multiple Sola Fide congregation sites earlier this year, arresting believers and confiscating churches’ assets.