Believers in Henan were unable to attend Sunday service at Protestant churches because of the shutdowns. In Henan’s Xinzheng city, five churches that belong to the government-controlled Three-Self Patriotic Movement were targeted for shut down or removal of church...
A government-sanctioned Protestant church in Fujian was persecuted by authorities for inviting preachers from another province to deliver sermons. On September 3, 2017, the Luohua Church, a Protestant church that belongs to the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, in...
The authorities have been forcing Christians to attend “Sinicization of Christianity” course to preach a CCP friendly version of faith. In July, authorities in Liaoning’s Shenyang city organized a training course at the Northeast Theological Seminary. The course,...
Thе Luoning County Communist Party Committee at an emergency meeting gave orders to remove crosses forcibly, even from state-sanctioned churches. On August 7, 2018, the Luoning County Party Committee in Henan’s Luoyang city held an emergency meeting, which resulted in...
The church’s leader felt helpless as her church was illegally demolished and was refused justice by everyone. In December last year, the Luyi county government in Henan deployed more than 100 police officers for a church demolition. It was a government-approved...
Bitter Winter received videos depicting the demolition of a Protestant church that belongs to official China’s Three-Self Patriotic Movement. On June 25, 2018, the Henan provincial government ordered the demolition of a government-controlled Three-Self church in the...
Local authorities in Anhui’s Dangshan county stop the protests against the demolition of a 100-year -old church by promising the congregation to build a new place of worship and compensate them financially. The promise has never been kept.
Authorities in Henan’s Sanmenxia city have issued an order to replace crosses with Chinese national flags in the churches that belong to the Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement. On August 9, the Religious Governance Steering Group in Henan’s Sanmenxia city held a...
A group of six preachers travelled to Xinjiang and were arrested by the police. They also suffered brutal physical torture in detention. On April 22, Ma Qiang (pseudonym) and five others from a state-sanctioned Protestant Three-Self Church in Qinghai travelled to...
A government-approved Protestant church in Henan was shut down earlier this year on the grounds of its proximity to a school. On April 30, the local government of Mangshan town in Henan’s Yongcheng city shut down a church that is affiliated with the Protestant...