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...
In two incidents from Henan province, authorities deployed a total of 70 officers to remove religious signage from government-approved churches. On July 11, six local government officials in Henan’s Zhumadian city carried out an overnight raid at a True Jesus Church...
The authorities tore down a state-controlled church in Chenji town two years ago and have not permitted its reconstruction so far. In May 2016, a church that belongs to the government-controlled Three-Self Patriotic Movement was under construction in Henan’s Chenji...
Several government efforts are underway to severely curtain religious belief in Linfen, a bustling city in China’s Shanxi Province. Earlier this year, the Chinese Communist Party blew up the Golden Lampstand Church in Shanxi’s Linfen city. The church had more than...
In an ongoing assault on the Three-Self church, the authorities have shut down more churches in Henan’s Luoyang city. Bitter Winter has reported extensively about how the implementation of the revised Regulations on Religious Affairs affected all religions in China....
The leader of a Protestant Three-Self church was sentenced to one year in prison for allowing two out-of-town pastors to give a sermon. On September 27, 2017, Chen Shouxin (pseudonym), the leader of a government-controlled Three-Self church in Wuyang county, Luohe...
The local authorities leveled a government-approved Protestant church that had been guarded by its members day and night for three years. On January 26, 2017, during the Chinese New Year, government officials from Baisha town, Zhengzhou city assembled more than 200...
In Shandong, authorities tried to stop believers from protesting a demolition by digging a ditch in front of the church. On June 20, government officials in Xigang town of Shandong attempted to demolish a state-sanctioned Protestant Three-Self Church. When the village...