A state-sanctioned Protestant church in Zhejiang Province has been harassed on many occasions, once the authorities sent 500 people to demolish its cross. In February 2016, local government officials came to the church and declared that they have an official document...
Churches in Jilin’s Yushu city have been targeted increasingly by the Chinese authorities since the implementation of the new Regulations on Religious Affairs. Bitter Winter has received reports about government-approved Protestant Three-Self churches being demolished...
At least 400 Christians have been left in a lurch as the authorities have shut down their churches, including several Three-Self Churches. On May 6, the personnel of Xinhu’s Fenyi county as well as the local village secretary visited the Zaomushan village’s Three-Self...
The Chinese authorities continue to persecute state-sanctioned churches and religious heads. Bitter Winter has accessed reports as per which, believers at a Three-Self church in Henan were in a meeting when over 30 officials from the local Public Security and...
More reports coming in from Henan where the government is intensifying its attack on Three-Self movement. The Three-Self Patriotic Movement is the only Protestant form of church that is officially recognized by the Chinese government. It was officially founded in 1951...
Members of a Christian family in the Anhui Province have been separated due to CCP sanctioned persecution. On August 25, 2015, three police officers lured Chen Xiulan (pseudonym) who was an active member in a local house church to the station under the pretext of...
A newly-built state-sanctioned Protestant Three-Self Church in Luohe city, Henan, forcibly occupied by authorities and transformed into a center for Communist Party members. The Caodian Church, located in Wenshi township, Yuanhui district of Luohe was still undergoing...
The authorities continue their mission of removing church crosses by whatever means possible. In Mainland China, a campaign of forced demolitions or removals of church crosses has been underway since the past four years. As of July 2015, over 1700 crosses had been...
A Three-Self church in Yunnan Province was arbitrarily demolished to make way for “consolidation.” On April 8, the Three-Self government-controlled Denglongba Church received a notice from the Lushui City Bureau of Religious Affairs that the church’s certification has...
The cross of a government-controlled church in a village in Shandong was removed, and the church was covered with greenery for a visit by China’s President. On June 9-10 this year, the Chinese government hosted in Qingdao city, Shandong Province, the summit of the...