China Forces Raid Bible School
Security forces raided a Bible school in eastern China run by the vice-president of the Chinese House Church Alliance (CHCA) and briefly detained a dozen people, a Christian advocacy group said Monday July 20.
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100,000 Protest Detention Chinese Christian Lawyer
A petition calling for the release of a prominent Christian human rights lawyer, which was signed by some 100,000 people around the world, has been delivered to the Chinese embassy in Washington and the U.S. State Department, organizers said Friday, July 17.
China “Detains” Christian Teenagers For Organizing Youth Camp
At least five Christians, including two teenagers, were behind bars Wednesday, July 15, in China’s Shandong province, where worshipers and rights investigators said security forces raided a Christian youth camp and abolished a house church.
NEWS ALERT: American Missionaries Missing, Christians Detained In China
Two Chinese American missionaries were missing and at least four Christians remained detained Monday, July 13, following a police raid on a church in China’s volatile Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region where a riot last week left 184 people dead, Christians said.
NEWS ALERT: Tense Stand-Off Between Christians And Chinese Security Forces Reported
A tense stand-off continued Friday, July 10, in China’s Shandong Province between Chinese security forces and Christians who have tried to prevent the destruction of their church building, representatives said.
China House Church Challenges Closure In Court
A Chinese house church in Chengdu province said Thursday, July 2, it had file a law suit against local authorities for closing their congregation, a case they hope will positively impact stimulate groups across China.
NEWS ALERT: Chinese Pastor And Wife Sentenced To One Year Labor Camp
The pastor of a major Chinese evangelical church and his wife have been sentenced to one year “re-education through labor” for “engaging in illegal religious activities,” trial observers confirmed Wednesday, July 1.
Chinese Christians Concerned Over Plight Detained Bible Printers
Chinese Christians on Wednesday, July 1, were awaiting the international community to “pray and act” on behalf of jailed Christian house church leader Shi Weihan and six of his associates who have been sentenced to prison terms for allegedly printing Bibles and Christian books without government approval, their supporters said.
China Releases House Church Leaders, Christians
More than a dozen house church leaders and Christians in two Chinese provinces were free Tuesday, June 30, after they were released by authorities from detention amid international pressure, Chinese Christians said.
China Arrests Overshadow Release Of Long-Time Prisoner
News that China released a Christian woman after serving over two and a half years in prison for protesting the destruction of a mega-church has been overshadowed by the ongoing detention of Christians in a similar case, Chinese Christians and rights investigators said Wednesday, June 24.
China Continues House Church Raids; Website Closed
At least six Christians from China’s Henan province were behind bars Thursday, June 18, after security forces stormed their house church following a similar raid on a house church in Sichuan province, Christian rights investigators said.
NEWS ALERT: China Detains More House Church Leaders
Over a dozen Chinese house church leaders faced another day of detention Saturday, June 13, and some of them the prospect of years imprisonment, after security forces raided a house church in China’s Sichuan province, Christians said. There was also concern over the whereabouts of a prominent human rights lawyer after a Chinese official spoke about his alleged kidnapping by security forces.
BREAKING NEWS: China Sentences “Bible Printer” Shi Weihan To Three Years In Prison
A court in Beijing found Christian bookstore owner and house church leader ,Shi Weihan, guilty of “illegal business operation” and sentenced him to three years in prison and fined him 150,000 Yuan fine ($22,000) for printing and distributing Bibles for free, his defense team and Christian supporters said Thursday, June 11.
Concern Over China’s Christian Prisoners On 20th Anniversary Of Tiananmen Square “Massacre”
Christian leaders and rights advocates have expressed concerns over the situation of Christian prisoners and other reported human rights violations in China, and urged Washington increase pressure on Beijing, 20 years after the Tiananmen Square “massacre”.
China To Sentence Uyghur Christian To Labor Camp, Mother Says
The mother of imprisoned Uyghur Christian Alimujiang Yimitihas urged the international community to help “rescue her son” after learning that China’s main law enforcement agency plans to sentence her son “secretly to three years of re-education through labor” because of his Christian activities.
China Releases House Church Christians
Amid international pressure Chinese authorities have released early the last 16 Christians of a house church group who remained detained in Henan province, their supporters confirmed Monday, May 25.
BREAKING NEWS: China Detains 16 Christians In Henan Province
A group of Chinese house church Christians, including key leaders, remained detained in China’s Henan province Tuesday May 5, after security forces raided a house church in Xinye city, rights investigators said.
China Court Refuses Release Christian Bookstore Owner
Chinese Christian Shi Weihan, the owner of a Christian bookstore and a well-known house church leader, remained detained Friday, April 17, after a Beijing court refused to immediately rule on his future, trial observers said.
NEWS ALERT: Chinese Christian Bookstore Owner To Stand Trial
Worthy News Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (Worthy News)– A house church leader and founder of a Christian bookstore, who has been detained since last year for the “illegal distribution of Bibles and Christian literature,” was to stand trial Wednesday, April 9, Chinese Christians said.
Chinese Christian Lawyer “Held Hostage” For 50 Days
Abducted Chinese Christian human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng was missing 50 days on Thursday, March 26, amid “increasing concern for his life,” human rights investigator said.