China Releases Christian American Businessman After Four Years
Chinese authorities have released a Christian American businessman who served four years for aiding North Korean refugees, BosNewsLife established Friday, September 28.
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China Detains Prominent Christian Rights Lawyer And Family
Chinese securities forces have detained a prominent Christian human rights lawyer and family members, amid an apparent new government-led crackdown on house churches, observers following the case said Thursday, September 27.
Jailed Chinese Pastor Rongliang Near Death, Report
Pastor Zhang Rongliang, one of China’s top Christian leaders and authors, “will likely die soon” if he is not released from prison, fellow believers and human rights activists said Tuesday, September 25.
China Releases Pastor And “Illegal Bible Printer” After Three Years Imprisonment
A prominent house church leaders who was convicted of illegally printing up to 40 million Bibles and other Christian writings was home Saturday, September 15, after three years detention, family members and Christians involved in the case said.
China Secret Police Infiltrate House Churches On Large Scale
Chinese secret service agents are massively infiltrating China’s growing house church movement and pressure its leaders to leave Beijing before the Olympic Games are held there in 2008, well-informed Chinese sources and rights investigators told BosNewsLife Friday, September 7.
China Church Leader Jailed Over Massive Bible Imports From South Korea
A well-known Chinese house church leader was believed to be behind bars Sunday, September 9, after he was detained by Chinese security forces and allegedly beaten for receiving three tons of Bibles from South Korean churches, fellow believers said.
China Launches Nation-Wide Crackdown On House Churches, Investigators Say
China’s central government has launched a nationwide campaign to crackdown on what it calls “illegal religious activities,” targeting especially Christians, BosNewsLife learned from investigators Saturday, August 25.
Chinese Jailed Elderly House Church Activist Near Death, Family Says
An elderly jailed house church activist remained in “life danger” Saturday, August 18, as her health rapidly deteriorates because of abuses in prison, her family said.
China Releases House Church Activist
A key Chinese house church activist in Beijing was free Saturday, July 28, after six months of imprisonment, human rights investigators said.
China Police Raid Vacation Bible School; Children “Traumatized”, Church Leaders Detained
Chinese Christian workers were recovering from injuries Saturday, July 21, after security forces raided a Vacation Bible School (VSB) for children in Jiangsu province, the latest in a series of police raids targeting China’s house church movement which detentions of at least 15 leaders, local Christians and investigators said.
China Releases House Church Leaders Facing Labor Camp; Others Still Detained
Two key leaders of China’s house church movement who faced the prospect of serving time in a labor camp have been released “on parole” from prison amid international pressure, BosNewsLife learned Saturday, July 14.
China Province To Destroy ‘Prayer Mountain’ Churches
Three “Prayer Mountain” church buildings in China’s Wenzhou city of Zhejiang province are facing “imminent destruction” by the local government, fellow Christians and human rights watchers said Saturday, July 14.
China Expels Over 100 Foreign Missionaries In “Secret Campaign”
China has secretly expelled more than 100 foreign missionaries in largest expulsion campaign of Christian workers over half a century, a Christian rights activists and other sources confirmed Tuesday, July 10.
China House Church Leaders Sentenced To Labor Camp
Two leaders of China’s growing house church movement were in a labor camp Sunday, July 8, after being sentenced to “one year re-education through labor” in Shandong province on charges related to their Christian activities, BosNewsLife learned.
China Detains Eight House Church Leaders in Shandong and Shaanxi Provinces
Eight Chinese ‘house church’ leaders from China’s Shaanxi and Shandong provinces remained detained and faced the prospect of serving time in labor camps Wednesday, June 27, after a police crackdown on Bible distribution and worship services, rights watchers and fellow Christians said.
China Releases House Church Leaders Following International Pressure
Five house church leaders were free Saturday, May 19, following their release from prison in China’s Xinjiang province amid “intensive diplomacy and media pressure”, human rights investigators said.
China “Returns” Confiscated Church Properties After International Pressure “And Prayers”
Amid international pressure Chinese security forces have returned confiscated items to two house churches in the city of Kunshan in China’s Jiangsu province, BosNewsLife established Saturday, May 12.
China House Church Christians Sue Authorities Amid Police Crackdown
Chinese Christians are suing authorities to regain items confiscated during a recent police raid on their congregation in China’s Jiangsu Province amid reports of an ongoing police crackdown on unregistered house churches, religious rights investigators said Wednesday, May 9.
China Releases Detained Americans And Interpreter Amid International Pressure
Chinese authorities have released four American Christian workers and their interpreter from detention amid international pressure, but at least six other Chinese pastors arrested with them remained behind bars Thursday, May 3, BosNewsLife monitored.
China Detains Americans And House Church Leaders After Worship Service
Four Americans and nearly two dozen Chinese house church leaders were believed to be in detention Wednesday, April 25, after they were reportedly arrested last week following a Christian worship service in China’s Xinjiang province.