China Security Forces Attack Beijing Pastor
There was mounting concern Wednesday, October 17, about the health of a Beijing pastor amid reports he was attacked by members of China’s feared Public Security Bureau (PSB).
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China Expels Dozens of Foreign Missionaries, Closes Down Christian Companies
Chinese authorities have expelled dozens of foreign Christian workers, including Americans, and closed down several Christian owned companies as part of an effort to end the spread of Christianity in several areas, including in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region investigators and legal documents confirmed Wednesday, October 10.
Missing Chinese Church Leaders Held In Labor Camps
Nine Chinese house church leaders who have been missing for nearly two months are held in labor camps in Hubei province on charges of violating Chinese laws with their Christian activities, BosNewsLife learned Friday, October 5.
Prominent Beijing House Church Activists Under House Arrest; Lawyer “Tortured”
Two prominent Christian activists of the house church movement in Beijing remained under house arrest Thursday, October 4, while a Christian human rights lawyer recovered from his injuries following six hours of “torture,” rights investigators confirmed.
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.
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.