CHINA – China’s Theology and Persecution
International Christian Concern | Linda Burkle | March 25, 2020 2019 was a year marked by heightened surveillance and persecution of Christians in China. According to China Aid, Christians living…
CHINA – In coronavirus fight, China hasn’t stopped persecuting Christians: watchdog
Fox News | Caleb Parke | March 25, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic that began in China and spread worldwide hasn't stopped the Chinese Communist Party from persecuting religious minorities, according to Christian watchdog groups. The Voice of…
CHINA – Pope Warns Chinese Christians to Avoid ‘Proselytism’ to Please Xi Jinping
Breitbart | Elizabeth Yore | March 12, 2020 Each month, the Vatican releases a slickly produced Papal Prayer Intention video. In the March “Pope’s Video,” Francis addresses Catholicism in China.…
USA – Brownback points to Nigeria, China and global spread of religious persecution
CNA | Christine Rousselle | February 28, 2020 U.S. Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom Sam Brownback has warned that religious persecution is spreading worldwide, and highlighted the examples of…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Leaders to Address Massive Worldwide Epidemic at NRB Convention
Save the Persecuted Christians | Feb. 25, 2020 National Religious Broadcasters Event Set for Feb. 25-28 in Nashville to Feature Powerful Exhibit ‘Warfare on Women’ WASHINGTON—Leaders from Save the Persecuted…
CHINA – China appoints new Hong Kong chief known for persecuting Christians
CP | Anugrah Kumar | February 15, 2020 China has appointed a hardliner, who is known for removing hundreds of crosses from churches in the eastern province of Zhejiang, to take…
CHINA – ‘The Vatican lost everything, got nothing’: An interview with Cardinal Zen
CNA | Matt Hadro | February 15, 2020 On Feb. 11, Cardinal Joseph Zen, emeritus bishop of Hong Kong met with Congressional leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. After…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians: New Rules for Religious Groups Begin This Weekend in China
News Release | Save the Persecuted Christians | January 30, 2020 ‘Harsh’ Rules That Go into Effect Feb. 1 Will Require ‘All Religious Personnel to Support and Implement Total Submission…
RELEASE – 2020 Open Doors World Watch List Heightens Urgency of Persecuted Christians Worldwide
For Immediate Release | January 17, 2020 Save the Persecuted Christians Points to Nigeria’s Unchanged Ranking, Even Amid Especially Violent Year in African Nation WASHINGTON—Open Doors USA, a community of…
CHINA – Christians see ‘alarming’ trend worldwide as China builds ‘blueprint of persecution’
Fox News | Caleb Parke | Jan. 16, 2020 Shortly before President Trump signed phase one of the historic trade deal with China, a Chinese pastor described the fear and…
CHINA – Christians see ‘alarming’ trend worldwide as China builds ‘blueprint of persecution’
Fox News | Caleb Parke | January 15, 2020 Shortly before President Trump signed phase one of the historic trade deal with China, a Chinese pastor described the fear and intimidation believers are enduring under the Communist…
WORLDWIDE / CHINA – ‘Rise of Surveillance State’ Against Christians the Focus of 2020 World Watch List
Faithwire | Tré Goins-Phillips | Jan. 15, 2020 For a moment, imagine knowing you are being watched; imagine passing through facial recognition technology or fingerprint scanning to enter your church.…
CHINA – China imposes harsh new rules governing religious groups in 2020
Fox News | Caleb Parke | Jan. 7, 2020 China is striking the "final blow to religious liberty" with new administrative measures set to take place in February with total…
CHINA- China imposes harsh new rules governing religious groups in 2020 – The Christian Post
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | January 5, 2020 Since the initial implementation of the "Regulations on religious affairs" in 2018, Christians and other religious groups have experienced heightened levels of…
CHINA – China imposes harsh new rules governing religious groups in 2020 – Enforcement begins Feb. 1
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | January 5, 2020 China announced it will soon implement harsh new measures requiring all religious personnel to support and implement total submission to…
CHINA – Trump admin condemns imprisonment of Chinese pastor Wang Yi, calls for his release: ‘We are alarmed’
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | Jan. 2, 2020 Pastor Wang Yi in a sermon "Waiting Together for the Day of Redemption" preached on September 9, 2018 at Early…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians: China’s Attacks on Church Leaders and Believers Continue
Chinese Church Elder Sentenced to 4 Years, with Another Harsh Sentence for Church’s Founding Pastor Expected by Christmas For Immediate Release | Dec. 13, 2019 WASHINGTON—A church elder in China…
CHINA – New rules threaten church property in northern China
UCA News | Nov. 4, 2019 Catholics in China are increasingly worried that church buildings that do not have permits aligned with strict new religious regulations will be deemed illegal…
CHINA – Dictatorships at U.N.: China’s Concentration Camps Bring Happiness
Breitbart | Frances Martel | Oct. 30, 2019 A group of 54 United Nations members issued a statement Tuesday defending China for building over 1,000 concentration camps to imprison, torture,…
CHINA – Survivors and victims on shocking state-sanctioned organ harvesting in China
Fox News | Hollie McKay | Oct. 26, 2019 Having hepatitis C may very well have saved Jennifer Zeng’s life. In February 2000, she was arrested for being a Falun…
CHINA – China destroys 3,000-seat church, detains pastors
Christian Post | Michael Gryboski | Oct. 21, 2019 Chinese government officials tear down a 3,000-seat church located in Anhui province in October 2019, according to the human rights group…
CHINA – Chinese authorities raided church, forcibly removed members, moments before demolition
Fox News | Caleb Parke | Oct. 17, 2019 Authorities in China forcibly removed Christians and arrested several faith leaders gathered at a state-recognized church that suddenly was deemed "illegal" by the…
CHINA – China to restrict visas for Americans linked to certain groups: report
FoxNews|Brie Stimson | Oct. 9, 2019 The Chinese government plans to restrict visas for some Americans, specifically those employed by the U.S. intelligence community and certain human rights groups, according…
USA/CHINA – US puts visa restrictions on Chinese officials over abuses of Muslims in Xinjiang
CNBC | Jacob Pramuk | Oct. 8, 2019 The Trump administration put visa restrictions on Chinese officials Tuesday amid ongoing abuses of Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region. Secretary of…
USA / HONG KONG – A Statement of Solidarity to Hong Kong’s Christians – Juicy Ecumenism
Juicy Ecumenism | Faith McDonnell | Oct. 3, 2019 (And to all those in Hong Kong who long for freedom — By your Christian brothers and sisters in the United…
CHINA – On China’s National Day, USCIRF Urges U.S. Government to Take Action on Religious Freedom
USCIRF | Oct. 1, 2019 On China’s National Day, USCIRF Urges U.S. Government to Take Action on Religious Freedom WASHINGTON, DC – Today marks the 70th anniversary of the People’s…
RELEASE – Coalition Delivers Religious Freedom Petition to President Trump, His Cabinet and Congress
***NEWS RELEASE*** | For Immediate Release |October 1, 2019 Over 1,000 Signers Urge Them Not to Meet with Squire Patton Boggs or Other Firms Representing Regimes that Persecute People of…
CHINA – Six Uighur Christians imprisoned in Xinjiang
Church in Chains | Sept. 25, 2019 In early September, it was reported that six Uighur Christians had recently been imprisoned in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. The six…
CHINA – China deports 13 South Korean Christian families for ‘being missionaries’ amid religious crackdown
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | Sept. 22, 2019 Thirteen South Korean families living in China as part of a mission group were deported after Communist officials decided the…
CHINA & NORTH KOREA – Chinese pastor shared Christian faith with 1,000 North Koreans before execution, defector claims
FoxNews | Caleb Parke | Sept. 5, 2019 A pastor on the China-North Korea border shared his faith with at least 1,000 North Koreans in the Hermit Kingdom before he was assassinated in…
HONG KONG – Midnight oil
World | June Cheng in Hong Kong | Aug. 29, 2019 On a stiflingly hot August night, about 100 Christians gathered outside the Government House, the official residence of Hong…
CHINA – Back to Jerusalem – Children Turned Away At Church in China
Back to Jerusalem | Aug. 28, 2019 Rachel (not her real name) got a text message on her phone that her church in Shanghai was going to meet today on…
HONG KONG – Christian Hong Kong Protesters Turn Out in Thousands, Sing Famous Hymn in Defiance
FaithWire | By Will Maule | Aug 28, 2019 As pro-democracy demonstrators continue to mount a mass resistance against China’s communist rule in Hong Kong, the region’s Christian community has…
CHINA – Sichuan Church Elder Li Yingqiang Released on Bail
Li Sent Back to Hometown After Eight Months Imprisonment Aug. 19, 2019 | International Christian Concern International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that over the weekend, elder Li Yingqiang from…
CHINA – Sichuan Church Condemns Forced Lawyer Appointment | Persecution
Aug. 12, 2019 | International Christian Concern Imprisoned Pastor Wang Yi Continues to Face Legal Persecution International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 10, Early Rain Covenant Church…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Advances ‘Stop Persecuting Believers’ Petition
August 12, 2019 | For Immediate Release Group Calls on President and Congress to Hold Persecutors Accountable and on Law Firm to Stop Representation of Nations That Violate Religious Liberties;…
CHINA – China removes ‘Bible,’ ‘God,’ ‘Christ’ from children’s classics like ‘Robinson Crusoe’
Aug. 6, 2019 | The Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett In efforts to bring Christianity further under government control, authorities in China have erased the words "Bible," "God" and…
CHINA – China Court Upholds 7 Year Prison Sentence Against US-based Christian Pastor
July 27, 2019 | CBN News | Andrea Morris Pastor John Cao breaks a ground on a new school in Wa State, Myanmar. The prominent Chinese pastor was detained by…
CHINA – Chinese Court Upholds Pastor John Cao’s Prison Sentence
Sentence Upheld After Repeated Delays on Appeal Hearing (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on July 25, a court in China’s Yunnan province announced its…
CHINA – China Orders Towns to Count How Many Citizens ‘Believe in God’ and Then Monitor Them
July 25, 2019 | Christian Headlines China’s central government has intensified its crackdown on Christianity in recent months by pressuring local government officials to keep a count on the number…