CHINA: Early Rain Covenant Church elder Qin Defu sentenced to four years in prison
On 29 November, elder Qin Defu of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan province was sentenced to four years in prison.
Category: China
CHINA: Ireland joins 22 other countries in call for Chinese government to respect religious freedom
At the United Nations in New York, Ireland and 22 other countries at the United Nations expressed concern about religious freedom in China.
CHINA: Gou Zhongcan of Early Rain Covenant Church released
Gou Zhongcan of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan province, has been released after seven months’ imprisonment.
CHINA: Megachurch demolished and pastors detained
On 18 October, police in Funan, Anhui Province, destroyed a large Protestant church building and detained its pastors.
CHINA: Six Uighur Christians imprisoned
Six Uighur Christians have been imprisoned in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
CHINA: “President Xi has launched a war against the church and the cross”
Dr Bob Fu told Church in Chains’ conference that President Xi Jinping has launched three wars against religious freedom.
CHINA: Bob Fu launches new report
In Dublin, Dr Bob Fu recently launched Church in Chains’ new report “CHINA’s CRACKDOWN ON CHRISTIANITY”
CHINA: Early Rain Covenant Church elder Li Yingqiang released on bail
Elder Li Yingqiang from Early Rain Covenant Church in Sichuan province has been released on bail and sent to his home town in Hubei province.
CHINA: Huoshi (Living Stone) Church raided again
Officials raided two meeting locations of Huoshi (Living Stone) Church, Guizhou province, on 4 August and 31 July and confiscated property and interrogated two pastors.
CHINA: Persecution timeline of Xunsiding Church
Many house churches are closed down in the coastal city of Xiamen in Fujian Province, including Xunsiding Church.