CHINA: Nine Zion Church leaders released on bail
Nine of the eighteen Zion Church pastors and coworkers detained in October 2025 have been released on bail
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CHINA: Detained pastor receives Bible after successful legal challenge
Detained pastor Sun Cong from Beijing Zion Church has been permitted to receive a Bible after a successful legal challenge
CHINA: Large scale raid on Early Rain Covenant Church
Police took away 33 church members including two elders, Wu Wuqing and Yan Hong
CHINA: 31 Christians sentenced in crackdown on Suizhou house church
31 members of a house church in Suizhou, Hubei province, have been given sentences of up to four years in prison
CHINA: Six Christians arrested for leading Sunday school
Six Christians from a house church in Guizhou province have been arrested on charges relating to children’s ministry
CHINA: Released pastor Xing Wenxiang unable to return to ministry
Pastor Xing Wenxiang, who was released from prison in November, remains under surveillance and is unable to return to ministry
CHINA: Christian publisher Chang Yuchun seriously ill in prison
Chang Yuchun, sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for printing religious books, is seriously ill in prison
CHINA: John Cao diagnosed with cancer, receives family visit
Pastor John Cao has been diagnosed with late-stage cancer and his family has travelled from the US to visit him in hospital
CHINA: Pastor Huang Yizi to stand trial again following previous imprisonments
Pastor Huang Yizi is due to stand trial again after being arrested for the third time since 2014
CHINA: Linfen Covenant Church leaders released after serving sentences
Two leaders of Linfen Covenant Home Church have been released after completing their prison sentences