CHINA: Violent police raid on house church
Officials in Xiamen, Fujian province, raided a house church injuring church members, confiscating phones and damaging the property during the process.
Category: China
CHINA: Easter Sunday brings detentions and demolition
Six members of Sichuan’s Early Rain Covenant Church were detained on Easter Sunday, and a church building in Qinghai was demolished.
Covid-19 and the persecuted church
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads around the globe, some of the countries from which Church in Chains reports regularly have been very badly hit.
CHINA: Cross removal campaign continues despite coronavirus crisis
Chinese authorities have continued to remove crosses from the tops of church buildings despite the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.
CHINA: New religious regulations come into force
New regulations came into effect on 1 February that will further restrict religious practice in China.
CHINA: Pastor Wang Yi sentenced to nine years in prison
On 30 December, Pastor Wang Yi of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu was sentenced to nine years in prison.
CHINA: Pastor Wang Yi tried in secret
On 26 December, the long-awaited trial of Wang Yi, pastor of Early Rain Covenant Church, was held in secret in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province.
CHINA: Year of harassment for Early Rain Covenant Church
Monday 9 December marked the first anniversary of the raid on Early Rain Covenant Church, following which Pastor Wang Yi and over 150 church members were detained.
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.
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.