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