CHINA: Former prisoner John Cao hospitalised with severe pain
Pastor John Cao, who was imprisoned from 2017 to 2024, has been hospitalised with severe pain in his back and legs
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CHINA: Two more church leaders given prison sentences for “fraud”
Two leaders of Ganquan Church in Hefei have been given prison sentences of at least four years for “fraud”
CHINA: Early Rain Church detainees Elder Li Yingqiang and Brother Lin charged
Detained Early Rain Church leader Elder Li Yingqiang and member Brother Lin have been charged with “inciting subversion of state power”
CHINA: New crackdown on Early Rain Covenant Church
Chengdu Early Rain Covenant Church is the latest church network to be targeted by the authorities
CHINA: Huge crackdown on Zhejiang’s Yayang church network
Police have carried out a huge crackdown on a network of house churches in Yayang town in Zhejiang province
CHINA: Li Shanshan protests mistreatment of husband Li Jie in prison
Li Shanshan, wife of Pastor Li Jie of Linfen Covenant House Church, has written a letter protesting his mistreatment in prison
CHINA: Zion Church families struggling, some have fled
Ten weeks after the Zion Church raids, families of the 18 detainees are struggling to cope
CHINA: 18 Zion pastors placed under official arrest
18 pastors and church staff who were detained in raids on the Zion Church network in October have been placed under official arrest
CHINA: Pastor Zhang Shaojie released from prison
Pastor Zhang Shaojie has been released from prison at the end of his twelve-year sentence
CHINA: Lian Xuliang, Lian Changnian, Fu Juan of Xi’an Church of Abundance re-arrested
Three leaders from Xi’an Church of Abundance have been re-arrested while still awaiting the verdict of their trial