Chinese officials raid house church, ban Christian hymns in central China
(Sept. 22, 2026) Chinese authorities carried out a two-day operation against an underground house church in central China on Sept. 16-17, confiscating believers’ phones and ordering young Christians...
View ArticleChinese authorities reportedly detain pastors, workers from Beijing Church
BEIJING, CHINA — Sept. 21, 2026 — Chinese authorities have reportedly detained multiple pastors and church coworkers from Beijing Jiaquan Church, an influential urban house-church network with more...
View Article‘At war with faith’: Washington forum spotlights China’s repression ahead of...
(Washington, D.C. — September 18, 2026) Days before Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s planned visit to Washington, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback told a...
View ArticleFamily of detained Chinese pastor issues prayer letter as “fraud” case advances
(Xi’an — September 17, 2026) Authorities in northwestern China are moving toward trial in a “fraud” case against house church Pastor Tang Bingyi, part of a broader prosecution of Light of Zion Church...
View ArticleChinese court again delays ruling in Pastor Huang Yizi case
(Zhejiang — September 17, 2026) A prominent pastor in eastern China who has faced repeated detention since opposing a government campaign to remove church crosses more than a decade ago remains in...
View ArticleChinese police detain 11 elderly Christians in latest Early Rain crackdown
(Chengdu — September 14, 2026) Following years of arrests, harassment and surveillance targeting members of Early Rain Covenant Church, Chinese police detained 11 people during a small reading...
View ArticleTrump-Xi Summit: Don’t Forget Communist China’s Human Rights Deficit
By Bob Fu | Commentary On September 24, President Donald Trump will welcome Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping to Washington for one of the most consequential meetings between the...
View ArticleChinese prosecutors seek 12+ years in prison for pastor’s alleged church...
(Xi’an, Shaanxi Province — September 2026) Chinese prosecutors are seeking 12 to 13 years in prison for a nearly 70-year-old house church pastor in Xi’an, according to an indictment newly published by...
View ArticleZion 8 detainees face harsh conditions as China church case moves forward
Guangxi, China — September 10, 2026 — Family members of the so-called “Zion 8” have reported severe overcrowding, inadequate medical care and harsh disciplinary practices at the detention centers...
View ArticleChinese authorities release pastor after 4-year case against house church
Xi’an, Shaanxi Province — September 8, 2026 — Chinese authorities have released a pastor whose unregistered house church has faced a four-year legal case, while the status of the case and the other...
View ArticleChinese authorities raid Shanghai house church, detain pastor
(Shanghai — September 3, 2026) Chinese authorities have intensified pressure on Christian worship in Shanghai in recent months, with a new raid on an unregistered house church resulting in the...
View ArticleImprisoned Chinese pastor’s health reportedly declining, wife says
(Zhangye, Gansu Province — September 1, 2026) — On August 25, the wife of a house church pastor in north-central China released an open letter disclosing a deterioration in his health while...
View ArticleNews Roundup: China intensifies pressure on house churches
As President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi prepare for a planned September summit, Chinese authorities continue to detain, question and investigate Christians affiliated with house churches...
View ArticleChina house church members face trial amid detention, health concerns
(Kunming, Yunnan Province — August 28, 2026) Authorities in southwest China are preparing to try three members of an unregistered house church on charges of “organizing illegal gatherings,” as...
View ArticleChristian worship increasingly restricted in Shanghai, report Catholic believers
(Shanghai, eastern China— August 22, 2026) An anonymous Shanghai Catholic documented developments over the past year that he said indicate increasing restrictions on religious activities among Chinese...
View ArticleChinese church leaders face lengthy prison terms
(Xi’an, Shaanxi Province — August 21, 2026) A Chinese pastor faces a possible 12- to 13-year prison sentence after a court held a pretrial conference in a case that supporters say criminalizes...
View ArticleHouse church leaders in eastern China sentenced to prison over ‘illegal...
(Fuyang, Anhui Province, eastern China — August 14, 2026) A Chinese court sentenced three leaders of an unofficial Protestant church to prison terms of up to one year and seven months on Aug. 10,...
View ArticleChinese pastor missing for months as believers fear retaliation over past...
(Jinan, Shandong — August 13, 2026) Nearly five months after authorities reportedly took away 73-year-old Pastor Wang Sanyuan on March 17, his family still has received no official word about his...
View ArticlePastor, six Christians disappear after Shanghai police raid
(Wenzhou, Zhejiang – August 7, 2026) Pastor David Tang and six other Christians have disappeared after being detained by Shanghai police during a cross-provincial operation on Aug. 5, with authorities...
View ArticleChinese pastors’ wives appeal to President Trump ahead of Xi summit
(Anhui Province, China — August 7, 2026) Ahead of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s expected visit to Washington in September, the wives of three detained Chinese house church leaders issued an open letter...
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