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Police in southern China seize Gospel materials, force church from meeting space
(Guangzhou — September 30, 2026) Police in southern China confiscated Gospel materials and forced a long-established house church from its rented meeting space after three Christians distributed fans...
View ArticleChristian students, educators questioned as central China crackdown expands
Hunan Province — September 28, 2026 — Chinese authorities have expanded a crackdown on house-church Christians in central China from places of worship into schools, where students and educators have...
View ArticlePreacher in northern China detained on suspicion of ‘organizing illegal...
NORTHERN CHINA — September 29, 2026 — Police detained house church preacher An Yankui at his residence Tuesday morning after summoning him for investigation on suspicion of “organizing illegal...
View ArticleBeijing pastor, seven coworkers held on suspicion of ‘fraud’
NORTHERN CHINA — September 29, 2026 — Pastor Zhou Zixun, legally known as Cui Xianfeng, and seven coworkers of Beijing Jiaquan Church are being held in criminal detention on suspicion of “fraud,”...
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Two Early Rain Church members released; Chinese police crackdown continues
(Chengdu — September 23, 2026) Two members of a prominent underground Protestant church in southwestern China have been released after 10 days of administrative detention, even as police continue to...
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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...
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‘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...
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Chinese 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...
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Trump-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...
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Zion 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...
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News 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...
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China 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...
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