Couple spends 12th anniversary in jail defying Chinese government’s war on...
Chinese Christians Chu Xiaodong and Yu Xingmei spent their 12th wedding anniversary in jail. Their crime? They showed up for church in China’s capital of Beijing. They were promptly arrested as the...
View ArticleChinese Christian dad writes letters to beloved toddler killed in accident
For 13 weeks, the Chinese government has blocked the 1,000 members of Beijing’s Shouwang Church from being able to meet for Sunday services. They are among an estimated 70 million to 150 million...
View ArticleChinese professor writes open letter to Communist officials
Editor's Note: For 14 Sundays in a row, police have forcibly detained any members of the 1,000-member Shouwang Church in Beijing who show up at an outdoor meeting place. The church's leadership is...
View ArticleChinese pastor gets 2 years in labor camp for holding church services
Pastor Shi Enhao, the deputy chairman of the Chinese House Church Alliance, has been sentenced to a two-year stay in a Chinese labor camp under the accusation of holding “illegal meetings and illegal...
View ArticleVisit to house-arrested Chinese pastor difficult for longtime friend
EDITOR’S NOTE: China’s government has for 16 weeks been coming down hard on Beijing’s 1,000-member Shouwang Church — banishing some members from the Chinese capital, pressuring employers and landlords...
View ArticleTime’s David Aikman: China cracking down on its Christians
"China tolerates Christian church services," writes former Time magazine correspondent David Aikman, "but only within the narrow boundaries of theology and church life dictated by the State...
View ArticleBeijing pastor describes trying to get to church with police determined to...
Editor's Note: Miss Wang Shuanyan is the pastor of Beijing's Xinshu (New Tree) Church, one of the hundreds of thousands of illegal "house churches" throughout China. Although she usually avoids the...
View ArticleCNN: Banned by Communist government, churches in China “at a critical...
By Eunice Yoon, CNN Beijing, China – The congregants were seated in rows of folding chairs, clasping their hands in prayer or studying passages in their Bibles. The choir was sitting up front ready to...
View ArticleLittle church’s members try to slip past police to support beseiged Beijing...
Five members of a small suburban "house church" got up at 4 a.m. Sunday hoping to slip past police and worship Jesus with beseiged believers from the 1,000-member Shouwang Church in Beijing. However,...
View ArticleElder at banned Chinese church smuggles out letter declaring victory
For six months, Beijing's 1,000-member Shouwang Church has attempted to hold outdoor services after officials blocked them from taking possession of a $4 million property. Today, the church's leaders...
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