New laws that are all set to be passed in China threaten Christians in the country with severe persecution, including prison. CBN News reports that, according to an anonymous tip-off from an American Christian who has connections with China’s underground house
Read moreThe Chinese government has released a set of proposed amendments to its rules regulating religious affairs, as President Xi Jinping attempts to exert even greater control over how religion is practised. The new set of amendments, released to the public
Read moreDespite the ongoing persecution of Christians in China, the Gospel continues to spread at an unprecedented rate, and an increasing number of parents are “begging” teachers to teach their children about Jesus. Speaking to CBN News, Sean Elgut, the headmaster
Read moreAccording to recent reports by China Aid, China’s crackdown on house churches that are not registered with the official state church is growing and now represents the “greatest challenge” faced by Christians in the region. Some unregistered churches are resisting
Read moreAfter a period of relative tolerance, the Chinese government has tightened its “hunt” for North Koreans fleeing the dictatorship in Pyongyang. The border authorities near the Tumen River, the border that divides China and North Korea, have issued a “bounty
Read moreA local governing body in China’s central Guizhou province has stopped paying out welfare benefits to Christians who attend church activities, an action that mirrors a similar incident two years ago. Mou, a house church member, told China Aid, “[Officials
Read moreGulnur is a Muslim-background believer (MBB) in western China, where Christians from her Uyghur ethnic group experience the worst persecution in the country. Since her husband Alimjan’s imprisonment for his faith in 2009, Gulnur and her two sons have only
Read moreA prominent Christian church leader has become the latest to be jailed by Chinese courts, during a week of activist trials and public confessions that have shocked international observers. Hu Shigen, a leader of an underground church, was found guilty
Read moreAccording to Religious scholar Rodney Pennington from OMF International, by 2030, China will have the world’s largest Christian population. In a recent interview with Christian Post, Pennington said that there is certainly an upsurge in growth of the Christian population
Read moreOn 30th May, police in China’s southern Guangdong province detained three Christians for possessing religious materials, including a Bible. China Aid have reported that authorities took two Christians from their workplaces and one from a house, charging them with possessing
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