Severe sentence for Chinese pastor
A Chinese megachurch pastor, Wang Yi, has been jailed for nine years for “subversion of state power” and “illegally operating a business”. According to Faithwire, Yi, the lead pastor of…
Church BULLDOZED during service
Bulldozers started demolishing the 3,000-seat Fuyang Christian Church in Fenan, Anhui province, during a worship service, while congregants were inside. Not only were no legal papers presented, but it was…
Christians at heart of Hong Kong protests
Hong Kong anti-extradition law protest on 16 June WHILE the British media have rightly highlighted the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong this summer, they have been peculiarly quiet about the…
Hymns replaced with communist anthems
Churches in China are being forced to sing songs praising the state instead of God. The communist government is banning traditional hymns and ordering registered churches to use a new…
China in chains
But its believers have found true freedom By Charles Gardner LONDON, June 21, 2019 Bearing in mind the brutality meted out against protestors as Hong Kong slips inexorably towards China’s…
China hires agents to spy on churches
China turns pastors into political pawns The Chinese government is reportedly employing ordinary citizens as paid informants to report on church activities, in addition to police and secret services. According…
Suspicious death of Christian Chinese lawyer
“Bold and compassionate”: the late Dr Li Baiguang (left) defended Chinese pastors An internationally-recognised Chinese human rights lawyer has died suddenly under suspicious circumstances. Dr Li Baiguang, 49, an outspoken…
It’s ‘Year of the underdog’ for millions of Chinese Christians
As crosses are torn down, churches demolished and pastors arrested, persecution is set to reach highest level “since Cultural Revolution”
Persecution Watch Oct – Nov 2017
Rebuilding hope in Iraq Christians are slowly returning to the town of Karamles in Iraq after Islamic State (ISIS) was ousted. Over half of the houses in the town are…
PERSECUTION WATCH: APRIL – MAY 2017
Somalian family attacked in their sleep Terrorists wound father, kill wife and son Islamic extremists in Somalia shot a Christian family as they slept, seriously wounding the husband and killing…