Tag : house church
China title : Hundreds of Chinese Christians Stop Government Officials from Breaking Into Church
summary : After government agents attempted to break into a church in China's Henan Province, hundreds of church members successfully intervened, praying and stopping them from entering the building.
date : Sep 20, 2018 10:37 AM EDT
China title : House Church in China Refuses to Obey Authorities Despite Persecution: 'Our Faith is Ruled by God'
summary : A house church in China has refused to succumb to the demands of authorities despite facing continued harassment for refusing to install cameras in the building.
date : Aug 31, 2018 09:10 AM EDT
Underground Church in China title : Chinese Christians Urge Prayers as Campaign Against Churches Intensifies Across Country
summary : Christians in China have asked the international community unite in prayer as Communist party authorities continue to intensify their campaign against churches in the country
date : Apr 13, 2018 12:48 PM EDT
Zhang Kai title : Christian Human Rights Lawyer Fears Another Arrest Due to Work Defending Chinese Churches
summary : Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer and Christian Zhang Kai fears that he may face a second imprisonment -- a plight he fears he "may not be able to endure" -- due to his legal defense of churches that faced cross demolition.
date : Mar 29, 2018 10:55 AM EDT
China title : Authorities in China Detain Pastor, Daughter and 3-year-old Grandson
summary : While a government-hired thug in China threatened to kill a Christian family, officials in a neighboring province arrested a pastor, her daughter and her 3-year-old grandson, sources said.
date : Oct 06, 2017 10:04 AM EDT
China title : House Church Pastor in China Defies Government Orders to Shut Down: 'I Believe in Jesus Christ. I Don't Believe in You'
summary : September 6, 2017: A house church pastor ordered by officers in China's central Hubei province to cease her "illegal" ministry work has vowed to defy government orders, telling authorities, "I believe in Jesus Christ. I don't believe in you."
date : Sep 06, 2017 11:36 AM EDT
Christian title : China Arrests Five Pastors for Protesting Demolition of Church, Blocks Re-Construction Efforts
summary : June 23, 2017: Chinese authorities have arrested five church leaders who protested the demolition of their church building and blocked all efforts to construct a new place of worship amid worsening human rights abuses in the country.
date : Jun 23, 2017 11:58 AM EDT
China title : Chinese Authorities Pressure Landlord Into Evicting House Church Congregation
summary : Authorities in China's southern Guangdong province have upped persecution against an unregistered house church, pressuring their landlord to evict them -- leaving them without a place to worship.
date : May 17, 2017 11:07 AM EDT
China title : China Experiencing an 'Explosion of Faith', Says Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author
summary : Despite increasing persecution, China is in the grip of "one of the world's great spiritual revivals" that shows no signs of slowing down, says a Pulitzer-prize winning author.
date : Apr 28, 2017 03:47 PM EDT
Woman at the Well title : Drawing on Ancient Church Wall May Be the Oldest Depiction of the Virgin Mary
summary : Archaeologists may have identified the oldest depiction of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The drawing was found on a wall of what is considered as the oldest Christian church, which lies in the city of Dura-Europos in Syria.
date : Apr 26, 2017 06:17 PM EDT
China title : Chinese Christians Attending Bible Study Arrested, Detained by Authorities
summary : Fifteen Christians attending a Bible study in China's southwestern Sichuan Province were recently detained by twenty police officers and forced to remain in custody for over two weeks.
date : Apr 03, 2017 12:56 PM EDT
China Worshippers title : Thirty Chinese Police Surround House Church, Order Congregants to Stop Worshiping
summary : Chinese authorities surrounded a house church in Beijing before raiding the building and ordering congregants to stop meeting - or face legal action.
date : Nov 01, 2016 02:00 PM EDT
China title : Chinese Government Uses Harassment, Raids To Force Guangdong House Church Closure
summary : Following harassment from local police and ongoing raids, a landlord in China's southern Guangdong province was forced to terminate his contract with a house church.
date : Sep 08, 2016 10:40 AM EDT
Christian Persecution title : Chinese Officials Seal Home Church, Interrogate Members and Charge Pastor with Illegal Activity
summary : Government officials in China's southern Guangdong province seized 30 members of a house church before sealing the building and charging its pastor with "conducting activities in the name of a social organization without registration."
date : Aug 01, 2016 11:58 AM EDT