A small deaf church in Meihekou, Jilin Province is the latest target of the Chinese government’s crackdown on Christianity, according to persecution watchdog Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its US partner ministry China Aid. “Tiebei Deaf Christian Church is one of two Christian churches banned as ‘illegal organizations’ in the past year in Jilin ...
80 law enforcement officers raided a branch of Zion Church in Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province on August 3, forcibly detaining 21 adults and 6 children who were attending the gathering, according to persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its US-based partner, China Aid. “Zion Church, one of Beijing’s largest megachurches, is led by ...
A Chinese elder detained since 2021 wrote his family that the Apostle Paul is his model for behavior in prison and that like Paul, he seeks to praise God loudly and bless the prison guards assigned to watch him. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its China ministry partner, US-based China Aid, Elder ...
The number of Christians in Laos continues to grow dramatically, according to Voice of the Martyrs Korea. But opposition from family members and local authorities means that Bible distribution to those new Christians has to be done through discrete, personal deliveries by local Christian workers, not large-scale distributions by foreign missionaries. Voice of the Martyrs ...
UPDATE: At the time of publication, an additional church, in Krasnodon, in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, reported that authorities approached them after their worship service on June 8, demanding to see the church's registration. However, the church indicated that it is, and intends to remain, unregistered. Four Protestant churches experienced harassment in May by ...
House church pastors in China are accustomed to police harassment and even legal prosecution. But a new program in Song County, Henan Province designed to promote reporting of illegal religious activities by citizens now classifies house church pastors as “impersonators”. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, the move is ...
Nine Christians from Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, including Evangelist Wang Honglan, were convicted on charges of “illegal business operations” for selling government-authorized Bibles as a house church. The group members purchased the Bibles with their own funds and sold them at a 25% discount for evangelistic purposes. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. ...
Evangelist Chen Wensheng from Hengyang, Hunan province was released from Deshan Prison on April 2, 2025, after serving a 19-month sentence on charges of “organizing and financing unlawful gatherings” for preaching the gospel in the streets. Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley says that on the day of his release, Evangelist ...
According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea, a Christian pastor and his wife in Xi'an, China who were sentenced to seven years in prison for printing Christian books were kidnapped and tortured by authorities. The organization is reporting that the pastor has faced continuous extortion and violence from gangs since his arrival in prison. The ...
New regulations from China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs are scheduled to go into effect May 1. The so-called “Measures for the Suppression of Illegal Social Organizations” will give police even broader power in conducting on-site inspections while making it easier for citizens to report suspected organizations to the authorities. Experts expect the new regulations to ...
