{"id":60022,"date":"2026-07-28T09:36:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T00:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/?p=60022"},"modified":"2026-07-28T09:49:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T00:49:56","slug":"vomk-report-410","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/2026\/07\/28\/vomk-report-410\/","title":{"rendered":"CHINA: HUNAN POLICE DECLARE \u201cANYONE WHO DOESN\u2019T ENTER THREE-SELF CHURCH IS A CULT\u201d, RAID PROMINENT HOUSE CHURCH"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”60023″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”In what persecution watchdog organizations are calling a long-planned coordinated operation, authorities in Yueyang City, Hunan Province, China, carried out a large-scale raid on multiple meeting locations of Rock Bible Church, a prominent house church, on Saturday evening July 11. ” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:1.2em|text_align:left|color:%23111111″ google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”” el_class=”headline”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”60027″ img_size=”full” css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”60030″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Pastor Huang Lei as he ended detention in April 2024 (file photo) ” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:13px|text_align:center|color:%230a0101|line_height:1.45em” css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Those arrested included Senior Pastor Huang Lei, Elder Yang Jianjun, Teacher Yuan\u00a0<\/span>Shiying<\/span>, and many believers, including children and teenagers. Most of th<\/span>os<\/span>e arrested were released within 24 or 48\u00a0<\/span>hours;<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>however<\/span>\u00a0s<\/span>ix of the church\u2019s senior leaders\u00a0<\/span>remain<\/span>\u00a0in custody<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its US-based partner China Aid\u00a0<\/span>say those who are still detained are facing rapidly escalating legal sanctions. They believe authorities are planning to quickly transfer the case to the prosecutor’s office for criminal prosecution.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Hyun Sook Foley, those who were investigated and released report that police told them, \u201cAny Christian who does not enter the government’s Three-Self Church is a cult.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\u201cThose who were taken away were interrogated for a long time and were forced to make transcripts, give their fingerprints,\u00a0<\/span>gi<\/span>ve their blood for DNA testing, and record voiceprints and video materials, in order to establish detailed personal information files and further incorporate them into the public security monitoring system,\u201d says Representative Foley.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”60031″ img_size=”large” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Church leaders in Yueyang City, Hunan Province, on December 25, 2021 (file photo) ” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:13px|text_align:center|color:%230a0101|line_height:1.45em” css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]According to Representative Foley,\u00a0<\/span>at around 7:40 that night, Yueyang police launched simultaneous arrests at multiple gathering places.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\u201c<\/span><\/span>At that time, some\u00a0<\/span>of the\u00a0<\/span>believers were\u00a0<\/span>participating<\/span>\u00a0in a study group called\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2018<\/span><\/span>Parents’ Classroom<\/span><\/span>\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and were\u00a0<\/span>subsequently<\/span>\u00a0detained on the spot by the police<\/span>,\u201d she says<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u201cThen<\/span>\u00a0around 9 p.m<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>, Preacher Hu Hongtao was forcibly taken away by the police at his home and has not returned.<\/span>\u00a0Wang Ling, the wife of Senior\u00a0<\/span>Pastor Huang Lei<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said that the police confiscated the Bible and spiritual books in their home when searching his residence. However, as she prepared to rest that night, she was surprised to find a Bible under her pillow.<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]The raid marks the third time Senior Pastor Huang Lei has been detained by police since 2022 in connection with the church\u2019s refusal to affiliate with the government\u2019s Three-Self Church.<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Individuals interested in learning about or supporting Voice of the Martyrs Korea\u2019s work in partnership with persecuted Christians in China can visit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>www.vomkorea.com\/en\/china<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_column][\/vc_column]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”60023″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”In what persecution watchdog organizations are calling a long-planned coordinated operation, authorities in Yueyang City, Hunan Province, China, carried out a large-scale raid on multiple …","protected":false},"author":1959,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[869,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china-special","category-vomk-report"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["ko","en","zh","ru"],"languages":{"ko":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"zh":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"ru":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1959"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60022"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60042,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60022\/revisions\/60042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}