China's Crackdown on Underground Churches Intensifies with New Arrests

Influential China church reports arrests as crackdown on Christians intensifies

7 hours agoShareSaveShareSaveAn influential Protestant church in China says prominent leaders have been arrested in what appears to be a growing crackdown on the underground church movement.Nine people were detained on Tuesday after police raided their homes and the church office in Chengdu, in central China, the Early Rain Covenant Church said. Five had been released by Wednesday.More than 1,000 miles away in Wenzhou, authorities began demolish…

China's crackdown on underground churches intensifies with new arrests

Leaders of Early Rain Covenant Church have been arrested and Yayang Church is being torn down, groups say.

CCP Rounds Up Members Of Underground Christian Church In Latest Crackdown

Chinese authorities have detained members of a prominent underground church as part of the government’s tightening control over unsanctioned religious activity.

China detains six underground church members in latest crackdown, church tells members

Six members of an influential underground Protestant church in China were detained by police this week, according to a church statement to members seen by Reuters and non-governmental organisations, in the latest crackdown on Chinese Christians.

Communist Forces Lay Siege to Christian Church - Charisma Magazine Online

The Chinese Communist Party is once again demonstrating that it views independent Christian faith not as a protected belief but as a threat to state authority. In Wenzhou, a city long known for its vibrant Christian community, armed police, demolition equipment and enforced silence now surround a peaceful church whose only crime is remaining faithful to Christ. As reported by The Christian Post, a watchdog group monitoring Christian persecution …

China arrests six members of underground Protestant church in Chengdu: Human Rights Watch

Washington, Jan 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Half a dozen members of an underground Protestant church based in Sichuan's Chengdu have been arrested by the Chinese authorities, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) mentioned in a statement. This is the latest in a series of arrests of members of prominent unofficial "house churches" in China in the past year, it stated. On January 6, the Early Rain Covenant Church stated that police conducted raid at the home of it…