Tag: house church
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Taiyuan House-Church Preacher An Yankui Detained on Suspicion of “Organizing Illegal Religious Activities”
TAIYUAN, September 29, 2026 — Police detained house-church preacher An Yankui (安彦魁) at his residence on Tuesday morning after summoning him for investigation on suspicion of “organizing illegal religious activities,” according to Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church and a…
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ACLJ Urges Trump to Press Xi for Pastor John Cao’s Passport as Stage-4 Cancer Spreads
Pastor John Cao says five passport applications have failed as advocates urge Beijing to let the U.S. permanent resident return for late-stage cancer treatment.
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Detained Zion Church Pastor Liu Zhenbin Says Prosecutor Invoked His Young Children to Press for Confession
A pastor of Beijing Zion Church detained in southern China says a prosecutor invoked his young children in an effort to press him into a confession, according to a letter from detention made public by the U.S.-based religious-freedom…
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Pastor Lian Xuliang Released After Four-Year Case Against Xi’an Church of Abundance; Father and Co-Defendant’s Status Unknown
Pastor Lian Xuliang (廉旭亮) of the Xi’an Church of Abundance returned home on September 5, more than four years after Chinese authorities began a fraud prosecution against him, his father and a fellow preacher over the unregistered house…
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Early Rain Church: Two Members Released After 10-Day Detention; Elder Yan Hong Forcibly Taken From Home Again
Two members of Chengdu’s Early Rain Covenant Church were released after serving 10 days of administrative detention for attending a September 11 reading gathering, while police forcibly took Elder Yan Hong from his home on September 20 for…
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Jinzhai House Church Raid: Police Detain Two Female Preachers, Ban Hymns Naming Jesus
Chinese authorities carried out a two-day operation against an underground house church in Jinzhai County, western Anhui Province, on September 16–17, 2026 — confiscating believers’ phones, forcibly taking two female preachers for questioning, and ordering young Christians to…
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Xi’an Light of Zion Pastor Jiao Yong Taken in Shanghai by Xi’an Police; Whereabouts Unknown
SHANGHAI/XI’AN, September 24, 2026 — Pastor Jiao Yong (焦咏) of the Xi’an Light of Zion church was taken away in Shanghai on the morning of September 21 by individuals identifying themselves as officers of the Xi’an Public Security…
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Beijing Jiaquan Church Pastors and Workers Reported Detained Days Before Xi’s Washington Visit
BEIJING/WASHINGTON, September 24, 2026 — Chinese authorities have detained multiple pastors and church workers from Beijing’s Jiaquan Church, an influential urban house-church network with more than two decades of ministry in the Chinese capital, according to first-hand reports…
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Fortify Rights: Eight Zion Church Pastors and Leaders Remain Detained Awaiting Trial; Nine More Out on Bail Still Face Charges
September 23, 2026 — Fortify Rights has called on the Chinese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release eight pastors and leaders of the unregistered Zion Church who remain in detention awaiting trial, nearly a year after their arrest…