China: Pastor and Wife Sentenced to Lengthy Jail Terms for Online Preaching

In a further display of China’s crackdown on evangelical Christianity, a court in Liaoning province has sentenced a prominent online Gospel preacher, his wife, and four house church members to lengthy prison terms for allegedly “using superstition to undermine the law” by expressing and sharing their faith in Christ, the Christian Post (CP) reports.

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China Detains Elder Of Famed Underground Church in New Crackdown

A Christian advocacy group has urged prayers for Christians facing persecution in China after a church elder of one of China’s largest underground churches was detained for questioning.

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China: Church Leader Chooses to Remain in Prison Rather Than Plead Guilty to Alleged Fraud and Be Released

An evangelical church leader imprisoned in Sichuan province, China, on charges of fraud, insists he is innocent and has refused to accept the prosecution’s offer to release him if he would just plead guilty, China Aid reports. 

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China: Government Directs Christian Groups to Emphasize Identification with Chinese Culture

China’s governing Communist Party has instructed state-approved Christian church organizations that they must “strictly” manage their religious affairs in a manner that emphasizes their identification with the Chinese communist government and with Chinese culture and nationalism, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reports.

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China: Authorities Arrest Church Leaders, Try to Block Online Prayer

The long-persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) in China’s Sichuan Province has been subjected to further intense persecution from Chinese authorities who arrested and detained church leaders and sought to block an important online prayer meeting on 9 December 2023, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reports.

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Moody’s Downgrades Eight Chinese Banks; Hongkong Also Rated Negative

China, the world’s second-largest economy, faced more hurdles Thursday as Moody’s Investors Service cut its outlook for eight Chinese banks to “negative” from “stable” following the same downgrade to China’s government.

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