BREAKING NEWS: China Topples Cross From Church In Massive Crackdown

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service China_Christians_AP_360_1 (1)BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese security forces took down a church's cross in eastern China early Monday, July 28, as part of a government crackdown on church buildings in a coastal region where thousands of people are embracing Christianity, Christians said.

NEWS WATCH: US Host Families Mourn Loss China Christian Students In Plane Crash

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By BosNewsLife North American and Asian Services with local news reportingcrash BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO (BosNewsLife)-- Mourning families from a major evangelical church in the San Fernando Valley of southern California were worshiping Sunday, July 14, without three Christian Chinese students they had been expecting.

BREAKING NEWS: China Crackdown On Christmas Celebrations Of House Churches

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- One of China's largest house congregations planned to hold its last outdoor worship service on Christmas Day in the capital Beijing after months of detentions, while elsewhere several congregations were raided by Chinese security forces as part of a Christmas season crackdown, local Christians and activists said.

China Court Refuses Release Christian Bookstore Owner

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service mi20shi20weihanBEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese Christian Shi Weihan, the owner of a Christian bookstore and a well-known house church leader, remained detained Friday, April 17, after a Beijing court refused to immediately rule on his future, trial observers said.

BREAKING NEWS: North Korea Releases American Missionary

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ap_north_korea_robert_park_300_06Feb10BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Amid international pressure, North Korea released an American missionary Saturday, February 6, and sent him to China after holding the young man for more than a month, officials confirmed.

Jailed Chinese Christian Lawyer Still Allive, Family Says

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service CHINA-RIGHTS-FALUNGONG-SECT-LAWYERBEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Family members of jailed Christian rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng have been allowed to visit him in a remote Chinese prison, providing the first confirmation in months that he is still alive, rights activists said Wednesday, January 23.

Chinese Security Forces Raid Bible Study

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese security forces have raided a Bible study gathering in South China and detained...

NEWS ALERT: Christians “Disappearing” In China

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service YQX017_BishopBEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife) Four Christians remained missing Friday, December 12, more than a month after they were detained in China's Hubei province amid a police crackdown on believers, including missionaries, in the region, a house church network said.

BREAKING NEWS: China Detains Leaders Of World Evangelism Congress Lausanne

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese authorities have detained at least 10 "house" church leaders who were involved in a world evangelism congress, a well-informed religious rights group said Wednesday, April 27.  

Persecution Christians Seen Rising In Islamic Nations

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By BosNewsLife News Center with reports from Africa and Asia JAKARTA/ABUJA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- North Korea leads a list of nations where "Christians face the most severe persecution", but "Muslim-majority" countries represent nine of the top 10 amid spreading Islamic extremism around the world, a major Christian watchdog said in comments obtained by BosNewsLife Thursday, January 5.