China

By church member Elizabeth special to BosNewsLife BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife Columns)-- Since the embattled Beijing Shouwang Church had its first outdoor public Sunday service in a snowstorm on November 1, 2009, the world has been watching. Now Beijing's largest underground "house" church is making headlines again. Some 300 parishioners have been arrested these last two Sunday's for worshiping outdoors, without state permission.   Why would its members insist to pray in the open air and risk being detained, fired, threatened, or forced to move out of their rented homes?

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese police harassed female members from one of Beijing's largest underground Protestant churches before releasing them and most of other Christians detained Sunday, April 17, a church member told BosNewsLife.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Police detained dozens of members from one of the largest underground churches in China's capital Beijing Sunday, April 17, as part of a wider crackdown on dissent, a Christian rights group said.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese police detained "over 100 members" of one of China's largest unregistered Protestant churches Sunday, April 10, after its members tried to hold an open-air prayer meeting in the capital Beijing, a Christian rights group said.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians of one of China's capital's largest Protestant "house" churches prayed on the last Sunday, April 3, before they face eviction by authorities wary to lose control over religion.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BEIJING/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- As Chinese President Hu Jintao’s state visit to the United States ended Friday, January 21, Chinese Christians and rights activists urged China to release jailed Christians, including a prominent human rights lawyer who defended house churches and other religious groups.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- An advocacy group with close links to Chinese house church Christians said Thursday, ecember 2, that two of its Websites have collapsed under cyber attacks possibly originating from China.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- The wife of Chen Guangcheng, a blind human rights lawyer under house arrest in China's Shandong province, has urged the international community to intervene, amid concerns about his health.