China House Church Pastor Sentenced To Prison For ‘Divulging State Secrets’
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A Chinese house church pastor who has been detained since December 9, 2015, was sentenced to two years and six months in prison by a court in China’s central Guizhou province on controversial charges of “divulging state secrets,”, trial observers said.
China Bans Church, Christians Detained
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Two members of the Laojie Christian Church in the village of Sangdong in China's Henan province have been detained, just days after authorities officially banned their church for a second time, BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, August 18.
China’s Leading Pastor Starts Prison Sentence
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Wang Yi, the pastor of one of China's largest unregistered churches, has begun serving...
BREAKING NEWS: Frail Chinese Christian Activist “Near Death”
BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A frail elderly Christian man, known for his work among reportedly persecuted believers, was "near death" Thursday, January 29, but authorities denied him a final meeting with his imprisoned Christian wife, friends told BosNewsLife.
China Suspends Trial Of Detained Pastor; Lawyers “Mistreated”
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in central China have suspended the trial of a prominent evangelical church leader, while lawyers investigating the jailing of Christians in an "illegal detention center" have been tortured, trial observers and rights activists said Thursday, April 17.
NEWS ALERT: China Officials Destroy Church
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Christians in southern China were left with a pile of rubble Wednesday, April 30, after local authorities demolished their church building, Christians said.
Leaked Report: China’s Christians Face Worst Persecution In Decades
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Prominent Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who was jailed after defending prosecuted Christians and other minorities, says China now faces its “harshest and most brutal political oppression since the end of Mao Zedong’s rule.”
NEWS ALERT: China House Church Leader Released; Family Jailed Professor Flees To U.S.
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)- China has unexpectedly released the deputy chairman of a major organization representing the country's growing number of house churches, after he served six months of a two-year "re-education through labor" sentence, rights activists told BosNewsLife Tuesday January 24.
China House Churches Want Parliament Investigation Into Crackdown
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Pastors of "house" churches in China urged the country's parliament Wednesday, May 11, to investigate a police crackdown on one of Beijing's largest underground churches while Chinese Christian leaders in the United States and Canada launched a global signature campaign to support the embattled Shouwang Church, supporters said.
‘China Jails Pastor and Church For Refusing To Worship China’s President’; Prayers Urged
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian rights activists urge prayers for some 100 jailed Chinese Christians including a prominent evangelical pastor who condemned China's Communist "regime" for "forcing" its citizens to treat President Xi Jinping like a god.