100,000 Protest Detention Chinese Christian Lawyer
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- A petition calling for the release of a prominent Christian human rights lawyer, which was signed by some 100,000 people around the world, has been delivered to the Chinese embassy in Washington and the U.S. State Department, organizers said Friday, July 17.
NEWS ALERT: China Sentences 10 Christian Leaders To Prison, Labor Camps
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- China has sentenced 10 Christian leaders to long prison terms and forced labor camps as part of a wider government crackdown on unauthorized worship services, BosNewsLife learned Saturday, December 5.
China Detains Bishop For Leaving State Church
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese Christians remained concerned Friday, July 13, over the whereabouts of a newly appointed Chinese bishop who was detained this week after publicly resigning from his position in China's state-backed church.
URGENT BREAKING NEWS: China Releases Elderly Prisoner To See Dying Husband
Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with BosNewsLife Asia Service.
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Amid mounting international pressure the frail Christian activist Shuang Shuying, 79, was released Sunday, February 8, after spending two years in prison, and went immediately to see her dying husband, Hua Zaichen, 91, in a Beijing hospital, BosNewsLife learned.
China House Church Pastor Detained Despite “Insufficient Evidence”
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A well-known house church pastor in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region remained behind bars Monday, March 9, despite a court ruling saying there was "insufficient evidence" to hold him, Christians said.
China Bans Online Churches Despite Coronacrisis
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- China's Communist government halted online church services this Easter, despite the coronavirus pandemic forcing...
China Detains Church Leaders For Online Service
By Johan Th. Bos, Senior International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese security forces have detained six leading members of China's heavily persecuted Early Rain...
Chinese Security Forces Raid Bible Study
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...
Wife, Son of Jailed China Pastor ‘Intimidated’ By Security Forces
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- The wife and child of the jailed founder of one of China's largest unregistered...
China Returns Cross To Evangelical Church
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- An evangelical church in China says it has received back a cross and other...