China Sentences House Church Pastors to Prison

Open Doors reports that five pastors arrested without a warrant in China’s Shanxi Province as they were on their way to file a complaint over the demolition of their church building, have been sentenced to prison terms of three to seven years. Read the rest of this entry »

Christians Request Prayer as Chinese Authorities Abolish House Church in Sichuan

By Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

SICHUAN, CHINA ANS — Authorities have abolished the Christian Church of Huaguan Town, a house church in Huaguan town, Nanbu county, Sichuan province, and arrested three church members on June 29, 2009, according to ChinaAid www.chinaaid.org . Read the rest of this entry »

YouTube – Persecution: A price to pay for being a Christian?

A testimony of Dr Daniel Wong, a professor at The Master’s College, who faced persecutions as a Christian first hand from Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution in China. Read the rest of this entry »

Two Christian Leaders Detained after Youth Camp is Raided

By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries

HENAN, CHINA ANS — A Christian youth camp was raided in Nanyang city, Henan on Thursday, July 23.

According to ChinaAid www.chinaaid.org, more than 20 students were participating in a summer youth camp at No. 23, Lizhuang, Pushan town, Wuolong district, Nanyang city, Henan, China, when they were raided by a number of Public Security Bureau (PSB) and Religious Affairs Bureau (RAB) officials. Read the rest of this entry »

Chinese Christian Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Printing and Giving Away Free Bibles

By Michael Ireland Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

BEIJING, CHINA -  A Chinese Christian bookstore owner and house church leader has been found guilty by a Beijing Court of “illegal business operation” and sentenced to three years in prison and 150,000 Yuan fine about $22,000 USD for printing and distributing Bibles at no cost. Read the rest of this entry »