December 2018

Guangdong

Guangzhou authorities label church “illegitimate”

Authorities confiscate Biblesand books from RongguiliChurch on Dec. 16, 2018.(Photo: Handout)  ChinaAid (Guangzhou—Dec. 31, 2018) Authorities from several government departments raided Rongguili Church in Guangzhou on Dec. 16, confiscating a

Human Rights

Help a Chinese church in need!

Early Rain Covenant Church holds an outdoor service in this undated photo. (Photo: ChinaAid) ChinaAid (Chengdu, Sichuan—Dec. 30, 2018) In response to the arrest of more than 160 members of

Featured

A year in review

ChinaAid (Midland, Texas—Dec. 29, 2018) As one of the most harrowing years for religious freedom and human rights abuses in China comes to a close, ChinaAid is reflecting on the

Human Rights

Authorities interrupt church blood drive

Protesters oppose the Chinese government’s abuses.(Photo: ChinaAid) ChinaAid (Xuzhou, Jiangsu—Dec. 28, 2018) Around 12:00 p.m. on Dec. 16, police in China’s eastern Jiangsu province interrupted a church blood drive. “Today,

Guangdong

Shanxi officials ban church

A seal on a closed church in China’sGuangdong province.(Photo: ChinaAid) ChinaAid (Taiyuan, Shanxi—Dec. 27, 2018) Government personnel in China’s northern Shanxi province banned a church on Dec. 16. Cornerstone Church,

Anhui

Anhui authorities raid church

Authorities remove achurch cross in thisundated photo.(Photo: ChinaAid) ChinaAid (Lu’an, Anhui—Dec. 23, 2018) More than 30 officials from China’s Anhui province broke into Capernaum Church on the morning of Dec.

Hebei

Chinese authorities ban Christmas decorations, Santa

A document announcing the prohibition of Christmas-related items in Langfang, Hebei. (Photo: ChinaAid) ChinaAid (Langfang, Hebei—Dec. 22, 2018) Days before people around the world will observe Christmas, officials in Langfang,

Human Rights

Letter calls for prayers for persecuted church

Early Rain Covenant Church Pastor Wang Yi (left) in a meeting during a trip to Washington, D.C., in 2006. Wang was arrested last Sunday and, along with his wife, is

Human Rights

CNN interviews ChinaAid president on house church persecution

Bob Fu(Photo: ChinaAid) ChinaAid (Midland, Texas—Dec. 18, 2018) CNN International interviewed ChinaAid President and Founder Bob Fu today, discussing the recent arrest of Early Rain Covenant Church Christians. During the

December 2018

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