China’s deadly weather from heat to hailstorms take a toll
Beijing, ChinaReuters Torrential rain triggered flash floods in northern China killing one person and sweeping away two, state media reported on Monday, the latest victims of weeks of extreme weather that has brought misery to many and shows no sign of ending. The heavy rain, heat and recent hail have been damaging infrastructure, crops and […]
In China, six churches closed, crosses removed from three others
World Watch Monitor Authorities in China have closed at least six “underground” Protestant churches in Guizhou province in south-west China, reports UK-based CSW. The churches in Guiyang city were closed on 8th October on account of being “illegal religious venues”. Since the introduction of the revised regulations on religion in February, pressure on Chinese churches has […]
BOOKS: A DETAILED AND TIMELY LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IN CHINA
DAVID ADAMS reads the first two books in ‘The China Chronicles’, Paul Hattaway’s history of the church in China…
Chinese pastor released after two and a half years in prison
World Watch Monitor A Chinese pastor was released on Tuesday, after being detained for two and a half years for “illegally possessing state secrets”, reports Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Pastor Yang Hua of Huoshi Church (which means Living Stone), in the south-western province of Guizhou, was arrested in December, 2015. He was sentenced a year later, in […]
Six Christians jailed as pressure on churches increases in China
World Watch Monitor The Golden Lampstand Church in Linfen, Shanxi province, was demolished earlier this month. PICTURE: A still taken from a Guardian video. A Chinese court in the southwestern province of Yunnan sent six Protestant Christians to prison last week for their membership of an “evil cult”. The verdict comes as part of a provincial […]