BOOKS: EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY AND THE “JERUSALEM OF CHINA”
DAVID ADAMS reads the latest in Paul Hattaway’s series on the history of Christianity in China…
China reportedly introduces three-person teams to monitor religious groups
World Watch Monitor In Wenzhou city – also dubbed “China’s Jerusalem” – teams of three government officials will now monitor the activities of religious groups by keeping their meeting-places under observation, International Christian Concern reports. A church in Wenzhou where religious venues have been told they must align their teachings with the agenda of the government. […]
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 […]
No news of Chinese Catholic priest missing for eight months
World Watch Monitor Nothing has been heard from a Chinese Catholic priest, now missing for eight months after he was taken away by the authorities in December, 2017, UCA Catholic news agency reports. Any contact with Fr Lu Danhua was lost after the personnel of Qingtian Religious Affairs Bureau visited him in his dormitory of Qingtian […]