U.S church leader arrested after house church raided in China
NANYANG, Henan, China (WordNews.org) April 22, 2013 – A United States church leader is under house arrest in China after police raised a house church during a revival meeting. Dennis Balcombe’s whereabouts are unknown, according to China Aid. Balcome is the head of Hong Kong Revival Chinese Ministries International. China Aid said also in the […]
Read More →Persecution of Christians on rise in Africa according to latest World Watch List; North Korea tops list as most severe
SANTA ANA, Calif. (WordNews.org) Jan. 8, 2013 – Persecution of Christians is on the rise worldwide and North Korea is the top perpetrator, according to the latest Open Doors 2013 World Watch List. The list tracks 50 countries where Christians face the most severe persecution for their faith, North Korea has topped that list for […]
Read More →Secret Chinese document outlines Communist Party’s planned crackdown on evangelists
BEIJING, China (WordNews.org) dec. 19, 2012 — The Communist Party Central Committee’s s secret documents detailing how to crackdown on evangelism on college and university campuses have been obtained by the Christian organization ChinaAid. The document uses war-like terms, refers to evangelists as “hostile forces” and evangelism as an effort to “infiltrate China.” The document […]
Read More →7 Chinese Christians charged with ‘cult crimes’
PINGDINGSHAN, Henan, China (WordNews.org) June 4, 2012 — A house church in Hebei provice was surrounded and raised by 200 police and government officials, China Aid is reporting. Fifty-four believers were arrested only seven have been detained and formally charged. The seven who were charged are: Han Hai, male, aged 60, previously administratively detained twice, […]
Read More →Chen Guangchen heading to US
Update: Chen Guangchen arrived in New York City Saturday night. Story here. BEIJING (WordNews.org) May 19, 2011 — The blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng’s family is en route to the United States, Fox News is reporting. ChinaAid’s Bob Fu made a phone call to Chen today. Chen told Fu at the time that a Chinese […]
Read More →Chen left U.S. Embassy fearing for backlash against wife
BEIJING (WordNews.org) May 2, 2012 — ChinaAid said there’s more to the story regarding Christian human rights activist Chen Guangcheng’s decision to leave the U.S. Embassy’s diplomatic protection today on “his own volition.” ChinaAid has received reports from reliable sources that Chen’s decision to leave the U.S. Embassy was done reluctantly because “serious threats to […]
Read More →Imprisoned Chinese Christian newspaper editor released early
JINMEN, Hubei, China (WordNews.org) Feb. 24, 2012 – A Chinese house church leader and the editor of a newspaper has been released five years early, ChinaAid president Bob Fu said. Li Ying, of the South China Church in Hubei, was released on Christmas day. She’d been sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2002 for […]
Read More →Congress to hear testimony surrounding Christian’s imprisonment in China
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Feb. 13, 2012 — “Bob” Xiqiu Fu, founder and president of China Aid Association, and the wife of imprisoned Chinese political dissident Guo Quan will testify before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China Tuesday. The two will testify at a hearing entitled “The Case and Treatment of Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng.” […]
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