Tag: Shouwang Church

China’s Christians seize internet opportunities

December 31, 2012 China Censorship, Religious freedom, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Shouwang Church, Zhang Kai

Chinese Christians are sharing their faith on Weibo, China’s giant, state-regulated, social network – and some are beginning to challenge the censor by speaking out against religious persecution. When Christian band Rainbow Come appeared on China’s equivalent of “The X Factor,” Christians turned to social networking to drum up votes . . . Read More

Christians consider China’s leadership change: Q&A with Brent Fulton

November 16, 2012 China Beijing, China, Communism, Mao Zedong, Shouwang Church, Sichuan, Xi Jinping

China introduced its new Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party to its people and the world Thursday. The seven-man team sits at the very top of the government that will run the world’s most populous country for the next 10 years. The team is the . . . Read More

Authorities plan to eradicate house churches

April 25, 2012 China China, Communism, House churches, Shouwang Church, Three-Self Patriotic Movement

China’s government is engaged in a three-phase campaign to eradicate Protestant house churches, according to a statement released Friday (April 20) by the China Aid Association (CAA). The government’s strategy was clearly outlined in a document released last September during a training class for “Patriots in the Christian Community” run . . . Read More

Top 10 Stories of 2011

January 6, 2012 Global News -- No Particular Country Abyei, Afghanistan, Al-Shabaab, Aswan, Berom, Bogor, Boko Haram, China, Converts, Egypt, GKI Yasmin, Hosni Mubarak, Indonesia, Iran, Java, Kabul, Kadugli, Laos, Mogadishu, Nigeria, Omar al-Bashir, Shahbaz Bhatti, Shouwang Church, Somalia, Sudan, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Taliban, Youcef Nadarkhani

Unceasing, accelerating incidents of bloodshed in Nigeria topped World Watch Monitor’s top 10 news stories of 2011 as Boko Haram and other Islamic extremists lashed out at Christians. Following this top news story was the assassination of Pakistan’s only Christian cabinet member in March 2011; the upholding of the death . . . Read More

Authorities again deny facility to Shouwang Church

January 3, 2012 China China, Shouwang Church

Authorities in China again thwarted efforts by Shouwang Church to lease a worship facility at the year’s end, and the Beijing congregation again met outdoors on Sunday (Jan. 1) – resulting in the arrest of 48 members, sources said. “The church tried three times to rent three different venues, but . . . Read More

Church in China to end outdoor services; Gao Zhisheng alive

December 23, 2011 China Beijing, China, Gao Zhisheng, Shouwang Church

Key issues in Chinese religious rights are taking a pivotal turn at year’s end as the beleaguered Shouwang house church in Beijing will celebrate its last outdoor service on Christmas Day, and “disappeared” human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has ostensibly resurfaced – in an undisclosed prison. Denied access to a . . . Read More

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