Tag: Three-Self Patriotic Movement

China tightens grip on religion

September 23, 2016 China Education, Sinicisation, Three-Self Patriotic Movement, Xi Jinping, Zhejiang

The Chinese government has released a set of proposed amendments to its rules regulating religious affairs, as President Xi Jinping attempts to exert even greater control over how religion is practised. The new set of amendments, released to the public on 7 Sep. for a one-month consultation period, includes guidelines . . . Read More

Sanjiang church demolished

April 28, 2014 China Sanjiang, Three-Self Patriotic Movement

Church standoff a study in China’s complexity

April 25, 2014 China Churches, Sanjiang, Three-Self Patriotic Movement

Crowds on the steps of Sanjiang Church. Government demolition equipment was poised nearby.Photo anonymously provided to World Watch Monitor It had all the appearances of a brutal government crackdown. Bulldozers were stationed at the perimeter of the Sanjiang Church in Wenzhou, China. Hundreds of church members formed a protective . . . Read More

Chinese Christians’ lawyers attacked in presence of foreign TV crew

December 20, 2013 China Henan, Nanle, Three-Self Patriotic Movement, Zhang Shaojie

Lawyers took shelter in a nearby office, using furniture to barricade the door from the mob outside.China Aid Association An attack on lawyers hired to defend 17 detained Christians in central China, shown around the world on Sky TV, has drawn attention to a case which may not be . . . Read More

Chinese church protests against arrest of 23 members

December 3, 2013 China Beijing, Henan, Nanle, Three-Self Patriotic Movement, Zhang Shaojie

House church’ in Henan province, pictured in late 1980s/early 1990s.Open Doors International A church in eastern China has written a letter to the Chinese government, demanding permission to stage a protest against the detention of 23 members of its congregation. The Nanle County Church in Puyang, Henan province, which . . . Read More

China crackdown on house churches?

August 8, 2013 China China, House churches, Shandong, Three-Self Patriotic Movement, Xinjiang

A government campaign is underway in China to eradicate unregistered churches, according to Release International. The agency says members of unregistered house churches in Shandong province in eastern China are visited in their homes and told to attend the government-approved churches of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement. Meanwhile, Christian Solidarity Worldwide . . . Read More

Chinese house church leader Samuel Lamb dies

August 5, 2013 China Guangzhou, Mao Zedong, Three-Self Patriotic Movement

One of the most well-known Christian leaders in China, Pastor Samuel Lamb, died on Saturday (Aug 3) in Guangzhou, aged 88. He had been arrested during one of the first big waves of persecution in Mao’s China and was first imprisoned from 1955 to 1957, when estimates put the number . . . 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

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