Beijing, Feb 8 (IANS) China’s crackdown on churches is part of a broader effort to align social institutions with the ideological priorities of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a report said. On January 5, hundreds of armed police surrounded Yayang Church in Wenzhou region of China’s Zhejiang province and led to the removal of the church’s cross from its scaffolding, an action that indicated more than a local zoning dispute, the report added.”Its targeting reflects an intensifying national cam…
Latest Early Rain Covenant Church News & Updates
Washington, Jan 8 (IANS) Half a dozen members of an underground Protestant church based in Sichuan’s Chengdu have been arrested by the Chinese authorities, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) mentioned in a statement. This is the latest in a series of arrests of members of prominent unofficial “house churches” in China in the past year, it stated. On January 6, the Early Rain Covenant Church stated that police conducted raid at the home of its current leader, Li Yingqiang, in Deyang and took him away. …