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“They Killed My Mother, They Arrested My Father”: Sister Zou Demei’s Father’s Day Reflections

The former leader of The Church of Almighty God in four Chinese provinces is free in the United States, but her mother has been killed and she cannot contact her elderly father in China. ...

2019-06-162019-09-11

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Tied together in God’s love, Christians embraced the Spring Festival together

On Feb. 3, 2019, eve of Spring Festival, Christians from The Church of Almighty God in Japan held an activity to welcome the Spring Festival. Members from the Association on Study of Religions and Human Rights (general organization legal entity) were invited to take part in this activity. ...

2019-06-162019-06-16

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Chinese Authorities Shut Down House Church After 14 Years of Persecution

The Chinese government doesn’t seem to care a whit about the holidays its people celebrate, which is seemingly evident in its crackdown on the Fuzhou Reformed Church on Mother’s Day Sunday. ...

2019-05-302024-07-27

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Italian Festival of Religions: All Must Defend Religious Freedom

On April 5, 2019 Mondoreligioni, an Italian festival of religions now in its second edition, was held in Rome, drawing representatives of religious groups from a number of countries to have exchanges by displaying religious literature and artwork, creative performances, and so on. The festival’s organizers, Italy’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Vice-President of the European Parliament, attended the event to deliver speeches. Christians with The Church of Almighty God (CAG) were also invited to attend. ...

2019-05-302019-05-30

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Invited to Celebrate Cherry Blossom Festival with Christians of The Church of Almighty God

On Apr. 7, 2019, members from The Association on Study of Religion and Human Rights gathered with Christians from The Church of Almighty God. Christians’ reverence for God and their cherishing to the freedom moved those present. ...

2019-05-302019-10-31

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Religious Suppressions Intensify in Shandong

As Bitter Winter reported last week, the religious persecution in the eastern province of Shandong is escalating. In preparation for a visit from the central religious inspection team, local governments across the province have dismantled crosses, demolished temples, and vigorously cracked down on house churches. The recently received information indicates that the investigation of and control over religious venues and religious believers throughout the province is becoming more severe, paving a way to even more intense suppressions. ...

2019-05-292019-09-11

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Mom, Don’t Come Home!

The Church of Almighty God (CAG), the largest Christian new religious movement in China, is banned there by the CCP and subject to violent persecution. Hundreds of its members have escaped to South Korea, where they are seeking asylum. ...

2019-05-242024-07-27

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Three-Self Churches Ripped Apart in Henan Province

Local authorities in Henan shut down churches by blocking off the entrances and destroying church facilities. Wang Yichi The cries of the Christians ...

2019-05-242019-09-11

Christian School Struggling for Survival

Panshi Church, located in Zhengzhou city of central China’s Henan Province, founded “Vanilla Hill School” in August 2008, where 80 students on average attended its kindergarten and primary school. ...

2019-05-212019-09-11

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Zealous Officials Destroy Four Temples in One Village

Motivated by a visiting central government dignitary, local authorities in Henan are taking “religious work” to the new level. Anything to please the Party. ...

2019-05-132019-09-11

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