Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is China Aid Association a report agency only?
A: No. We have a three-fold mission: to Expose, Encourage and Equip. For security reasons, we usually don’t report how much help, especially financial aid, we have delivered to persecuted Christians. But nearly 80 percent of our annual budget goes directly to China to help the persecuted believers.

Q: How to you verify your reports?
A: China Aid investigators are dispatched on short notice to the scenes of persecution to conduct direct interviews with victims and family members. With collaboration from local church leaders and members, these monitors gather information including photos, video and audio interviews. All information is verified by secondary sources before being transmitted to CAA headquarters.

Q: How do you typically help someone once you receive a report about an abuse?
A: Based on our determination of the degree of urgency, and with permission from the victims or family members, CAA delivers emergency funds, contacts the appropriate media and notifies Western governments and NGOs. When appropriate, we direct letter-writing campaigns, urging release of the prisoner(s). Some letters are directed to Chinese embassies and consulates, prison authorities and top Chinese government officials. Others, directed to the President of the United States, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and the State Department, request diplomatic intervention. We also encourage the free world to write letters to the prisoners and their families to encourage them and let them know they are not forgotten.

Q: Why does the house church in China refuse to register with the government?
A: The main reason is that house church Christians recognize only one head of the Church, that is, Jesus Christ. The TSPM must recognize two, both Christ and the Communist Party. Also, while it varies from church to church and pastor to pastor, generally speaking, TSPM pastors must self-censor their sermons.

Q: Does religious persecution happen everywhere in China?
A: Religious intolerance and discrimination prevail in China. The degree of persecution varies from place to place, depending upon how local officials interpret the religious policy and how badly they want to please their superiors.

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