(United States – December 11, 2025) Jeff Den (Jean-François Denis) of Theovox TV, a prominent French-language Christian media outlet, interviewed Dr. Bob Fu, founder of China Aid, in which he discussed the war against Christians in China launched by Xi Jinping, calling it “a war against God and God’s church.” He also pointed out significant cases of persecution that China Aid has extensively covered, such as Beijing Zion Church, Early Rain Covenant Church, and Golden Lampstand Church. Despite Xi Jinping’s oppressive tactics used to persecute Chinese Christians, Dr. Bob Fu states that churches in China continue to grow exponentially. The interview ends with Dr. Bob Fu’s call to action, encouraging Christians to walk with the persecuted and to let our persecuted brothers and sisters know they are not forgotten.
Dr. Bob Fu was a student leader in the 1989 pro-democracy movement. Having personally witnessed the Tiananmen Square crackdown, he turned to the Christian faith and transformed from someone who was within the system into a steadfast advocate for religious freedom. He points out that the current wave of persecution against Christianity is the broadest and most severe since the Cultural Revolution.
Dr. Bob Fu delves into three significant key points: the “War Against the Cross,” the “War Against the Bible,” and the “War Against Christian Leaders.”
The War Against the Cross: Crosses were declared a national security threat, and more than a thousand churches nationwide have been ordered by armed police to remove their crosses. Even state-approved pastors who refuse to take them down voluntarily have been sentenced to 12–14 years in prison, such as Pastor Bao Guohua of Jinhua, Zhejiang, and his wife, Xing Wenxiang.
The War Against the Bible and Against Children: Authorities have banned anyone under 18, including students, from entering churches. Wenzhou, Zhejiang, is the most prominent example, and even doctors and nurses have been restricted. All public bookstores and online platforms, including Apple’s App Store, were ordered to remove the Bible and devotional apps, with the intention of cutting the next generation off from the faith.
War Against Christian Leaders: Dr. Fu listed recent cases in the intensified crackdown on urban house-church networks. Beijing Zion Church is a typical example: it grew from a group of 20 to 1,500 members and was shut down in 2018 for refusing the CCP’s demand to install facial-recognition cameras. However, the church continued to grow, with over 10,000 online participants. Since October 9, nearly 30 church leaders across nine provinces have been arrested; 18 have been formally charged, and five have been released on bail pending trial. Dr. Fu notes that this is the most extensive campaign against urban house-church networks in more than forty years. In earlier comparable cases, Pastor Wang Yi of Chengdu’s Early Rain Covenant Church was sentenced to nine years.
The CCP’s persecution has even extended overseas, called “transnational repression.” An example of this is the establishment of “overseas police stations” in France, Italy, the United States, and other countries, coercing Chinese students to engage in espionage. A personal experience was that Dr. Fu’s own home in Texas was surrounded by mobs for three months, and he even received death threats. He criticizes Western corporations and governments for remaining silent or even complicit with the CCP’s abuses out of “greed.”
Despite the persecution, Dr. Fu is convinced that “the more the persecution, the greater the revival.” He notes with optimism that even though 18 Zion Church leaders are in prison, they have already begun ministry work within those iron bars, ironically established through the hands of the Communist authorities themselves.
Dr. Fu calls on Christians to continue praying, especially for long-disappeared figures such as lawyer Gao Zhisheng and for persecuted families suffering under economic pressure. He urges practical support as well, through China Aid (ChinaAid.org), to provide aid and assistance to persecuted believers.