(Shaanxi province) Chinese human rights lawyer Chang Weiping was sentenced to three years and six months in prison for subversion of state power. He is expected to be released in
(Taiyuan, Shaanxi Province) On the morning of June 9, Pastor Wang Yingjie of Zion Reformed Church and his wife Wang Ying suddenly could not be reached by their friends. Fellow
(Xi’an, China) The staff of Xi’an Church of Abundance, including Fu Juan and pastors Lian Changnian and Lian Xuliang, were officially arrested on March 22 for “fraud.” Meanwhile, police torture
(Xi’an, Shanxi province—March 9, 2023) Local police summoned an elderly Christian to fabricate charges against arrested pastors of Xi’an Church of Abundance. Authorities tortured the believer during a 24-hour detention,
(Xi’an, Shaanxi province) On the morning of February 22, attorneys learned that authorities tortured the three defendants in the Xi’an Church of Abundance case. All three were recently transferred from
(Xi’an, Shaanxi province) Pastor Lian Changnian, Pastor Lian Xuliang, and Preacher Fu Juan of Xi’an Church of Abundance were held under residential surveillance at a designated location (RSDL) for alleged
(Xi’an, Shaanxi Province – January 23, 2023) Authorities arrested two Xi’an Church of Abundance pastors for “fraud”—Lian Xuliang and his father Lian Changnian. Without any update in five months, Pastor
Photo: Notice to ban Xi’an Church of Abundance (Screenshot of Xi’an Civil Affairs Bureau’s website) (Xi’an, Shaanxi province – January 9, 2023) Guo Guanglin, Zhang Jun, and Liu Linfei sent
(Xi’an, Shaanxi province) On October 17, the Church of Abundance in Xi’an issued a public prayer letter stating that two pastors and a fellow Christian have been secretly detained for
(Xi’an, Shaanxi Province) On August 20, 2022, Guo Jiuju, the wife of Senior Pastor Lian Changnian of Xi’an Church of Abundance, and Zhang Jun, wife of Pastor Lian Xuliang, sent
(Xi’an, Shaanxi Province) On August 19, 2022, Xi’an Harvest Church, a house church in Shaanxi, has been officially shut down by the Xi’an Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs. The shutdown
(Shaanxi province, China) The case of Chinese human rights lawyer Chang Weiping, who was charged with “inciting subversion of state power” for attending a gathering, was heard in secret on