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(Morning Star News) – The growing crack-down on unofficial churches in China deepened on Sunday (Sept. 9) when authorities closed one of the largest churches in Beijing, according to reports. The Beijing Chaoyang District Civil Affairs Bureau informed Zion Church

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Shut down after Sunday services, influential congregation had refused orders to install government surveillance cameras. Image: St. Charles Institute Beijing authorities threatened to close Zion Church last month after the 1,500-member congregation, one of the Chinese capital’s largest

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Ed: How long have you been involved in Lausanne International and what is your current role? CJ: I first got involved with Lausanne at the end of 2015, helping with prayer on the planning team for the Young Leaders Gathering

Photo Credit: China Aid(China Aid) — Henan authorities continue tearing down crosses in Zhengzhou, Nanyang, and Yuzhou. Christians of Chinese Gospel Fellowship Tongxin Church located in Anpeng, Nanyang sang hymns to encourage each other in their empty church after the

People like to lump church planters and church revitalizers together. However, condensing them down to a single category can be unhelpful. What makes a pastor or a church planter great at what they do is not always the same as

Daisy. Arezou. Taryn. Rosie. Unfamiliar names to you, but to CenterSet Church in San Francisco, California, these names represent new brothers and sisters in Christ. One is a former Muslim who was radically saved and immediately baptized. Another, a skeptic

This summer, the Leaf Institute of Art and Vocation, a nonprofit aimed at integrating art education, vocational formation, and the Christian faith, opened its doors in Greenville, South Carolina. Located in the growing arts district of this mid-sized Southern town,

(World Watch Monitor) — Leah Sharibu, the Christian teenager abducted by an Islamist group in February, has asked Nigeria’s president to intervene and help facilitate her release. In a 35 seconds-long audio recording, obtained by Ahmad Salkida for the Nigerian