CHINA AID–
At least 15 churches have been harassed in mainland China since Sunday in a nationwide crackdown on the faith.
At 9:30 a.m. on May 12, state security officers from the local religious management bureau invaded Jinxiangtan Church in Xiangtan, Hunan province, and stopped one of the church’s elders, a man surnamed Huang, while he was preaching. One of the bureau’s agents ordered the church to stop all evangelical events.
On the same day, Renai Reformed Church in Guiyang was also stormed by personnel from local government departments, including the religious affairs bureau, national security bureau, police officers, auxiliary police officers, and others, which have not been named.
Christians gathered there for worship said the officers requested the pastor stop preaching.
The pastor requested that they show us official papers, and the officials said they were being penalized for holding “illegal religious activities.” Continue reading…
