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Critical Uncensored News | ChinaAid Newsletter 12.11.2025

Source:                      www.ChinaAid.org

Date:                           December 11, 2025

 

Walking with the Persecuted Faithful: ChinaAid’s Latest Updates

Join us as we walk with the persecuted faithful. As the Chinese Communist Party intensifies its war on faith under Xi Jinping, the persecuted church in China faces unprecedented trials. Elder Li Yingqiang has issued an urgent call for believers to prepare for even greater persecution.

Brave Christian journalist Zhang Zhan has been honored with the 2025 Lin Zhao Freedom Award for the second time. Beijing authorities recently raided a simple Thanksgiving gathering, while the Council on Foreign Relations webinar confirmed the CCP’s escalating crackdown—and its expanding global reach, now jailing protesters even in Kazakhstan.

ChinaAid stands with the persecuted faithful, exposing these injustices and protecting the vulnerable. None of this would be possible without your faithful partnership. Thank you for walking with us in this critical hour.

Breaking News: Beijing Authorities Raid Thanksgiving Gathering, Detain Zion Church Member Amid Ongoing Crackdown

In a serious escalation of religious persecution, Beijing police raided a private Thanksgiving meal on November 27, 2025, detaining Sister Chang, a young believer from Zion Church, and several others. The small gathering near Beijing Normal University involved no worship or preaching, yet officers labeled it an "illegal religious meeting," conducting invasive searches and interrogations.

Sister Chang endured nearly 10 hours of questioning without food or water, fainting multiple times before her dawn release. This incident follows the October 9, 2025, coordinated arrests of Zion Church leaders across provinces, culminating in the formal arrest of 18 pastors and co-workers on November 18. Rights groups highlight shrinking freedoms for house churches, urging international scrutiny as believers face intensified suppression.
 

Defend religious liberty in China. Share Sister Chang's story to expose this injustice—your voice can amplify the cries of the oppressed and pressure authorities for change now! Read the Zion Church Intercession Letter Here

Story #2: Xi's War on God: Council on Foreign Relations Webinar

In a stark Council on Foreign Relations webinar, experts detailed the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) intensifying crackdown on faith under Xi Jinping. Bob Fu of ChinaAid highlighted unprecedented persecution of Christians, including criminalizing tithing as "fraud," barring minors from church activities, and jailing believers for overseas religious travel.

Louisa Greve from the Uyghur Human Rights Project described ongoing mass detentions of Uyghurs for Quran study, with over a million still surveilled amid demolished mosques. Cynthia Sun of the Falun Dafa Information Center reported a resurgence in Falun Gong arrests, with over 10,000 harassed since 2022 using advanced tech surveillance. Panelists noted tech giants like Apple enabling censorship by removing Bible apps. 
 

The CCP's "Sinicization" demands loyalty to Xi over God, forcing state churches to sing the national anthem before hymns. Yet faith endures, fueling quiet revivals.
 

Advocate today: Contact your representatives to support the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act extensions and sanctions on persecutors. Pray for detained believers. Share stories from ChinaAid.org. Raise awareness in your community. Together, we can amplify their voices and push for change. 

Watch Webinar Here

Story #3: Zhang Zhan: Fearless Citizen Journalist Exposing China’s COVID-19 Cover Up

Christian journalist Zhang Zhan, awarded the 2025 Lin Zhao Freedom Award for the second time, continues to speak truth fearlessly despite repeated persecution. In 2020, she exposed the CCP’s COVID-19 cover-up in Wuhan, leading to four years in prison. After her release, she advocated for the oppressed and was sentenced again to four years in August 2025.

Like Lin Zhao, Zhang Zhan believes truth is non-negotiable, saying, “The truth will set you free” (John 8:32). Dr. Bob Fu, President of ChinaAid, reflects on Zhang Zhan’s unyielding faith and resilience, urging the world to stand for her freedom.

Watch ChinaAid’s Bob Fu Award Zhang Zhan Lin Zhao Freedom Award Here

Story #4: Elder Li Yingqiang Issues Urgent Call for Persecution Preparedness Amid Escalating Crackdowns

Deyang, Sichuan – As China's house churches face intensifying government repression, Elder Li Yingqiang of Early Rain Covenant Church has released a poignant pastoral letter urging believers to prepare for an impending wave of persecution.

The letter comes just days before the seventh anniversary of the infamous "12.9 Case," when over 100 members of Early Rain, including Pastor Wang Yi, were arrested in a sweeping raid on December 9, 2018. 
 

The letter highlights the recent "10.9 Zion Church crackdown," where authorities detained at least 28 pastors and workers across provinces in October 2025. Li frames persecution as a divine test, calling for readiness in theology, church structure, family life, and personal scenarios like interrogations and imprisonment.

Li's message resonates as a beacon of resilience. "We are not an untrained mob," he writes, "but soldiers of Christ."

Elder Li Yingqiang’s Key Points 

  • Context and Urgency: Approaching the seventh anniversary of the "12.9 Case" and Pastor Wang Yi's impending release; recent "10.9 Zion Church" arrests signal potential large-scale crackdowns on house churches.
  • Theological Preparation: Emphasize God's sovereignty, grace, and the Gospel; root in Scripture, prayer, and hymns to sustain faith amid trials.
  • Ecclesiological Preparation: Persecution targets the church body; pastors lead frontlines, co-workers support, members maintain unity and care for affected families.
  • Family Preparation: Discuss possibilities like detention or job loss openly; ensure unity, communicate with children/elderly, plan childcare, and set prayer times.
  • Personal Scenario Preparation: Ready for police stations (respond wisely), detention/prison (serve as missionaries), and court (proclaim the gospel).
  • Conclusion: Church as a disciplined army; prepare to witness faithfully without fear, under Christ's leadership.
 
Urgent Prayer for China’s Persecuted Christians
  • Father, we plead for mercy for Sister Chang and all the detained. Strengthen their faith. Comfort their families. Provide for legal fees and a swift release.
  • Thank you for Louisa Greve, Cynthia Sun, and Bob Fu exposing the Chinese Communist Party’s evils and persecution of faith minorities. We pray international action would come from the recent webinar. 
  • We plead for mercy for Zhang Zhan. She has been a pillar and beacon of hope for the last 5 years. We pray her strength and faith would not fail but flourish. We pray for a breakthrough in her case and a prompt release. Send hope to her in her prison cell. 
  • Lord, we lift up the 12 protesters arrested in Kazakhstan. We ask for provision for their legal fees. We ask for divine wisdom for their lawyers as they appeal for their release. We pray the international community would not turn a blind eye to the CCP’s cruel influence. 
  • We thank you for Elder Li Yingqiang’s crucial letter. We pray it would encourage hundreds, thousands, and even millions of underground believers throughout China and even to the rest of the world. Bless Elder Li Yingqiang and his family. May he continue to be a bold witness and faithful shepherd. 
  • We pray for ChinaAid’s Bible campaign this Christmas. We pray for all 200,000 Bibles to be fully funded by Christmas, in Jesus’s Name. 
 
The Most Dangerous Book in China This Christmas?
The One About a Baby in a Manger 

The CCP fears the Bible more than tanks or missiles, because it alone can transform an entire nation from the inside. Right now, Chinese children are taught to sing, “The Party is my mother, my savior,” while the real Savior is called poison to their minds. 

This Christmas, you can change that. For every $5 you give, one child will open a Bible and read the true Christmas story of our Savior for the very first time. Give a child the Christmas gift the CCP fears most—the Bible. Send a Bible Now.

 
SEND BIBLE NOW
 

"The curtain may rise at any moment. Let us not sleep, but stay alert and prepare. May we all become faithful and good actors who, when the Director calls us onto the stage, stand without fear and play well every role He entrusts to us—until He Himself declares, “The performance is finished,” and places the crown of glory upon our heads.”
- Elder Li Yingqiang