Chinese Expel Shouwang Church Member from Beijing

BEIJING, China (Worthy News)– Chinese authorities recently expelled yet another member of Beijing’s largest unregistered house churches.

Chuan Liang was the second member of the Shouwang “keeping watch” Church to be expelled from the city since authorities compelled the congregation to meet outdoors; the first expulsion came after Shouwang Church held its fifth consecutive outdoor Sunday worship service when 15 members were taken to 10 police stations across Beijing, but most were released within 24 hours.

In the 12 weeks since Shouwang Church lost its indoor meeting site, Chinese authorities have tried different tactics to discourage church members from attending its Sunday services, including police detention, house arrest, eviction, and being fired from their jobs.

Shouwang Church leaders filed a protest against Liang’s expulsion in its Statement on the Infringement of the Rights of Citizens of Faith: “The forced expatriation by Dongsheng Police Station and Haidian Public Security Bureau has constituted a complete contempt for and a flagrant violation of the law, in effect depriving a citizen of any guarantee of the most basic of foundational existential rights.”