House churches in China

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Protestantism
gptkb:Charismatic_movement
gptkb:Evangelicalism
gptkbp:country gptkb:China
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:Catholicism
gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:growthPeriod 1980s-present
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label House churches in China
gptkbp:languageOfWorship gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese
Local dialects
gptkbp:leader Lay leaders
Unordained pastors
gptkbp:legalStatus Illegal (unregistered)
Tolerated in some regions
gptkbp:meetingPlace Apartments
Private homes
Underground locations
gptkbp:notableEvent Early Rain Covenant Church closure
Henan house church raids
Shouters movement crackdown
Wenzhou church demolitions
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Zhang_Boli
gptkb:Bob_Fu
gptkb:Allen_Yuan
gptkb:Jin_Mingri
gptkb:Joseph_Gu
gptkb:Li_Dexian
gptkb:Li_Tianen
gptkb:Lin_Xiangao
gptkb:Peter_Xu
gptkb:Sun_Yi-yin
gptkb:Xu_Yongze
gptkb:Yu_Jie
gptkb:Zhang_Rongliang
gptkb:Gao_Feng
gptkb:Watchman_Nee
gptkb:Wang_Yi
gptkb:Samuel_Lamb
gptkbp:numberOfMembers Tens of millions
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Three-Self_Patriotic_Movement
gptkb:Chinese_government
gptkb:Chinese_Patriotic_Catholic_Association
gptkbp:persecutedBy Surveillance
Harassment
Arrests
Closure of meeting places
gptkbp:reasonForFormation Avoidance of state control
Desire for religious freedom
gptkbp:relatedTo Chinese house church movement
Religious persecution in China
Underground church
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:status Unregistered
Unofficial
gptkbp:subjectOf News articles
Academic studies
Human rights reports
Religious freedom reports
gptkbp:worshipStyle Evangelical
Non-liturgical
Informal
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:History_of_Christianity
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6