{"id":2511397,"date":"2025-11-17T09:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-pastors-rounded-up-arrested-in-latest-anti-christian-crackdown\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:24:58","slug":"chinese-pastors-rounded-up-arrested-in-latest-anti-christian-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-pastors-rounded-up-arrested-in-latest-anti-christian-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Pastors Rounded Up, Arrested in Latest Anti-Christian Crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinese-pastors-rounded-up-arrested-in-latest-anti-christian-crackdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2511397&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Several leaders of a house church in Xi&#8217;an, China-Pastor Lian Xuliang, Pastor Lian Changnian, and Sister Fu Juan-were arrested again on November 2, 2025, amid a crackdown by the Chinese Communist Party on unofficial Christian gatherings. They face &#8220;fraud&#8221; charges, a common tactic used by authorities to suppress house churches that collect voluntary tithes and offerings. The three had previously been detained for nearly three years and released earlier in 2025, but were placed under residential surveillance and have now been taken back into custody even before a verdict in their ongoing case.Pastor Lian Changnian, aged 71, had required hospital treatment due to declining health.The woman identified as the alleged victim of &#8220;fraud&#8221; has denied harm and stated she was coerced into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wyoming-woman-gets-21-months-in-prison-for-false-accusation-of-rape-attempt-to-extort-victim\/\" title=\"Wyoming Woman Gets 21 Months In Prison For ... of Rape, Attempt To Extort Victim\">making false accusations<\/a>. Christian organizations like China Aid and Open Doors highlight that the Chinese government permits onyl state-sanctioned church worship and increasingly punishes independent religious groups. They call on international authorities, including the U.S. governance, to pressure China to respect religious freedoms and not misuse legal charges to target unofficial religious communities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the Chinese Communist Party hunts down house church associates and arrests them for assembling to worship the true and living God, several leaders from one such church in Xi&rsquo;an, China, were taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Lian Xuliang, Pastor Lian Changnian, and Sister Fu Juan of Xi&rsquo;an Church of Abundance were detained and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/china-arrests-numerous-prominent-christians-leaders-trump-admin-demands-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a> on Nov. 2, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/chinaaid.org\/news\/members-of-xian-house-church-arrested-again-crime-of-fraud-used-once-again-as-a-legal-tool-to-suppress-religious-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release<\/a> from China Aid.<\/p>\n<p>The believers stand accused of &ldquo;fraud,&rdquo; a charge often leveraged as a means to suppress house churches.<\/p>\n<p>The same three Christians have already been detained on &ldquo;fraud&rdquo; charges, having spent two years and eight months in custody starting in August 2022, and being released earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The three of them were later placed under residential surveillance at a designated location and released on bail on April 12, 2025,&rdquo; China Aid described.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); \/\/ Helper function to set a cookie function setVideoCookie(name, value, days) {     var expires=\"\";     if (days) {         var date=new Date();         date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000));         expires=\"; expires=\" + date.toUTCString();     }     document.cookie=name + \"=\" + (value || \"\")  + expires + \"; path=\/\"; }  \/\/ Helper function to get a cookie function getVideoCookie(name) {     var nameEQ=name + \"=\";     var ca=document.cookie.split(';');     for(var i=0; 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the church said.<\/p>\n<p>China Aid noted that the &ldquo;fraud&rdquo; charges are based on the reality that house churches often take voluntary tithes and offerings, which is standard practice for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leaders-tens-millions-us-christians-call-trump-personally-pressure-syrian-president-end-massacre-christians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christians<\/a> around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese authorities are claiming that a woman named Qin Wen was a victim of the &ldquo;fraud,&rdquo; but even she &ldquo;has stated that she was never harmed and publicly stated that she was coerced into cooperating in making a false accusation,&rdquo; according to China Aid.<\/p>\n<p>Open Doors, a Christian nonprofit drawing attention to the persecuted church around the world, said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoors.org\/en-US\/persecution\/countries\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >arresting house church leaders<\/a> is a common tactic in China.<\/p>\n<p>The communist nation allows for state-sanctioned Christian worship, but has more recently cracked down on believers who refuse to worship in such churches.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;More leaders of house churches are being convicted of fraud or other economic crimes, and face long and arduous prison sentences,&rdquo; the analysis said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The relative openness the Chinese church experienced for many years is slowly closing. Each year, the expression of Christian faith becomes subject to increasingly complex legal restrictions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>China Aid called on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rubio-demands-release-church-leaders-arrested-chinese-communist-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> administration to urge Chinese authorities to &ldquo;abide by international conventions and safeguard the fundamental dignity and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-nothing-equal-about-the-equality-act\/\" title=\"There Is Nothing \u2018Equal\u2019 About The \u2018Equality Act\u2019\">religious rights<\/a> of Chinese citizens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>They asked that other nations ensure the &ldquo;fraud&rdquo; claims do not &ldquo;become a normalized tool for the authorities to suppress unofficial religious communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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