(International Christian Concern) On April 19, a house church in China’s Xiamen, a city in southeastern Fujian province, was raided by local authorities during their Sunday service.
According to preacher Titus Yu’s Twitter account (@earthenling), government staff from five different departments were part of this raid. After they tried to stop the service for 30 minutes, Yu and his other coworker were summoned verbally while he was preaching.
The reason for the summon, was that the church located in Jimei allegedly violated the notice as announced in the January Xiamen City No.5 Document – during the pandemic, all should halt “folk religion” religious gatherings. But this document does not seem to have any legal binding.