'Tis the season in China to crack down on Christians in house churches, according to a new report from China Aid Association, which says nine Christians were arrested during the Christmas season while re-enacting a nativity play.
The organization, which directs its work to helping Christians in the fast-growing faith community inside the communist nation, said in a Christmas Day report that attacks in just the past few days have included those arrests, the threats of house church building demolition and bans on house church meetings.
The arrests and threats come just a week after authorities demolished a building used by a Christian church group, leaving nearly a dozen church participants who tried to defend their facility beaten....