In some regions authorities have tried to control activities of these unregistered churches.

These include Christians in registered and unregistered churches.

You correctly noted the efforts to intimidate and break up unregistered churches.

He married Lydia Domozhirova in 1951, and they were both baptised as Baptists later that year at an unregistered church.

The extent to which local authorities have tried to control the activities of unregistered churches varies from region to region.

Proselytization in public, in unregistered churches or temples, or by foreigners is prohibited.

The government imposes few controls on religious groups, and many remain unregistered, typically evangelical churches with few members.

In 2004, more than 100 leaders of the church were arrested as part of governmental raids against unregistered churches.

There are also unregistered churches that simply function with the tacit approval of the local government.

Amnesty reports that over 1,750 members of unregistered churches and suspect Muslims have been detained, typically without charges and for an indefinite period of time.