Posted on 04/21/2025 7:42:00 AM PDT by DFG
This week is significant for Christians worldwide, including myself, as we commemorate Jesus Christ’s death and sacrifice on Good Friday and celebrate his resurrection on Easter Sunday. However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has announced new regulations that will severely restrict foreign missionaries in China starting May 1. Citing the need to combat “extremism” and protect national security, these measures threaten religious freedoms.
Under the new regulation, foreign missionaries must obtain government approval for lectures, sermons, and group activities, facing a burdensome application process that details the date, time, location, and attendees.
Additionally, the regulation includes a comprehensive set of restrictions that prohibit foreign missionaries from engaging in activities such as “Recruiting religious believers among Chinese citizens and appointing religious clergy,” “Organizing and carrying out religious education and training,” “accepting religious donations from Chinese organizations and citizens,” and producing, distributing, and selling religious materials. Violators of these restrictions may face criminal charges depending on the severity of the offense. According to Breitbart, this new regulation is designed to formally end foreign missionary activities in China.
The new regulation is the latest example of the CCP’s deep-seated animosity toward all religions, especially Christianity. Between the 1980s and early 2000s, China’s Christian population surged significantly, with estimates in 2018 indicating it may range from 100 to 200 million — outnumbering the nearly 100 million members of the CCP itself. The CCP, an atheist organization, is alarmed by the rapid growth of Christians. One of the CCP’s worst fears is that the devotion to God could erode loyalty to the party and thus threaten its very legitimacy. As a result, the CCP sees Christianity as an existential threat.
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It’s their country.
One of the CCP’s worst fears is that the devotion to God could erode loyalty to the party and thus threaten its very legitimacy.
read it out loud.
It’s always been like that
I would say foreign missionaries have been restricted in China for the last 70 years.
They have always been watched, monitored, harassed, banned, etc...
I can’t see how this is anything new or different.
It’s God’s country first.
Yes!! They are petty tyrants, not holders of legitimate authority.
“”””It’s their country.””””
Whose country, the group of atheist Communists who hold dictator power, that is your defense of Christian oppression?
It’s my observation that China’s government does indeed worship a god: MONEY. Hypocrites all.
China has not honor.
The Good News: you cannot stop Jesus.
Hurray for the underground Church!
Would Swalwell know anything about this?
As with Russia and its Yarovaya law.. Coming too soon to a nation state near you.
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