Posted on 10/12/2015 4:59:58 AM PDT by Enlightened1
In the lead-up to a major summit on religion, the Chinese Communist party is preparing intensified restrictions on Christian churches, according to the Party’s official newspaper on religious issues, Zhongguo Mingzu Bao.
This latest announcement follows on a series of government measures meant to intimidate Chinese Christians, such as arbitrary detention of Christian clergy and the closing of churches.
According to a Reuters report, under President Xi Jinping, China is conducting the worst domestic crackdown on human rights in two decades and much of this is against Christians. Nearly 1,000 rights activists were detained last year alone—almost as many as in the previous two years combined.
In late August, police arrested China’s most prominent Christian lawyer, Zhang Kai, who defended and gave legal counsel to a number of Christian churches throughout the country, especially against the government’s cross-removal campaign.
When Zhang’s father approached the authorities in early October to request information on his son’s detention, he was told that Zhang is a “threat to national security” and that his whereabouts are a state secret.
On September 20, the pastor of a Christian house church in China’s eastern Anhui province, Lü Jiangyang, was taken by authorities under the charge of having engaged in “cult activities” and for contact with overseas organizations. He was released after 15 days, but the message to other clergy is clear: their presence is tolerated but they can be removed at any time for any reason.
Lü, in fact, had previously been detained in July 2015 for holding a church summer camp for elementary and middle school students.
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And just think our congress, the White House, etc... is okay with this, and they will do nothing but reward China as they always do.
Christianity around the world is being attacked. But the saddest is in the USA where one cannot act according to their conscience because the government outlaws it and where monuments are removed because the government says so.
Let us pray the prayer of Acts 4:24-31 for our brothers and sisters in China, and throughout the world, and also for ourselves.
I glanced at the headline and though it said Obama, before I re-read it and saw that it was China. Although, the Obama is just a matter of time.
Amen.
They (the Chinese) are Russia’s allies in Syria (along with Hezbollah and the Shiite Iranians), and yet the Putininsts still call it a “Crusade” in Syria. I sincerely doubt that Putin’s intentions are best for Christians in Syria, and having Chinese and Iranian allies supports that notion.
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