The Chinese Communist Party is cracking down on its members who secretly believe in God. Devotion to the Party must be absolute.
You Shall Have No God Before Marx and Lenin
Religious Belief on Campus Suppressed Throughout China
Foreign Christian teachers deported, and Christian students and teachers face penalties, as Chinese schools seek to reinforce the gospel according to Marx.
Officials Give Party Propaganda as Christmas Gifts
One such present given to Christians in Henan Province was a couplet that celebrated the Chinese Communist Party.
Attended Church 10 Years Ago? No Travel for You
Chinese believers are finding that their travel is being monitored or prohibited. They fear social credit system and growing pressure on family members.
Testimonies
Christian Suddenly Dies Within 24 Hours of Arrest
People in China are paying for their beliefs with their lives, like a member of The Church of Almighty God from Henan who died while in detention.
Police: “Come and Worship Me. I Am the Law!”
Repeated arrests of believers from Early Rain Covenant Church continue. The details of the beating of one faithful woman illustrate the extent of the injustice.
Choice for Christians: Welfare Benefits or Belief
“If you believe in God, you can’t receive a subsistence allowance; if you receive a subsistence allowance, you can’t believe in God,” goes the CCP mantra.
House Church Closed, Believers Spiritually Homeless
Continuing the pattern in China’s Northeast, believers arrested, forced to sign anti-religious pledges, for daring to meet in believer’s home.
Weekly Feature
Thirty Years After: Tiananmen and Religion
In 2019, the world celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Protest of 1989. Few however realize that what happened then determined the fate of religion in China in the next 30 year.
Articles
CAG Exiles Ask for Italy’s Protection
A torchlight procession for peace in Rho requested the Italian government to welcome the victims of religious persecution.
Journal of Religion and Violence: “The CAG Did Not Commit the McDonald’s Murder”
A special issue of the respected academic journal debunks the idea that new religious movements are inherently violent—and that The Church of Almighty God was responsible for the murder of a woman in a McDonald’s in 2014
Interviews
Local Church, Shouters, Assembly: Who’s Who in the Watchman Nee Tradition
An interview with J. Gordon Melton, one of the world’s leading scholars of contemporary religion, who explains the differences between the different groups in the tradition of Chinese Protestant preacher Witness Lee.
“Dozens of my in-laws vanished.” The other 9/11 of Rushan Abbas
That very day her sister and aunt disappeared. It was six days after the renowned Uyghur activist denounced the disappearance of many others – some of them babies.
Documents
The Persecution of The Church of Almighty God Continues in China (Video)
As a commentary to our coverage of the recent crackdown on The Church of Almighty God, we publish the text and the video of the speech by a representative of that Church at the rally in Geneva on November 6, 2018 during the Universal Periodic Review of China.
Partners in Crime: North Korea Urges China to “Continue to Fight Against Cults”
We publish the statement by North Korea at China’s Universal Periodic Review in Geneva. Defying ridicule, the country rivaling China for the worst human rights record in the world praises the Chinese government for its “promotion and protection of human rights” and its fight against “cults”.
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