CCP’s aggressive policy to keep the young away from churches has caused traumas to children and their families. Testimonies of Christians who have been affected.
Gu Xi
CCP Resorts to Bread and Circuses Policy, Seeking to Keep People Away from Religion
Local authorities intensify efforts in organizing events of popular appeal to make people refute their faith and pray to the only God – the Communist Party.
Christian School Struggling for Survival
A house church set up a school ten years ago in Henan’s Zhengzhou city for children to receive religious education. It’s been persecuted ever since.
Suppressed for Not Joining Official Church
Accused of “holding illegal gatherings,” three Protestant house churches in the central province of Henan were shut down, police confiscating their assets.
More Blows to Three-Self Church in Henan
As the province with the most significant number of religious people, Henan continues to suffer Cultural Revolution-style crackdown on its churches.
Government Officials Punished for Religious Belief
More accounts about dismissed or demoted Communist Party members, demanded to sever any links with religion, under intensifying pressure from central authorities.
Ailing Believer Dies After Repeated Threats
A believer from Henan was reported merely for letting some fellow religionists sing and pray for her, which spurred the authorities to harass her to death.
Denied Medication, Believer Suffers Partial Paralysis
While in prison, a member of The Church of Almighty God, suffering from high blood pressure, was not given his medication, causing his condition to deteriorate.
Political Training: Cultivating “Red” Preachers
Three-Self church pastors forced to undergo “ideological conversion.” Xi Jinping and Mao must be preached together with Christ, or license to preach revoked.
A Life in Jail: Shouters Co-worker Repeatedly Detained
A Christian in Henan was sentenced three times, and spent ten years in jail, for the only crime of being a member of a banned movement.
Gu Xi
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