The CCP builds up momentum in its effort to eliminate independent Buddhism. Under various pretexts, temples and statues are destroyed, and monks told to “return home.”
Ye Jiajia
10 Sola Fide Meeting Venues in Zibo City, Shandong, Shut Down
Four of the church’s leaders were also arrested in one of the largest operations against this network of house churches.
Four More Open-Air Buddhist Statues Destroyed
The CCP’s war against large religious statues continues nationwide: recent casualties from the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, and Zhejiang.
Religious Suppressions Intensify in Shandong
A comprehensive crackdown is in progress: believers registered, sent to transformation through education “classes,” more surveillance cameras installed.
Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Their Belief
Three members of The Church of Almighty God from Shandong Province were arrested in 2017, heavily fined and imprisoned just for their faith.
Ye Jiajia
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