Sichuan’s Qiuyu Qingcaodi Church: Elders Wu Jiannan and Hao Ming Sentenced to Jail Terms
After a persecution that started in 2018, the two elders were sentenced to three years in jail with a suspended sentence of five years.
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After a persecution that started in 2018, the two elders were sentenced to three years in jail with a suspended sentence of five years.
Their real “crime” was their cooperation with Chengdu’s persecuted Early Rain Church and signing a petition on its behalf.
The new rules convert churches into Communist propaganda outlets. The Three-Self Church leaders solemnly received the Measures and promised to promote them.
“We will change the face of world Christianity!” A conference on June 27–30 launched a new grandiose plan—and a problem for the World Council of Churches.
Christian professors from all over the country were summoned to the capital to attend a mandatory course on Marxism and Xi Jinping thought.
Shaanxi Bible School held a study session on the CCP Congress. It also honored an early pro-CCP bishop and two “revolutionary heroes” who were raised as Christians.
The 2021 regulations call for devoting at least 30% of classroom time to study Marxism and Xi Jinping’s thought. Inspections are now making sure they are obeyed.
Christian communities were told to preach on Xi Jinping’s victory over COVID, support Chinese propaganda abroad, and get rid of “Western colonial theology.”
Three-Self Church honors him as “a great Marxist we love and miss” and says he did “a good job in religious work.” In fact, he increased surveillance and persecuted believers.
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