China, Christians Told They Should “Sinicize” Music Too
Hymns and music should be “de-Westernized” and incorporate “red” elements, participants at a training seminar in Xiamen were told.
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Hymns and music should be “de-Westernized” and incorporate “red” elements, participants at a training seminar in Xiamen were told.
Catholic clergy and lay leaders from Guangdong were taken to celebrate the memories of the ruthless Civil War’s Communist Enyangtai Independent Battalion.
The new system of supervision of church activities with the direct involvement of the CCP and the United Front is being relentlessly imposed on Christian communities.
A conference in Huizhou, Guangdong, is an indication that the new policy is being extended to the Patriotic Catholic Church.
The United Front Work Department brings the campaign promoted among Christians to other religions.
A new slogan calls for a closer supervision of preachers and sermons by both Three Self bureaucrats and the United Front.
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.
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