A magazine on religious liberty and human rights in China
Christian faith is banned in Xi Jinping’s China and believers are persecuted and jailed.
Daniel H. Williams is professor of patristics and historical theology at the Department of Religion of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The author or editor of six books, he has also been active in teaching in China since 2006.
Some state-run churches were allowed to reopen in China after a 5-month lockdown. But only after proving their loyalty to the Communist Party.
Amid escalating tensions with Western democracies, China’s regime incites nationalist sentiment among residents, cracks down on religions as “foreign agents.”
The six-month-long campaign was launched after President Xi Jinping’s orders to the provincial government to crack down on Christianity.
Provincial authorities ordered to eradicate crosses “no matter what,” and in four months, many state-run Protestant churches were left without them.
Elderly Christians across China are deprived of government subsidies if they continue practicing their faith.
With restrictions imposed by the new law on religion in China, many private orphanages across the country were closed, depriving children of love and care.
Unregistered house churches remain key targets of religious persecution as China re-opens after coronavirus lockdowns.
The CCP intensifies inquiries into Christians’ online activities, scrutinizing their every digital step, including purchases of “illegal” religious materials.
Religious texts not approved by the state, including the Bible, are confiscated from churches and believers, replaced with socialist propaganda.
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