Even little keepsakes with religious content are becoming off-limits to people of faith in China, as authorities punish those who make and distribute them.
Christian Faith in China
Closed Churches Ordered to Be Sold, Rented, or Destroyed
Local governments repurpose places of worship and turn them into propaganda centers, entertainment venues, or factories. Some are even leveled to the ground.
Government Orders to Destroy Swedish Missionaries’ Gravestones
Shanxi government desecrated the resting place of 20 missionaries, who worked and died in China nearly a century ago, and destroyed a house for visiting believers.
CCP Officials: ‘Christianity Doesn’t Belong in China’
On top of removing crosses, Chinese authorities order to replace Christianity’s main symbol on churches’ seals with the five-pointed star.
CCP Rewriting The Gospel: Jesus Actually “Killed” The Woman Taken in Adultery
The story in John 8 is presented to Chinese students as one where the Savior waits for the Pharisees to leave, then stones the adulterer himself.
House Church Believers Arrested for Practicing Their Faith
It’s increasingly hard for unregistered Protestant churches to survive, as numerous venues are closed to make believers join the official Three-Self Church.
Hunt for Unsanctioned Religious Materials Continues Nationwide
Provincial and municipal governments intensify measures to purge from state-run churches all publications that are not approved by the state.
Christians Must Worship President Xi to Get Social Welfare
Banned from displaying religious symbols at home, believers are forced to hang images of Xi Jinping instead to continue receiving state benefits.
Crosses Removed from Churches Across Shandong Province
Ahead of provincial government inspections, local authorities ordered to eliminate crosses from the roofs of Protestant and Catholic venues from April through June.
Crosses Toppled from Two Protestant Venues in One Village
Amid the CCP’s nationwide cross removal campaign, a state-run and a house church in a Zhejiang Province village were attacked by government-hired security guards.