Christian professors from all over the country were summoned to the capital to attend a mandatory course on Marxism and Xi Jinping thought.
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Beijing Lampstand Church: Pastor Qin Sifeng Sentenced to Five Years in Jail
Two co-workers were also sentenced but released. The successful house church is being punished for its national outreach.
Christian Students Asked to Study 20th Congress and Celebrate “Heroes” Who Betrayed the Church
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.
China: Theological Seminaries Inspected to Check How “Sinicized” They Are
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.
Hohhot Bible Trial: Defendants Charged with “Collusion with Foreign Forces”
Heavy jail penalties are sought against Christians who purchased “legal” Bibles from the Three-Self Church but distributed them “illegally” as part of house church activities.
Taiyuan Pastors Told to Teach Christians to “Always Follow the Party”
A plan for church activities hardly includes anything Christian, and calls for studying and teaching the works of Marx and Xi Jinping, and the CCP official documents.
The Small Church That Disturbed the CCP: Preacher Chang Hao Detained in Yunnan
He had what looked like a good idea and distributed anti-COVID masks with Bible verses. The police did not appreciate it.
April 27, 1933: How Young Habil Became the First Uyghur Christian Martyr
Uyghur Christians fan the flame of the death of the first of their number ninety years on.
Bengbu Dissident Christian Pastor Arrested
Pastor Wan Changchun was one of the signatories of the 2018 statement of protest against the new Religious Affairs Regulation.
Hohhot Trial of Christians Who Illegally Sold Legal Bibles Scheduled for Late April
Wang Honglan and other Inner Mongolia believer risk 15 years in jail for selling Bibles that were regularly printed by a government-authorized publisher.