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Bitter Winter

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The congregation of this state-run church has lost its meeting venue

09/02/2020 Yang Xiangwen

State-Run Churches in Handan City Destroyed as ‘Illegal’

Authorities in Hebei Province’s Handan city intensify crackdowns on Protestant churches with valid, government-issued religious activity certificates.

The sermon given by the preacher

12/20/2019 Wang Yong

Communist Ideology Distorts and Replaces Christian Doctrine

State-run Protestant Church clergy in China forced to preach about patriotism, socialist values, and government regulations, as prescribed by the Communist Party. 

Officials from the Religious Affairs Bureau of a locality are going around for inspectioN

08/15/2019 Xin Lu

Officials Punished for Ineffective Suppression of Religion

Grassroots-level bureaucrats are supervised to ensure their diligence in executing the central government’s policies on religion. Any misstep results in a penalty.

Work came to a halt after the government obstructed construction

08/09/2019 An Xin

Old Churches Demolished, New Ones Not Approved

Defrauded by the CCP, congregations of state-approved churches are left with nowhere to worship after they agree to tear down their dilapidated buildings.

A Self-Three church in a county in Henan Province

08/01/2019 Jiang Tao

A County in Henan Launches 5-Star Rating for Churches

A new control measure imposed on the government-approved churches threatens to close down any religious venue that loses points for disobeying the regime.

The church was razed to the ground after its demolition

04/25/2019 Tang Feng

Video: Three-Self Church Destroyed to the Ground in Minutes

Another government-approved Protestant church in Henan fell victim to the authorities’ religious persecution: it was reduced to ruins in just over ten minutes.

Chinese money

03/23/2019 Li Wensheng

Party Uses Bribes to Break up Underground Church

United Front Work Department dangles money, corrupt business deals as bait to lure underground Catholics into joining the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.

The financial management regulations are posted on the wall

03/14/2019 Yang Xiangwen

Government Going After Churches’ Money

CCP is tightening the purse strings on Three-Self churches by forcing them to deposit their money, i.e., Christians’ tithes, into government-controlled bank accounts.

Preaching giver

02/02/2019 Li Ping

Preachers of State-Sanctioned Churches Losing Their Permits

Authorities are coming up with absurd reasons for taking away Christians’ ability to worship and preach. The new one is the age of preachers.

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