China Turning Buddhist and Taoist Temples Into Entertainment Centers
Across the country, the CCP is “transforming” temples into cultural auditoriums, government offices and elderly activity centers.
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
Across the country, the CCP is “transforming” temples into cultural auditoriums, government offices and elderly activity centers.
Buddhist and Taoist places of worship are continuously taken over by the government. Believers are dispersed, religion replaced with “red” cultural activities.
Crackdown on religion is now a key task for officials in towns and villages, higher-ups imposing personal responsibility on them for the success of persecutions.
Three government-approved Protestant churches have been destroyed in Shandong’s Linyi city for various made up reasons.
Being a preacher in a government-controlled Three-Self Church no longer means being free from persecution.
Any words that might suggest religion are removed and replaced by secular, Party propaganda in China, as the regime continues defensive measures to “ensure stability.”
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.
The suppression directly affects the foundation of one of the “three teachings” of traditional Chinese spirituality and religion, along with Confucianism and Buddhism.
Pastors from Three-Self churches are being reviewed for their loyalty to the party and removed for small signs of resistance.
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