Local governments repurpose places of worship and turn them into propaganda centers, entertainment venues, or factories. Some are even leveled to the ground.
Three-Self Church
Religious Venues Shut After Assessment of Local Party Cadres
Countless places of worship suffer devastating consequences as local authorities do anything to please CCP’s visiting higher-ups.
Facial Recognition Cameras Installed in State-Run Religious Venues
More than 200 facial recognition cameras were installed in churches and temples in one Jiangxi Province county. This alarming practice is spreading across China.
Clergy Ordered to Promote the Communist Party in Sermons
The government increases censorship on was is said in state-run Protestant churches, demanding pastors and preachers to advocate CCP policies and praise its leaders.
State-Run Protestant Churches Demolished on Bogus Pretexts
Even members of government-approved churches find it hard to practice their faith, as authorities throughout China exert increasingly harsh suppression measures.
Believers Forced to Renounce Faith for Social Benefits
People of faith who receive subsistence allowances from the government face a hard decision to choose between religion and sustaining their livelihood.
‘Xi Jinping’s Religious Persecution Harsher than Mao Zedong’s’
Members of state-run Protestant churches suffer unmatched harassment at the hands of authorities, as their worship places are demolished on trumped-up pretexts.
Persecution of Protestant Churches Intensifies
House churches and state-controlled Three-Self churches across China are raided and closed down. Believers are questioned, and their homes are searched.
Christians Coerced into Removing Crosses from Churches
The CCP comes up with new pretexts to suppress people of faith. In Zhejiang Province, believers’ businesses are threatened if they disobey government orders.
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.