Places of worship across China have Islamic and Christian symbols removed on orders from local officials. Businesses with religious signboards are also “rectified.”
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A County in Henan Banishes Ten Commandments from Churches
Ahead of a central government inspection, Luanchuan county officials replace the fundamental law of Christianity with communist propaganda in state-run churches.
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.
CCP Uses Believers’ Donations to Indoctrinate Them
The regime tightens control over finances of state-approved churches, as a tool to limit religious activities to the minimum and ultimately take over them entirely.
Henan: State-Run Churches Closed, Assets Worth Millions Looted
Even religious venues that are managed by the government come under severe persecution, the CCP aiming to weaken Christianity and eradicate it eventually.
Eliminating Christianity Through “Sinicization”
The Chinese government is forcing believers and the clergy to replace Christian teachings with traditional Chinese culture and socialist doctrine.
Want to Enter Church? Scan Your Fingerprints and Face
Hi-tech surveillance equipment is put into use for further control over believers in state-run Three-Self churches in Hubei Province and elsewhere in China.
State-Run Churches Shut Down and Ruined, Congregations Merged
The CCP deploys all possible means to reduce the number of Three-Self churches, forcing congregations to sign handover agreements and manipulating them otherwise.
Two Three-Self Churches Demolished in a Fuzhou Village
Even places of worship under CCP’s control are deemed ideological enemies and also face brutal suppressions: closed down, forced to merge, even destroyed.
On CCP’s Orders, Bible Characters “Reborn” as Ancient Chinese
A state-run Christian monthly “sinicized” biblical stories, where Jesus is shown wearing traditional Han attire and Mary is personified as an ancient Chinese woman.