Posted on 11/18/2023 1:17:25 PM PST by Morgana
Chinese police and national security agents raided a Christian worship service in the nation’s Sichuan province last week and arrested 13 believers.
Among those arrested in the November 9 raid were Elder Li Yingqiang and Pastor Dai Zhichao of Chengdu Early Rain Covenant Church, an independent Christian church regularly harassed by the Chinese Communist Party.
Elder Li and Pastor Dai had traveled to the city of Dazhou, where they held a worship service at the “Good Land Mission Center,” a subsidiary of Chengdu Early Rain Covenant Church. The service included baptisms and holy communion, according to reports by ChinaAid, a U.S.-based Christian charity.
During the worship service, held in a hotel conference room, more than ten police officers, national security agents, and staff from the religious affairs bureau and civil affairs bureau stormed the conference room.
Police took thirteen believers to Chaoyang police station, including Elder Li, Pastor Dai, and Hou Duoshu, the leader of the Dazhou mission center.
Officials eventually released Pastor Dai, An Yankui, and Wang Yingjie, but Elder Li and Hou Duoshu are still being detained.
Hou Duoshu served more than ten years in prison for participating in the June 4th Student Movement in 1989, linked to the Tiananmen Square incident that culminated in a harsh government crackdown on demonstrators in Beijing.
After being baptized in Chengdu Early Rain Covenant Church, Hou established the affiliated mission center in his hometown of Dazhou city.
The “Good Land Mission Center” has itself undergone severe religious persecution from the government, ChinaAid notes, and their Sunday services have been raided by police several times.
In October, the CCP passed the “Patriotic Education Law,” requiring churches and religious groups to adapt their educational activities to promote the Communist Party’s official ideology.
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Not so serious. The FBI would have had 100 agents there for such a job.
Papa Frank’s Chinese Catholics are protected by the fact that Papa Frank lets the Chicoms run the RCC churches in China.
Worship the state only = communism and this happens right after our nation celebrated the CCP in a suddenly clean and pristine San Francisco.
Prayers for the persecuted.
Bergoglio's too.
Yet the Communist dictator got a standing ovation in San Francisco, with his servant Biden present.
What a world...
Seems the Californians who gushed over Xi were just like the ones in China. Christians were warned to place Chinese leaders statues and portraits on altars on equal status to Jesus and for Catholics equal to saints such as Mary.-———————————————
From middle of the road Pew Research on website:
Authorities have removed crosses from churches. Pastors have reportedly been asked to focus on religious teachings that reflect socialist values.
Since Xi came to power in 2013, the government has banned evangelization online, tightened control over Christian activities outside of registered venues, and shut down churches that refuse to register. Authorities have also arrested prominent church leaders and some Christians reportedly have been held in internment camps.
The ruling Chinese Communist Party promotes atheism and discourages citizens from practicing religion. The 281 million Chinese people who belong to the CCP or its affiliated youth organizations are officially banned from engaging in a broad range of spiritual activities.
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From Christianity Today:
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2017/november/china-christians-jesus-communist-president-xi-jinping-yugan.html
Thousands of Christian villagers in China have been told to take down displays of Jesus, crosses, and gospel passages from their homes as part of a government propaganda effort to “transform believers in religion into believers in the party.”
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The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reports that Communist Party of China (CPC) officials visited believers’ homes in Yugan county of Jiangxi province—where about 10 percent of the population is Christian. They urged residents to replace personal religious displays with posters of President Xi Jinping; more than 600 removed Christian symbols from their living rooms, and 453 hung portraits of the Communist leader, according to SCMP.
Chicoms doing Chicom things.
Yes pray for them.
And know this is a common occurrence in the people’s socialist utopia.
Prayers are up
I bet there is more to this story that we are not being told .
Honestly, they didn’t need that many. Chinese are conditioned to freeze and do nothing when they are told to stop by their police or national security people. The only reason they would need 100 American FBI people they were trying to raid would probably NOT stop or freeze when told to.
You may have a point there. No more comment here.
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