Posted on 12/19/2018 4:23:11 AM PST by RoosterRedux
[U]nlike Deng Xiaoping, who helped launch the country's reforms 40 years ago and wanted to reduce the power and influence of the Communist Party over civil society, China's current leader believes in the absolute power of the Party and wants his government to exert control over every aspect of Chinese life.
Since coming to power in 2012, Xi has severely cracked down on human rights, religious freedom and freedom of expression. Christians are experiencing some of the worst persecution in decades.
"Under President Xi, the government has further tightened control over Christianity in its broad efforts to "Sinicize" religion or "adopt Chinese characteristics," Human Rights Watch said in a statement. "In other words, to ensure that religious groups support the government and the Communist Party."
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This past Sunday morning, members of Early Rain Covenant Church were blocked from entering their worship building. With their leaders detained and facing jail, churchgoers decided to pray and worship outside.
Early Rain, like scores of other congregations, is outside government control as part of China's burgeoning so-called underground or house church movement.
Appearing on CBN News' WorldBeat, Todd Nettleton of Voice of the Martyrs, says this movement has touched every corner of China.
"And that's the exciting thing, all across China, there are house churches, there are what they call 'family churches' and the reason the Communist government is so worried is because there are far more Christians in China than there are members of the Communist Party," Nettleton told CBN News.
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They locked up all the Muslims. Next....
Prayers up.
We need to ask for God’s will to be done in this situation and for Him to protect His own.
Sounds like best friends of the Zuckerberg with the same goals
The problem China has is that Christianity thrives under persecution. And persecution weeds out the Christians in name only.
Sounds like best friends of the Zuckerberg with the same goals
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And Alphabet/Google will provide Chinese Communists the tools to round up dissidents, much as IBM assisted Nazis in Germany.
The real threat to heavy duty communism in china are young women wearing shorts, especially Daisey Maes.
They do and thus there is no return to the old ways. The youth will prevail and the old men trying to hang on will be ignored and thus rebuffed. Cutoff jeans will prevail
chicom bump for later....
Despite persecution, maybe in part because of it, China is becoming the largest Christian nation in the world.
I am so glad we off shored our means of production to a Communist country intent on global economic domination.. Thanks Free Traitors.
2,000 years ago Roman emperors had the same complaint.
It isn’t merely the presence of a Christian force. The Scriptures (II Thessalonians 2:6) speak of an unnamed Restrainer that holds back some blatant evils. Imagine how much worse the Holocaust would have been without this Holy Protector.
Prayer for persecuted church ping.
“I won’t believe unless I see...”
You mean like THIS??
On netflix, there is programming coming out of China featuring young women in formal shorts and jeans cut offs at home.
Daisey Maes are a fact of life for young chinese women.
Strangely believe it, so are Cadillacs. So are Buicks
“How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve got daisey maes?” bert
“I’m afraid we have awakened a sleeping dragon and...
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