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Christians 'Standing in the Way' of China's Xi Jinping's Totalitarian Rule
cbn.com ^ | George Thomas

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at 1.cbn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ac; china; persecution; xhi

1 posted on 12/19/2018 4:23:11 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

They locked up all the Muslims. Next....


2 posted on 12/19/2018 4:38:01 AM PST by windowdude
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To: metmom; Gamecock

Prayers up.

We need to ask for God’s will to be done in this situation and for Him to protect His own.


3 posted on 12/19/2018 4:48:12 AM PST by sauropod (Yield to sin, and experience chastening and sorrow; yield to God, and experience joy and blessing.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Sounds like best friends of the Zuckerberg with the same goals


4 posted on 12/19/2018 4:48:38 AM PST by prophetic (Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)
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To: windowdude

The problem China has is that Christianity thrives under persecution. And persecution weeds out the Christians in name only.


5 posted on 12/19/2018 4:53:50 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: prophetic

Sounds like best friends of the Zuckerberg with the same goals

And Alphabet/Google will provide Chinese Communists the tools to round up dissidents, much as IBM assisted Nazis in Germany.


6 posted on 12/19/2018 5:38:52 AM PST by Flick Lives
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To: RoosterRedux

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


7 posted on 12/19/2018 5:43:45 AM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: RoosterRedux

chicom bump for later....


8 posted on 12/19/2018 6:18:26 AM PST by indthkr
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To: RoosterRedux

Despite persecution, maybe in part because of it, China is becoming the largest Christian nation in the world.


9 posted on 12/19/2018 6:23:44 AM PST by marron
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To: RoosterRedux

I am so glad we off shored our means of production to a Communist country intent on global economic domination.. Thanks Free Traitors™.


10 posted on 12/19/2018 6:26:22 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: RoosterRedux

2,000 years ago Roman emperors had the same complaint.


11 posted on 12/19/2018 7:09:39 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: RoosterRedux

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.


12 posted on 12/19/2018 7:10:35 AM PST by righttackle44 (Takes scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: sauropod; Alex Murphy; boatbums; CynicalBear; daniel1212; dragonblustar; Dutchboy88; ealgeone; ...

Prayer for persecuted church ping.


13 posted on 12/19/2018 12:12:32 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: bert

“I won’t believe unless I see...”


14 posted on 12/20/2018 5:39:28 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: righttackle44
Imagine how much worse the Holocaust would have been without this Holy Protector.

You mean like THIS??



15 posted on 12/20/2018 5:42:59 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

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


16 posted on 12/20/2018 5:54:32 AM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: bert

“I’m afraid we have awakened a sleeping dragon and...


17 posted on 12/20/2018 6:49:43 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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