New guidelines are now going into effect to strengthen Communist Party control over what is taught in China’s state churches and public schools. The State Administration of Religious Affairs released in November Order 13, the "Administrative Measures for Religious Groups" to go into effect February 1. Article 17 of that Order states: “Religious organizations must ...
Could church closures be a blessing for Chinese Christians?
Christians from a church in Shanghai asking not to be identified held their Sunday worship service on the street last week after authorities closed their church building. A video clip shows the church members singing in front of their building. The closure of the church building is part of an accelerating trend across China since ...
KACHIN CHRISTIANS IN MYANMAR PERSECUTED BY BOTH POLITICAL FACTIONS IN THEIR HOMELAND
(October 2018) This month, Kachin Christians in Myanmar faced persecution from both Myanmar’s state army and from the United Wa State army. Churches have been destroyed and replaced with Buddhist temples. Christians have been expelled from their homes. Humanitarian aid has been cut off. According to Uppsala University’s Conflict data program, China has a history ...
중국 주석에게 복음을 전하려다 구금된 한 중국 여성
랴오닝성, 다롄 -2018년 3월 21일 한국 순교자의 소리의 협력단체인 차이나에이드(China Aid)는 지난 3월 16일, 중국 북동부 랴오닝성에서 공산당의 두 기관이 만나는 동안 중국 주석인 시진핑에게 복음을 전하려고 했던 한 중국인 여성이 구금되었다고 알려왔다. 3월 15일, 베이징에서 다롄으로 온 ‘저우진샤’는 황제의 정원이었던 ‘중남해’의 출입구에 도착하여 다음과 같은 내용이 적혀진 피켓을 들었다. “하나님이 전 세계 사람들을 사랑하시고, 시진핑에게 …