Despite 10 Catholic bishops in China being held in detention, “disappeared” or forced from their positions, the government-installed bishop of Shanghai spoke only on President Xi Jinping’s “Sinicization” of religion, not the regime's persecution of clergy at a conference earlier this month.
Why does Christianity still stand out as having massive numbers of converts in all corners of the globe?
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China’s recent pledge of unwavering support for Iran could intensify the persecution of Christians in both countries, warns the U.S.-based group International Christian Concern. The concern arises after Chinese President Xi Jinping affirmed strong ties with Iran during the annual BRICS summit.
No churches are officially recognized by the Bhutanese government and any attempt to convert people from the state religion is illegal.
In order to truly live out the Great Commandment and Great Commission, it is not enough to evangelize or simply serve our own communities of fellow believers in need.
Authorities in China released on bail a church leader jailed since August 2023 for printing Bibles, while the Christian co-founder of a special children’s school has been arrested on charges of “inciting disturbances” for his human rights activism.
China has subjected hundreds of North Koreans to atrocities since last year by forcibly returning them to a country whose leaders hold that religion, especially Christianity, is the greatest threat to its power, experts said at a recent U.S. hearing.
Oppressive regimes like China and Iran are using artificial intelligence tools like facial recognition technology to “track" and "repress” Christians at a “level that wasn't available to them before,” the chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has warned.
In a sweeping overhaul of religious spaces, Chinese authorities have replaced Christian symbols with images of Communist leaders and party slogans across numerous churches in China, according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, which points to an aggressive policy to integrate the Chinese Communist Party ideology into religious practices.
