China's Christians felt a noticeable rise in persecution in 2012 as the Communist government began the first of a three-phase plan to eradicate unregistered house churches, a new report says.
Incidents of persecution of Christians rose by about 42 percent last year compared with 2011, according to the report by human rights group China Aid. Many of these incidents involved groups of Christians. In total, the number of individual persecuted Christians rose by roughly 14 percent and total individual detentions increased by nearly 12 percent. China Aid said overall total persecution in six categories was about 13 percent worse than in 2011—though China Aid termed its statistics just "the tip of the iceberg."...
The poster formerly known as Russ wrote: If they really wanted to kill it, they would not only make it legal, but start to let it become mainstream and give them tax breaks. After a few years they can get them interested in social issues and before you know it they would've ordaining women and homosexuals. It has done wonders here in the US.
There is a great deal of wisdom in your post. Thanks, it was a blessing to me.
If they really wanted to kill it, they would not only make it legal, but start to let it become mainstream and give them tax breaks. After a few years they can get them interested in social issues and before you know it they would've ordaining women and homosexuals. It has done wonders here in the US.
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