China Bulldozes, Shuts Down Churches amid Pandemic: 'The Government Has Gone Insane'
The coronavirus that devastated China’s population hasn’t stopped the communist government from shutting down and even razing churches across the country.
The persecution has impacted state-run churches and underground house churches alike, according to the watchdog Bitter Winter, which monitors religious freedom in China.
“The Communist Party’s persecution of house churches is increasingly severe,” a member of a house church in the province of Jiangxi told Bitter Winter. “This is mainly because more and more people believe in Christianity.”...
Wayfarer pilgrim wrote: Communism is an atheistic state, and thus does not recognize or understand people of faith. Christianity is formed from the basis of a sacrificed lamb of God, once killed, now risen. It takes a mature Christian to understand, that if you put on Christ, you’ve put to death your sin and live in newness of life. Buildings can always be rebuilt but a soul lives forever. Just wait when revival breaks out in the state registered church. Then what China?
Communism is an atheistic state, and thus does not recognize or understand people of faith. Christianity is formed from the basis of a sacrificed lamb of God, once killed, now risen. It takes a mature Christian to understand, that if you put on Christ, you’ve put to death your sin and live in newness of life. Buildings can always be rebuilt but a soul lives forever. Just wait when revival breaks out in the state registered church. Then what China?
The Quiet Christian wrote: Cultural Revolution 2.0. We continue to hear rumors that thousands and thousands in China are turning to the Lord faith in through Jesus Christ. The Communist Party can have no competition. What they don't realize is that the church isn't a building or an organization. It is an organism with Christ as its head and believers as the body. Should the church be scattered, those who are true believers will hold far to the Lord despite being scattered and will tell others about Him. Thus, evangelism grows and grows the more the church is scattered. It's self-defeating for the Communists to attack churches and their buildings.
We continue to hear rumors that thousands and thousands in China are turning to the Lord faith in through Jesus Christ. The Communist Party can have no competition. What they don't realize is that the church isn't a building or an organization. It is an organism with Christ as its head and believers as the body. Should the church be scattered, those who are true believers will hold far to the Lord despite being scattered and will tell others about Him. Thus, evangelism grows and grows the more the church is scattered. It's self-defeating for the Communists to attack churches and their buildings.
E. A. Johnston | 10/6/2012
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