Persecution of Christians in China

Xi Jinping is the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of China which requires that all their members be atheists.^[1]

See: China and atheism and Atheism and communism

China is experiencing the worst persecution in 40 years and millions of Christian children have been forced to publicly renounce their faith (See: Chinese Christian persecution worst in 40 years, Mission Network News, December 2023).

In December of 2023, Mission Network News reported:

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Christian persecution in China is the worst it’s been in 40 years, according to Dr. Bob Fu, president of ChinaAid.

Dr. Fu spoke about this issue recently on The Voice of the Martyrs Canada’s podcast, Closer to the Fire.

“Without any exaggeration, the persecution against the Christians and other religious minorities has really reached the worst level we have not seen in 40 years since the Cultural Revolution…. For the first time, we have seen the Communist Party is cracking down on the Church across the board; literally declared a war against Christianity.”

He says Chinese censorship efforts especially target Christian youth.

“For the first time, millions of Chinese children were forced to sign a form – these are Christian children – to renounce their faith in public.”

Communist leaders also continue to remove crosses from church buildings. “Even the government-sanctioned churches have been targeted for persecution,” says Fu. “Those pastors who refuse to voluntarily destroy, remove, and demolish their crosses have been facing huge risks of persecution.”

Furthermore, Chinese Christians know their every move is increasingly watched as China embraces digitalized social monitoring.^[2]

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