Local governments have shut down hundreds of ‘house churches’

[BenJepthah]

 

Christian heartland on front lines of China’s campaign of religious suppression

Local governments have shut down hundreds of ‘house churches’ in past few months, with gatherings raided and congregants interrogated about their faith

 

Edited August 8, 2018 by trottigy

[trottigy]

We are also discussing this topic here -> https://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/36998-china-cracks-down-on-religions/

[BenJepthah]

Just now, trottigy said:

We are also discussing this topic here -> https://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/36998-china-cracks-down-on-religions/

Thank you, moderator kindly delete my topic. It is being covered elsewhere.

[Shawnster]

1 hour ago, BenJepthah said:

 

Christian heartland on front lines of China’s campaign of religious suppression

Local governments have shut down hundreds of ‘house churches’ in past few months, with gatherings raided and congregants interrogated about their faith

 

 

 

When posting news articles or statistics of note, please include your references.  It is impossible to have a discussion about a news article if we cannot read the article.

 

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2158691/christian-heartland-front-lines-chinas-campaign

 

 

[GrumpysWife]

Wow, so now China is cracking down on religions. Wonder who's next. Excellent article Shawn. Thanks for posting. 

[trottigy]

2 hours ago, BenJepthah said:

Thank you, moderator kindly delete my topic. It is being covered elsewhere.

As the other one is in a member only forum - I thought we could leave it and have publicly available comments here. I hope that is OK. 

[Raven]

14 hours ago, GrumpysWife said:

Wow, so now China is cracking down on religions. Wonder who's next. Excellent article Shawn. Thanks for posting. 

This has been happening in China for quite some time now, however it has been gradually getting more severe.