China<\/a>, but we have Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\nZion belonged to a vast network of unofficial \u201chouse\u201d churches that function outside of the government mandated system, and for decades were tolerated by authorities.<\/p>\n
They have long been vulnerable, but have become more vulnerable as China\u2019s leaders call for the \u201cSinicisation\u201d of religious practice. New regulations that came in in February require tighter control of places of worship, with some forced to install CCTV cameras that fed live footage to local authorities. In the months that followed, officials across China have removed crosses from church buildings and demolished others perceived as too large in the hope of reducing the public visibility of religion.<\/p>\n
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Things are getting worse for Christians in China. \u201cBefore, as long as you didn\u2019t meddle in politics the government left you alone,\u201d Pastor Jin Mingri said. \u201cBut now if you don\u2019t push the Communist party line, if you don\u2019t display your love for the party, you are a target. \u201cOf course we\u2019re scared, we\u2019re in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-persecution-2","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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