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The Chinese communist government clearly sees the first of the Ten Commandments, \u201cThou shalt have no other gods before me,\u201d as a threat.<\/p>\n

Read more Investing in Kids and Country<\/a><\/p>\n

As reported Sunday in The Telegraph, Chinese authorities have intensified a nationwide campaign against independent Christian congregations, arresting thousands of worshippers and forcing many of China\u2019s \u201chouse churches\u201d further underground.<\/p>\n

Police have raided churches across the country, detained pastors and lay leaders, and expanded surveillance of believers who refuse to worship in state-approved churches.<\/p>\n

Several Chinese Christians who fled the country told The Telegraph that believers increasingly feel they are being treated as enemies of the state simply because their highest allegiance is to God rather than to the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n

One Christian told the newspaper that \u201cthere is no freedom left,\u201d while another described living under constant surveillance and fearing arrest for attending ordinary worship services. Others said authorities have pressured Christians to join government-controlled churches whose preaching is closely monitored by the Communist Party.<\/p>\n

The crackdown reflects Chinese leader Xi Jinping\u2019s long-running policy of \u201cSinicization\u201d of religion, under which churches are expected to conform their teaching and practices to Communist Party ideology. Independent Protestant house churches and underground Catholic congregations have been particular targets because they operate outside the state\u2019s official religious organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the emperor playing God. [Xi] wants to be exclusive, he doesn\u2019t want to have anything treated or worshipped more superior than him,\u201d saod Bob Fu, founder of ChinaAid, which supports persecution victims from China.<\/p>\n

Read more Norway\u2019s Erling Haaland, class act<\/a><\/p>\n

The \u201cSinicization\u201d policy is the same one China is using in its campaign to erase the cultural and religious identity of the Muslim Uyghur population.<\/p>\n

Human rights observers say the campaign has included church demolitions, removal of crosses, arrests of clergy, censorship of religious materials, and increasing use of surveillance technology to monitor believers, according to a recent report by the U.K. government.<\/p>\n

Ironically, the repression comes after decades of extraordinary Christian growth in China. Earlier estimates suggested China was on track to have one of the world\u2019s largest Christian populations, with tens of millions worshipping in both registered and unregistered churches.<\/p>\n

That rapid expansion has long worried Communist officials, who view any large organization beyond Party control as a potential political threat.<\/p>\n

Persecution of the church has historically only caused it to grow, going all the way back to its origins. Perhaps Christians worldwide should pray for a road-to-Damascus experience for Xi and his atheistic communist pals.<\/p>\n

Read more In protecting press sources, does the First Amendment ever take a bended knee?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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