The authorities are persecuting believers at full force in a nationwide campaign. Henan and Anhui are the provinces with most severe persecution.
1. Forcing Christians to renounce their faith by signing a declaration form
2. Going out day and night demolishing churches, places of worship and or removing crosses, using chainsaws to cut pulpits into pieces, taking away church property (tables, chairs, pews, books, laptops, computers, etc.) without warrants and refusing to provide inventories
3. Summoning church leaders for interrogations day in day out
4. Forcing landlords to terminate contracts with House Churches
5. Cutting off electricity, gas and water supplies from church premises
6. Installing CCTV cameras at the entrances of churches
7. Knocking at Christians’ doors threatening them not to attend church
4. Forcing landlords to terminate contracts with House Churches
5. Cutting off electricity, gas and water supplies from church premises
6. Installing CCTV cameras at the entrances of churches
7. Knocking at Christians’ doors threatening them not to attend church
8. Putting up posters at the entrances of churches: No person under the age of 18 allowed to enter. No foreign personnel allowed to preach
9. Putting up portraits of Mao and Xi by the side of crosses inside churches
10. Interrupting church services by forcing their way into the premises, demanding the services to be stopped immediately or filming the services. Making records of personal details (Identity Card) of every believer to deter them from attending church. Taking pastors and church leaders to local police station for interrogations
11. In some cities, ordering Three-Self churches to sing the national anthem and raise the national flag at the start of each Sunday service to show their loyalty to the Party and country
12. Putting up posters on the door frames of churches: Listen to the Party, Follow the Party
13. Ordering Three-Self churches in certain towns to hand over their locked offering boxes every Sunday to the local PSTM for centralized financial control of churches’ accounts. All expenses are to be claimed by submitting claim forms and are subject to central approval
14. Forcing employers to lay off employees who are Christians unless they renounce their faith or promise not to go to church anymore
15. There are incidents of Christians being physically abused or tortured
14. Forcing employers to lay off employees who are Christians unless they renounce their faith or promise not to go to church anymore
15. There are incidents of Christians being physically abused or tortured
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