Monday, March 19, 2018

From @chinaaid : "Officials tear Christian couplets "

The China Aid Association is a non-profit Christian organization - based in Midland, Texas - with a mission to uncover and reveal the truth about religious persecution in China, focusing especially on the unofficial church. They do this, they explain in their website, by exposing the abuses, encouraging the abused and equipping the saints to advance the kingdom of God throughout China.

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Officials tear Christian couplets
Distributed by ChinaAid, February, 2018 ...

YILI, XINJIANG, CHINA – In China’s politically restive Xinjiang region, government personnel tore Christian banners framing two church member’s doors on Saturday.

Wang Guoqun, a local Christian, had pasted couplets containing the Chinese character “love” and a cross. It is common for Chinese people to post couplets, or red banners typically containing poetry, around their doors. Local officials are forcing Kazakh and Uyghur residents to buy couplets to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, but two security guards went to Wang’s house, told her no Christian couplets were allowed in their jurisdiction and tore the banners ...

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