{"id":50240,"date":"2018-12-18T12:30:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T12:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=50240"},"modified":"2018-12-18T12:30:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T12:30:47","slug":"chinas-pre-christmas-church-crackdown-raises-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=50240","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s pre-Christmas church crackdown raises alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"some-class-name2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"wp-image-50241 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/083057chinachurch-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"834\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/083057chinachurch-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/083057chinachurch.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/>International desk: A recent surge of police action against churches in China has raised concerns the government is getting even tougher on unsanctioned Christian activity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Among those arrested are a prominent pastor and his wife, of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Sichuan. Both have been charged with state subversion, reports BBC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And on Saturday morning, dozens of police raided a children's Bible class at Rongguili Church in Guangzhou. China is officially atheist, though says it allows religious freedom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But it has over the years repeatedly taken action against religious leaders it considers to be threatening to its authority or to the stability of the state, which, according to Human Rights Watch, &#8220;makes a mockery of the government's claim that it respects religious beliefs&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The government pressures Christians to join one of the Three-Self Patriotic churches, state-sanctioned bodies which toe the Communist Party line and are led by approved priests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International desk: A recent surge of police action against churches in China has raised concerns the government is getting even tougher on unsanctioned Christian activity. Among those arrested are a prominent pastor and his wife, of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Sichuan. Both have been charged with state subversion, reports BBC. 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