Frank Haley reports for FGGAM NEWS:
BEIJING: Two days before Christmas, members of a rural Christian congregation in eastern China welded pieces of metal into a cross and hoisted it onto the top of a worship hall to replace one that was forcibly removed in October.
Within an hour, township officials and uniformed men barged onto the church property and tore down the cross.
Provincial authorities have toppled crosses from more than 400 churches, and even razed some worship halls in a province-wide crackdown.
Many Christians say their faith has been singled out because authorities, wary of its rapid growth, are seeking to curb its spread in a campaign that has targeted China’s most thriving Christian communities.
Estimates for the number of Christians in China range from a conservative official figure of 23 million to as many as 100 million by independent scholars, raising the possibility that Christians may rival in size the 85 million members of the ruling Communist Party in China.
Let us pray for the Christians in China, Let us pray that the American Christians become as bold and faithful as the Chinese Christians! in Jesus name, Amen!
