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It seems as though the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is completely blind to the fact that God, who created the universe and redeems his people, cannot be stamped out through brute force. The CCP under Xi Jinping regards Christianity as a dangerous foreign import, with party documents warning against the "infiltration of Western hostile forces" in the form of religion. Retreat raided The Guiyang Renai Reformed Church is a small house church with fewer than 100 members. CCP agents banned the church in 2018 for refusing to join the government-sanctioned Three Self Patriotic Movement. All religio...

Mixed messages from the religious LNP Independent Australia 01 May 2021, 16:52 GMT+10 Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Liberal Government haven't tried to hide their religious beliefs, yet have also displayed great hypocrisy, writes Bilal Cleland. UNDER THE HEADING 'A major party to protect our religious freedom', then backbench Senator Amanda Stoker, at the time of the 2019 Election, proclaimed: She went on to claim that the Labor, Greens and "left-leaning" independents threated such values: This seems to be a pattern under this right-wing LNP government. It is not long ago that ASIO al...

Faith leaders: More outside investigations of misconduct needed ‘There are people who are walking away from the faith altogether because of their experiences’ istock.com Former church members and employees of Vibrant Church in Columbus say church officials turned a blind eye to sexual harassment by lead pastor Jason Delgado, prompting one of the employees to file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. “The big concern here is not just that this is alleged to be done by one person, but the fact that it was reported...

Photo  -  Morning sunrise is like a fresh start, like conversion to Jesus Christ  Any number of my readers have rejoiced in the Lord to have been directly or indirectly involved in witnessing quite a number of young people acknowledge Jesus as their Lord and Saviour, in other words they have become Christians, followers of Jesus. They have made these very personal decisions from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences and speak of how the Lord guided them individually through this or that situation whereby they in effect, fell at the foot of the Cross seeking forgiveness of sin and op...

In China The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long had a campaign to repress Chinese Christians. Most recently this has consisted of blatant destruction of churches, crosses and religious symbols. While these measures are devastating and very demoralising, they obviously have not been enough to wipe out faith. So a new law is to come into play in May 2021 to further subjugate Christians. 'Administrative Measures for Religious Clergy' will come into force on 1 May 2021. To operate legally, religious clergy – i.e., those who 'engage in religious teaching activities' - will need to registered...