{"id":25700,"date":"2025-04-18T19:33:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T02:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=25700"},"modified":"2025-04-18T19:33:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T02:33:53","slug":"china-escalates-persecution-of-christians-to-unprecedented-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/china-escalates-persecution-of-christians-to-unprecedented-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"China Escalates Persecution of Christians to Unprecedented Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s repression of Christians has surged to record levels as the regime intensifies its crackdown on evangelical house churches, dissident Catholics, and even foreigners in China, according to reports from local churches, international agencies, and the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>Those being severely punished are Protestants who refuse to join the state-controlled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bitterwinter.org\/Vocabulary\/three-self-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Three Self Church<\/a>\u00a0or Catholics who remain faithful to the underground Catholic Church instead of joining the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA) church governed by the Vatican-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) concordat.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024-Annual-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Christian Concern<\/a>\u2019s 2024 report, the government investigated, threatened, or detained at least 12,000 Christians for participating in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bitterwinter.org\/Vocabulary\/house-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">house church<\/a>\u00a0activities, with more than 1,000 individuals sentenced or sent to \u201cre-education camps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/stream.org\/china-escalates-persecution-of-christians-to-unprecedented-levels\/\">stream.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s repression of Christians has surged to record levels as the regime intensifies its crackdown on evangelical house churches, dissident Catholics, and even foreigners in China, according to reports from local churches, international agencies, and the Chinese government. 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