Tonight on Persecution Watch: China’s Plan to Crush Christianity

(Voice of the Persecuted) Again, we want to lift up two persecuted witnesses for the Lord and pray for Leah Sharibu and Alice that this year will be the year where they will be set free. And also pray for pastor Wang Yi to be released from Prison.

China

Population: 1.4 billion Christians 97million.

The management of religious affairs is with the Communist Party, which is also the Government. You can’t distinguish one from the other.

When president Xi Jingpin came to power he started crackdowns and persecution against Christians, in both registered and unregistered chutches. Forbid Landlords to rent to Christians for meetings. It started with CCTV monitoring, finger printing and spies. Both medical workers and teachers are not allowed to have religious affiliation. No one under 18 is allowed to attend church.

Now the Party/Government moves to total control.

A new mandate entitled “Administrative Measures for Religious Groups” has been approved by the CPC and is comprised of six chapters and 41 articles dealing with the organization, functions, offices, supervision, projects and economic administration of religious communities. The new rules also seek to ensure that religious leaders support, promote and implement total submission to the Chinese Communist Party at all times.

In addition, Article 17 specifies that all religious organizations “must spread the principles and policies of the Chinese Communist Party” in everything they do. Religious groups must also engage in “supporting the socialist system, adhering to and following the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics …,” according to the restrictions. In essence, the Chinese government is insisting the church conform to it and where Christianity and the government contradict, they require Christians to forsake their beliefs in favor of the government. The government knows this is a trap as Christians place more value on the word of God than the worldly government they are under.

Pastor Wang Yi has spoken boldly against the Chinese government and for the sake of Jesus Christ. Faithwire reports that last September “shortly before he was detained, Pastor Yi personally called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to repent of his sins and come to Jesus.” This inevitably put a giant target on Yi’s back and possibly disturbed President Jinping and his government to the point of establishing new rules against Christians.

· Pray to the Lord that He will exercise His power and bring about a change in government and that they will become open to religious liberty.

· Pray to the Lord that the authorities will be overwhelmed, flooded, drowned with so much information that they are unable to use it against Christians.

· Pray to the Lord that the electronic surveillance, spy systems will break down. Delivered garbled unusable data.

· Pray that the Lord will blind, confuse and distract the authorities that so that believers can worship together without being detected.

· Pray to the Lord for pastors and teachers that train disciple are protected, are made invisible to the authorities.

· Pray that Christians Internet messages and websites will not be blocked or shut down and will continue to minister to both believers and unbelievers.

· Pray to the Lord that He will guide and protect His believers to have courage, wisdom and boldness in reaching out to their neighbors.

· Pray to the Lord to give Christian NGOs favor that they will be invisible to the authorities and can continue to provide spiritual and other support to believers.

· Pray to the Lord that believers will love and forgive their persecutors.

· Pray to the Lord that the Christians know we are praying and standing in the gap for them.

· Pray that the Lord that in spite of the latest measures to suppress Christianity the Numbers of believers will increase beyond our wildest expectations.

Many blessings,

Andy, Prayer Moderator, Persecution Watch

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What is Persecution Watch?
Persecution Watch is a U.S. national prayer conference call ministry that prays specifically for the global Persecuted Church. For over a decade, Blaine Scogin led this national network of believers who faithfully pray for the persecuted and the global harvest for the Kingdom of God. The group meets via a free call-in service every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday night at 9pm Eastern (please check your time zone). Blaine also served as Prayer Director for Voice of the Persecuted and our missions became one. The prayer mission of Persecution Watch is an important part of our own. With the passing of Blaine into glory on December 26, 2019, Voice of the Persecuted is committed to continue the prayer conference call for the persecuted along with our dedicated prayer warrior team.

On occasion, persecuted brothers and sisters have been invited on the call to share the trials they’re facing. The team serves to encourage them by washing their feet in Spirit led prayer. Time is often reserved for those on the call to ask questions. We believe this helps to gain a better understanding of the situation that persecuted Christians endure in their specific nations. Q&A also helps us to focus our prayers based on their current needs.

Persecution Watch also hosts callers who want to pray united from other nations. If your heart is perplexed by the sufferings of our persecuted brothers and sisters, you no longer need to pray alone. We welcome all who desire to pray for the persecuted church and consider it a joy to pray together with you. If you’re new to the call and can’t find your voice, listen in and pray silently or on mute. We are grateful and thank the Lord for bringing us all together to pray in agreement for our persecuted family in Christ. We can all be prayer warriors on this call!