China ramps up campaign against online church services
Apr 11, 2020 14:04:53 #
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Blocking live-streamed sermons, shutting down chat groups
WND Staff By WND Staff
Published April 11, 2020 at 10:01am
The Chinese C*******t Party's crackdown on church services in homes and buildings now extends to online services, which churches around the world have conducted amid the c****av***s p******c.
Bitter Winter, a magazine focused on human rights in China, reported Chinese authorities have prevented Christians from accessing live-streamed church services.
A pastor of an unofficial house church explained, "Our first and only online gathering was blocked by the government soon after it started."
The report said a pastor's online service in the eastern province of Shandong was stopped less than 20 minutes after it began on Feb. 9. A few days later, he unsuccessfully attempted another online platform.
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Local C*******t Party officials have issued public notices that churches are required to stop live-streaming any of their activities immediately.
The United Front Work Department of the Nanhu district in Jiaxing in the eastern province of Zhejiang also ordered a halt to all WeChat audio broadcasts.
China's State Administration for Religious Affairs issued an order in September 2018 banning the live-streaming or broadcasting of "religious activities."
The Measures for the Management of Religious Information on the Internet stated: "No organizations or individuals will be allowed to live-stream or broadcast religious activities, including praying, burning incense, ordinations, scripture chanting, holding Mass, worshipping or receiving baptism online in the form of text, photo, audio or video."
Online activities by religious believers are also heavily monitored, Bitter Winter said.
A Three-Self church in Laoling city in Shandong demanded all the members of its WeChat groups disclose their names.
"Encouraged by the government, many factories and public venues have been re-opened, but religious venues are still barred," a Three-Self believer from Henan. "Religious meetings are forbidden, and all channels of religious communication are blocked."
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Blocking live-streamed sermons, shutting down chat groups
WND Staff By WND Staff
Published April 11, 2020 at 10:01am
The Chinese C*******t Party's crackdown on church services in homes and buildings now extends to online services, which churches around the world have conducted amid the c****av***s p******c.
Bitter Winter, a magazine focused on human rights in China, reported Chinese authorities have prevented Christians from accessing live-streamed church services.
A pastor of an unofficial house church explained, "Our first and only online gathering was blocked by the government soon after it started."
The report said a pastor's online service in the eastern province of Shandong was stopped less than 20 minutes after it began on Feb. 9. A few days later, he unsuccessfully attempted another online platform.
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Local C*******t Party officials have issued public notices that churches are required to stop live-streaming any of their activities immediately.
The United Front Work Department of the Nanhu district in Jiaxing in the eastern province of Zhejiang also ordered a halt to all WeChat audio broadcasts.
China's State Administration for Religious Affairs issued an order in September 2018 banning the live-streaming or broadcasting of "religious activities."
The Measures for the Management of Religious Information on the Internet stated: "No organizations or individuals will be allowed to live-stream or broadcast religious activities, including praying, burning incense, ordinations, scripture chanting, holding Mass, worshipping or receiving baptism online in the form of text, photo, audio or video."
Online activities by religious believers are also heavily monitored, Bitter Winter said.
A Three-Self church in Laoling city in Shandong demanded all the members of its WeChat groups disclose their names.
"Encouraged by the government, many factories and public venues have been re-opened, but religious venues are still barred," a Three-Self believer from Henan. "Religious meetings are forbidden, and all channels of religious communication are blocked."
Apr 11, 2020 14:12:32 #
no propaganda please wrote:
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The organization of church and worship service is to encourage unsafe touching or proximity.
What part of that is wrong from a medical point of view.
Why does anyone need help in channeling their beliefs...if one's belief are so fragile, maybe you should question the purpose of faith...at all?
Do you wear a safety belt when you drive because it makes sense or because it is a primary offense in your state?
Apr 11, 2020 14:20:40 #
no propaganda please
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Sew_What wrote:
The organization of church and worship service is to encourage unsafe touching or proximity.
What part of that is wrong from a medical point of view.
Why does anyone need help in channeling their beliefs...if one's belief are so fragile, maybe you should question the purpose of faith...at all?
Do you wear a safety belt when you drive because it makes sense or because it is a primary offense in your state?
What part of that is wrong from a medical point of view.
Why does anyone need help in channeling their beliefs...if one's belief are so fragile, maybe you should question the purpose of faith...at all?
Do you wear a safety belt when you drive because it makes sense or because it is a primary offense in your state?
I have to tell you that my dogs have better ability to reason that you have. Your comments make no sense.
Apr 11, 2020 14:32:42 #
no propaganda please wrote:
I have to tell you that my dogs have better ability to reason that you have. Your comments make no sense.
Apr 11, 2020 14:33:32 #
no propaganda please wrote:
Faith WorldWND br c br Blocking live-streamed serm... (show quote)
I wonder if CD will comment on this?
Apr 11, 2020 21:43:50 #
no propaganda please wrote:
Faith WorldWND br c br Blocking live-streamed serm... (show quote)
Wechat doesn't have audio broadcasts...
Regardless.... I'm doing Easter service in twenty minutes online and all of my Christian friends are doing theirs this way as well...
Churches are restricted from broadcasting on television or radio (it's viewed as proselytizing) but lots have online services for their members... I've never heard of them being disrupted... Might be an internet problem...
Yes, churches are still closed.. As are temples and mosques... It's unfortunate, but as most schools are still no open, it makes sense...
Happy Easter to both of you NPP and SOMEONE.... God bless
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