(ETH) – Persecution in China continues against Christians as Chinese police and other communist officials reportedly raided a house in Chengdu, China where it was reported that children of Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) were being homeschooled.
The report from CBN News stated that Education bureau administrators, national security officials, police officers, and urban management agents all surrounded the home and then carried out searches for the place while children were playing together. “The police are now raiding the home.
There are a large number of police officers outside and inside of brother Liang Huali and Sister Shu Qiong’s home, and they are currently removing brother Liang’s personal belongings. Please pray!” the church wrote. This comes as the communist regime has accelerated extreme measures, cracking down on religious groups in China.
Pastor Wang Yi, who led this particular, was taken into custody back in Dec. 2018 after his home was raided and ransacked by police leaving the pastor with a sentence of nine years in prison on charges of “inciting subversion of state power” and “illegal business operations.”
China’s President Xi Jinping has ordered that all religions must “Sinicize” to ensure they are loyal to the officially atheistic party. Meanwhile, in the Anhui province, authorities have reportedly removed at least 250 crosses from buildings owned by the approved Three-Self churches in Lu’an, Ma’anshan,
Huaibei, and other cities in the eastern part of the province during a period from January to April. “As crosses are being removed throughout the country, those who refuse to cooperate will be accused of opposing the Communist Party,” said one Christian. “We are pressured to give up our faith, but we will persevere.”
