Chinese Government takes measure to curb the propagation of Christianity
The Chinese communist regime has taken bold moves in an attempt to eliminate the Christian faith community by removing Bible apps from App Store in China and Christian WeChat public accounts. Even bible in hard copies can not be purchased online, as a result, worshippers who wish to read Bible online have to use VPN to circumvent the firewall.
Disabling WeChat accounts
Father Francis Liu from the Chinese Christian Fellowship of Righteousness tweeted that few Christian WeChat accounts such as “Gospel League” and “Life Quarterly” cannot be accessed online anymore, and a message reading “(We) received a report that (this account) violates the ‘Internet User Public Account Information Services Management Provisions’ and its account has been blocked and suspended.” is displayed when any Chinese citizen attempts to access those accounts.
Religious restrictions in china
According to Open Doors USA’s World Watch List, when it comes to persecution of Christians, China is ranked as one of the worst countries in the world.
Apart from the above-mentioned steps, bookstores owned by state-sanctioned Three self churches have increased their sales of books that propagate President Xi Jinping’s belief or the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ideology. The ICC report added that “Even their WeChat accounts are turning into propaganda channels for CCP.”
This is not the first time that a bible app had been deleted, in 2019 the Chinese Government got rid of a called WeDevote which had been downloaded 10 million times in the span of 6 years. Even American Bible Apps such as YouVersion cannot be accessed from the Chinese app store.
The CCP is even willing to brainwash children by portraying Christianity as a dark religion to them and train them to report any family member that might adopt the Christian faith.