Release International
Tougher regulations on religious affairs come into force in February, giving the state greater control over churches and other places of worship.
Those new rules will mean unregistered house churches will face increasingly tough measures to control their activities.
The restrictions are being promoted to ‘block extremism’ and prevent the use of religion to ‘endanger national security and undermine social order’. They reflect the Communist Party’s fear that foreign powers are working to undermine its authority by supporting Christianity.
