President Obama Remains Silent As Christians Suffer
November 21, 2009 by Roberto Santiago
Filed under Religion
Christian Persecutions
CHINESE CHRISTIANS CONDEMN OBAMA
President Remains Silent As Christians Suffer
U. S. Opts to Ignore Communist Persecutions
by Paul L. Williams
As President Barack Obama embarks on his first visit to China, leaders of the Chinese Christian churches are condemning his administration for its indifference to the increasing persecution of their flocks by the Communist overlords.
The latest example of that persecution came Sunday a church in Beijing was nailed shut since it failed to gain the approval of the state.
Worship in China is governed by the officially atheist Communist Party. Christians may only worship in state-approved churches.
Since such approved places of worship remain few in number, millions of Chinese Christians belong to unregistered churches and remain subject to imprisonment and official harassment.
Sunday’s closing of the Shouwang church, one of the largest underground churches in China, forced 800 members to hold worship services in a nearby park. The service didn’t last long since it was disrupted by the police. The flock finally made their way to a performance hall on the outskirts of the city.
District police referred questions regarding the shutting down of Christian churches to the Beijing public security bureau, where calls rang unanswered Sunday.
