- The Washington Times - Wednesday, May 14, 2025

China has imposed new rules on foreign missionaries, saying those who want to travel to the country to spread and preach the gospel may do so, but only after they register with the government.

That’s akin to putting a target on their backs for the CCP to take notice — and surveil — and persecute.



This is the latest move of the CCP to stifle religious freedom and persecute Christianity.

But there’s a growing backlash to the CCP pressure. And it’s bringing the opposite of what the godless communists want.

“China is now the missionary-sending capital of the world. They send more missionaries out to the world — it’s the underground church,” said Jeff King, president of the International Christian Concern.

The more the CCP tries to stop Christianity, the more Christianity flows.

“They can never figure out,” King went on, “that the more they crush, [the more] they press on the church, the faster it spreads.”

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