More than 300 Christian children in two different schools in China’s Zhejiangprovince were told by their teachers that they had to fill out a form saying they follow “no religion.”
According to World Watch Monitor, which “tells the stories of Christians under pressure for their faith,” a source who wished to remain anonymous said Chinese children have been filling out a form to state their religion for years, but this was the first year there was pushback against children who said they were Christians.
The source said that when children filled out the form and indicated they were Christians, their teachers told them to fill out the form again and choose “no religion” instead. The source said these children come from “families of fervent believers who do not compromise their faith,” so more than half of the children checked the box indicating they were Christians a second time.
The children who said they were Christians were taken aside by their teachers to be “counseled” or warned about the consequences of identifying as a Christian. In the end, the source reported, all but 1 of the 300 children eventually checked “no religion.”
The Chinese government funds and controls all the schools in the country, so they use them to inculcate communist ideology and dissuade children from exploring Christianity. The source believes one reason for…
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