Parents in the city of Wenzhou, also known as "China's Jerusalem" due to
its large Christian community, are saying that they will continue
teaching their children about the Bible and Jesus Christ despite the
atheistic government's ban on Sunday School.
"Faith comes first, grades come second," a Christian parent identified only as Chen told Reuters.
The Communist Party, which has been carrying out a crackdown on churches for years with the rise of the Christian population, officially banned Sunday Schools in Wenzhou districts back in August.
Churches in Wenzhou have continued teaching children about the Christian faith, however, either in private homes, or by billing Sunday School classes as daycare, not education.
Chen argued that state education does not provide children with sufficient moral and spiritual guidance."Drugs, porn, gambling and violence are serious problems among today's youth and video games are extremely seductive," the parent said. "We cannot be by his side all the time so only through faith can we make him understand the right thing to do."
Christianpost
*We are having Christianity so easy in this part of our world. While we are busy debating about tithe or worrying about how to make more money, some people are thinking of raising their children by the Word of God despite the brutal odds.
Go to China. Those Christians refuse to buckle despite pressure. Pressure/trials have a way of teaching you what really matters and what really matters is what they are pursuing. They hold on to their faith tenaciously. I am so touched. God help us to stay true even in the face of persecution. Freedom is a indeed a gift we ought to appreciate God for.
"Faith comes first, grades come second," a Christian parent identified only as Chen told Reuters.
The Communist Party, which has been carrying out a crackdown on churches for years with the rise of the Christian population, officially banned Sunday Schools in Wenzhou districts back in August.
Churches in Wenzhou have continued teaching children about the Christian faith, however, either in private homes, or by billing Sunday School classes as daycare, not education.
Chen argued that state education does not provide children with sufficient moral and spiritual guidance."Drugs, porn, gambling and violence are serious problems among today's youth and video games are extremely seductive," the parent said. "We cannot be by his side all the time so only through faith can we make him understand the right thing to do."
Christianpost
*We are having Christianity so easy in this part of our world. While we are busy debating about tithe or worrying about how to make more money, some people are thinking of raising their children by the Word of God despite the brutal odds.
Go to China. Those Christians refuse to buckle despite pressure. Pressure/trials have a way of teaching you what really matters and what really matters is what they are pursuing. They hold on to their faith tenaciously. I am so touched. God help us to stay true even in the face of persecution. Freedom is a indeed a gift we ought to appreciate God for.
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