China’s only legal church, the Communist Party-controlled Three Self Patriotic Movement (TPSM), has been ordered to publish more communist propaganda in its “Christian” media.

During a meeting of the TPSM’s Media Ministry Committee in mid-April, Bitter Winter reported that Communist Party officials directed the TPSM to publish more news, stories, and content containing Xi Jinping’s thoughts, teachings, and other Communist Party documents and information. 

This is yet another clear example of the Sinicization of Christianity in China, with the already compromised TPSM bowing to directives from the ruling Communist Party to prioritise Xi Jinping’s ideology over teaching from God’s Word and publishing independent and God-honoring media stories rather than regurgitating Communist propaganda. 

International Christian Concern has served as a monitor for Christian Persecution since 1995, specifically focused on persecution stemming from Marxism, Radical Islam, and social and cultural discrimination globally.