Officials issued the orders during the national conference of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, the state-controlled body of the Protestant Church in mainland China, and the China Christian Council (CCC). The CCC oversees education in Three-Self churches. The conference, which took place on July 8, was entitled “Learning and Implementing the Spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s Speech of July 1.”

In a recent address delivered by Xi Jinping, he discussed the importance of the CCP in shaping modern China and emphasized that China would be crushed without the strength provided by socialism and the CCP.

According to UCA News, the state-appointed heads of the two groups attending the conference stated that pastors are now expected to make President Xi’s speech their central topic of study, preaching, and Bible studies. Pastors were given a model sermon based on the nine points in the speech glorifying China, the CCP, and President Xi.

Source: persecution.org