Churches respond to Chinese Communist Party ban on religious activities for children

China (MNN) — Atheism. It’s what the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seems to want all of China to align with. Short of that, they are pressing for the “sinicization” of five recognized religions in China: Buddhism, Catholicism, Daoism, Islam, and Protestantism. Sinicization refers to adaptation to Han Chinese culture as defined by CCP values. (More on the history of China's government's stance toward religion here.) Toward those ends, the CCP’s prime target today are children. Children and fa