Source: Christian Headlines, February 18, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A spokesperson for the Christian persecution watchdog group The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) warned that the Chinese government is currently attempting to rewrite the Word of God in accordance with communist values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is a project that the Chinese Communist Party announced in 2019. At the time, they said it would be about a 10-year process \u2026 to release a new translation of the Bible,\u201d VOM spokesman Todd Nettleton told Faithwire in a recent interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He noted that the reimagined Scriptures would include a variety of principles, including Confucianism and Buddhism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “This new translation \u2026 would really support the Communist Party,” Nettleton added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read the full story<\/a> or watch the 10-minute interview with Nettleton<\/a>. (Though the American flag in the background is a bit distracting.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n See also Dangers of Openly Worshiping Jesus in China: One Man\u2019s Harrowing Story<\/a> (The Christian Post).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read on for another story about government and faith.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Christian Headlines, February 18, 2022 A spokesperson for the Christian persecution watchdog group The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) warned that the Chinese government is currently attempting to rewrite the Word of God in accordance with communist values. \u201cThis is a project that the Chinese Communist Party announced in 2019. At the time, they … Continue reading China: Rewriting the Bible to Align with Communist Values<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10887,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10886\/revisions\/10887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}