China’s Christians fend off church demolition crew amid latest Communist Party crackdown on faith

China’s Christians fend off church demolition crew amid latest Communist Party crackdown on faith
Demolition workers were forced to abandon attempts to strip a cross from a church in a city known as ‘China’s Jerusalem’ after angry Christians forced their way through a blockade of armed guards. The scuffles broke out as security guards carrying black batons and riot shields tried to stop members of Wenzhou’s Guantou church from entering their place of worship to stop the cross’s removal…