{"id":2947,"date":"2020-06-24T00:52:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T00:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2020-06-24T00:52:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T00:52:05","slug":"international-widows-day-china-tries-to-force-widow-to-renounce-her-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/international-widows-day-china-tries-to-force-widow-to-renounce-her-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERNATIONAL WIDOWS DAY \u2013 CHINA TRIES TO FORCE WIDOW TO RENOUNCE HER FAITH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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One of many widows helped <\/strong>by our “Save a Widow” campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Catholic widow in Fuzhou city, Jiangxi province, has had her pension revoked because she refused to renounce her faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According\nto a report in Bitter Winter<\/a>, <\/em>the\nelderly woman had been receiving a small subsidy since her husband died in\n2018.  At the end of 2019, local officials threatened that her subsidy\nwould be stopped unless she would remove images of Jesus from her home. \n\u201cBecause the Communist Party feeds you, you must only believe in it, not God,\u201d\nthey told her.  When she refused to remove the images of Jesus, they\ncanceled her subsidy.  \u201cIt has become difficult to maintain belief in God\nbecause of religious persecution,\u201d she told Bitter\nWinter<\/em>.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reggie\nLittlejohn, founder and president of Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers<\/a>, stated, \u201cIt is\na heartbreak and an outrage that widows and other elderly are forced to\nrenounce their faith in order to receive stipends.  For many, they may\nneed these funds to survive.  It a\npathetic act of cowardice to force desperate widows to choose between their\nsurvival and their God.   <\/strong>This widow, who refused to renounce her\nfaith potentially in the face of abject poverty, is heroic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis form\nof religious persecution,\u201d Littlejohn continued, \u201cis on the rise in the area of\nChina where we have our Save a Widow Campaign<\/a>. \nI was just informed that in our area, a government official has instructed our\nwidows to stay home on Sundays and not to go to church.  He also ridiculed\nJesus, saying, \u2018The Chinese government gives you 160 RMB (about $23).  How\nmuch money does Jesus Christ give you?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFortunately\nfor the widows in our area, they have a ready answer,\u201d Littlejohn added. \n\u201cOur fieldworkers bring love and compassion to widows, along with practical\nhelp: a $25 monthly stipend that makes a huge difference in their lives,\nproviding food and warmth.  Our fieldworkers encourage these widows in\ntheir faith, and many have found new hope that there is a God who loves them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China also\nhas a skyrocketing rate of senior suicide. The One Child Policy has destroyed\nthe family structure in China. In the past, the Chinese enjoyed large families\nand it was not a burden for children and grandchildren to support the elderly.\nNow many elderly are completely abandoned and destitute, especially elderly\nwidows. And the sad solution for many is to end their lives.  \u201cWe are\nextending a lifeline to abandoned widows, who are eternally grateful for the\nhelp,\u201d Littlejohn said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To\nwatch our powerful \u201cSave a Widow\u201d video, click HERE.<\/strong><\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\nTo learn more about the Save a Widow Campaign,\nclick HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers is helping desperate widows in China.\u00a0 Our fieldworkers visits them every month to let them know that we care for then, even if everyone else has abandoned them.\u00a0 With our help, they knows they are loved.\u00a0 With the $25 a month we give them, they have the funds to eat better and perhaps can heat her little room in the winter.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will you help abandoned widows in\nChina?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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