Attention! Attention!

All village leaders, report to the village committee!

Emergency meeting!

Hey, mayor, what is it?

Hey, hurry, hurry!

I'm here! I'm here!

Party Central just sent down another priority communique,

promoting the suppression of religion

and banishment of The Church of Almighty God

to the level of a critically urgent, laboriously important,

and massively crucial political task.

They sent another one? (They sent another one!)

Listen, as village leaders,

we need to actively respond,

and restrict the God believers that are in our village,

and make them give up their faith entirely.

If you wanna talk about how we limit believers,

we already have the five-household mutual surveillance,

cameras at the village entrance to identify strangers,

audio propaganda broadcasts, propaganda leaflets, rewards for reporting …

What else can we do?

Listen really, mayor!

For the few believers in God in our village,

we already assigned people to watch them,

especially Liu Ming'en's family.

The only thing we haven't done yet is move in with them. (That's right!)

Mayor, we've already tried everything!

And even then we can't stop them!

They're still secretly going to meetings and spreading the gospel.

This time, we have to obey the orders from above,

strengthen our efforts,

go to every house to make people sign statements

guaranteeing they don't believe in God.

If we can't find a way to make this happen,

not only will I lose my job as mayor,

you two could lose yours as well.

Mayor, the police arrest believers everywhere and still can't stop them.

How are we supposed to stop them?

I'm telling you—(That's right!)

Take Liu Ming'en for example.

He spent 7 years in jail, and suffered so much,

and he didn't give up his faith.

What else do they expect us to do against them?

Yeah. (There's nothing.)

Party Central demands no believers in the villages,

and that everyone follow the Party.

Even if there's no way, we have to find a way to stop them.

What kind of way is there?

We've tried everything there is!

Yeah, I mean what are they expecting from us, I mean. (They're making our jobs impossible!)

Come on, this is just like—(Enough!)

Both of you, stop complaining.

We don't have much time, so split up and get to work!

Fine. OK.

M … m … m … mayor, mayor! (You startled me!)

What is it? (There's a … stranger at L … L … Liu Ming'en's house!)

I'm 90 percent positive … (What?)

You're positive of what? (That it's a believer in God!)

This Liu Ming'en, I swear, really is a godized person!

Hey, you two, go over that way.

Yuan Hua, come on.

Let's go see what's going on!

Come on. Let's go. Hey, come on. Come on.

Hey, oh my wife should really be home by this time.

Who is it?

It's me, Hu.

Oh, you're here! (Oh, mayor!)

Mr. Liu, what are you doing today?

Your door was closed in the middle of the day,

I hope you're not reading your religious books again!

The police already confiscated all my religious books.

And you are well aware of that.

Then have you had any contact with believers in God lately?

With that huge camera at the village entrance,

and the "care" I get from you visiting almost once a day,

what believer would dare to ever visit my house? (Yeah.)

I don't have much choice, you know.

When you work for the Communist Party, you have to do what it says. (Yeah!)

Mr. Liu, the government sends me one communique after another

demanding that we suppress religious faith.

They especially demand that we banish The Church of Almighty God.

I suggest you take my advice and stop believing in God.

Yes, you should stop believing!

The CCP will never let believers in God go free.

Really, if you were to get arrested again,

it will not be as simple as 7 years next time! (Seven years!)

Hey, did someone come to your house just a minute ago?

Yes, that's right.

Where are they?

Who are they?

That was my niece. My wife took her to see the doctor.

Your niece? To the doctor?

Hey, mayor,

you come to my house almost once a day.

Doesn't the committee have better things to do?

You know, we don't actually want to come.

But these are orders from above.

We have to prioritize monitoring believers in God.

We don't have any choice in this!

Mr. Liu, the police have informed us

that after you believers in God leave jail,

you are not allowed to turn your phones off,

stop paying your bill, or change your number,

and for a year you can't leave the village.

You have to be available when we call,

and report back to the police station every month.

Hey, hey, and,

you have to turn in ideological reports. (Remember to report on time.)

Isn't this turning my home into a prison and limiting my personal freedom?

What law did I break?

You treat me as a criminal just because I believe in God?

It's no use telling me all this.

I'm just the mayor of a little village.

I have to do whatever my superiors tell me. (That's right.)

And you know very well,

the Communist Party are atheists.

If they forbid belief in God, what can we do?

We can't do anything.

In China, the Communist Party is in charge.

If you want to survive here,

it's best to obey their policy.

Mr. Liu, an old saying puts it best,

"Take off what shoes you must to cross the river,

sing what songs you must to cross the mountain."

At this point in time, we need to obey the Communist Party.

So please, listen to us, and stop believing in God.

Stop believing in God, huh?

We believers in God pursue the truth

and walk the correct path in life.

Why does the Communist Party always try to limit us?

Today, there are corrupt officials everywhere,

evildoers run amok, and every industry is in chaos.

Ordinary people can hardly get along,

and the Communist Party doesn't do anything about it.

What is that if not neglect of their duty? (This …)

What? Neglect of their duty?

To the Communist Party,

protecting their own power is the most important thing.

And there are more and more of you believers in God.

Exactly.

There are almost more of you than there are Party members.

Why wouldn't the Party try to limit you?

Why wouldn't they?

If you want to believe in God in China, they won't give you—

any way through.

Ma'am, you're back. (Mayor Hu.)

What are you two doing here again?

Ma'am, we're just here to visit you.

Just to visit you!

Hey, I heard your niece came to visit. Where is she?

She left after she saw the doctor.

Mayor, really,

even when my relatives visit,

you need to check up on us?

It's because I care about you!

That's right, we care!

If you keep associating with believers in God,

you'll be arrested again.

Right.

We're fellow villagers,

and we need to take care of each other, yeah?

Then thank you so much for "caring."

You …

Mayor, you've investigated and asked your questions.

Is there anything else you need? (You …)

When is it ever that easy?

This time, the provincial security department ordered

all county, township, and village leaders to personally go out

and ensure every person in every household signs a letter,

promising not to believe in God.

Hey, here. You'll have to sign it too.

Do it and avoid the trouble. (Sign it and we're finished, OK?)

Mr. Liu, here, sign it!

Mayor,

if I put my signature on that, I'm betraying God.

I absolutely refuse to sign.

Spare me the speeches! OK?

The fact of the matter is, you have to sign this paper,

or else, the police will arrest both of you!

We're begging you, don't be so stubborn.

Just sign the paper, then believe in secret.

No one will know.

That's right. Ma'am, here.

Director Yuan,

I'm sorry, but we won't be signing this.

You might as well stop asking us.

I know you both have very busy jobs,

so you'd best get back to it. (Oh, ma'am …)

You're really going to make this hard on yourselves, aren't you?

The only ones who'll suffer for your stubbornness is you!

Exactly!

Listen, I'm leaving the letter here.

Think long and hard about this.

Long and hard!

Yuan Hua, let's go!

More stubborn than a pile of rocks!

See you later, goodbye!

These people …

Nothing but the CCP's running dogs!

Look at this! Look at this!

Everything in this resists and blasphemes against God.

They're forcing us to sign this piece of paper and in doing so betray God.

The CCP will try anything within their power to make us give up our faith!

It's despicable! It's evil what they're doing!

Really is.

I remember, it says in God's word,

God's word also says,

To eliminate those with religious belief,

the CCP locks up China tighter than a safe,

so tight not even needles or water can get in!

Exactly!

From the center to local governments,

they all wildly resist God,

so that even a village mayor

considers eliminating religious belief his most important job.

China really is a city full of demons!

Yes, it is.

It's even impossible

for Christians to sit in peace and read God's word or go to meetings!

How many of our brothers and sisters have been arrested?

How many of them have been beaten to death or crippled?

How many families have been torn apart?

The CCP is nothing but wicked!

Well, without experiencing this persecution and hardship,

we would never be able to see the CCP's demonic essence of resisting God,

and never be able to loathe it with all our hearts.

That's true.

The CCP oppresses us this way, and asks us to betray God,

but they don't imagine

that them doing this only hardens our determination

to turn toward the light and pursue the truth.

Thanks be to God!

God uses the great red dragon's service to perfect our faith in God and our love.

At times like this, we should all the more rely on God and follow God to the end!

Amen!

Hey, won't Hui be back soon?

Oh yeah. I'll go make dinner.

Go ahead.

Mayor, what are we going to do about Liu Ming'en?

We have to think of something.

Mayor, isn't that his daughter?

Hey, I have an idea! Go!

Hi, Hui! You're back so early today.

Mrs. Yuan, Mr. Hu.

Hui. (What do you want?)

It's about your parents believing in God. (Yeah.)