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Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 12/01/2000 12:00AM
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"Senior diplomat" criticizes China's crackdown on churches
A senior U.S. diplomat, who spoke to reporters in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on the condition he not be identified, said he was (in the words of The Washington Post) "disturbed and disappointed" by reports of a recent crackdown on Christian churches: 239 unregistered religious facilities have been shut down and another 210 churches and temples have been destroyed with hammers and explosives since mid-November in the Ouhai district of Wenzhou city. "Razing churches before Christmas? I'm incredulous," the diplomat said.
Former bassist for Christian music groups Newsboys, Whiteheart, dies in accident
Kevin Mills, bassist for Christian music bands Whiteheart and the Newsboys in the early- to mid-'90s, died in a motorcycle accident December 3. He was 32.
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