Another Peoples Republic of China Type City Ordinace Against Any Home Bible Studies. . . .

According to Neiman at sayanythingblog.com/readers:

A clear pattern is emerging in America that cities in this nation are banning home bible studies, even if it was a large family at Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter where they just shared verses and prayed together. They are not banning scout meetings, football parties or any other group meetings in the home, they are specifically targeting Bible studies which are predominantly Christian.

This is how the Soviet Union, Cuba and The Peoples Republic of China and of course Muslims nations treat Christians meeting in their homes. This is a war against the Church, they want only registered churches that they can control.

A southern California city has ordered a Friday night Bible study involving about a dozen people to shut down its meetings by Good Friday or members could face financial sanctions.

However, in the case involving Rancho Cucamonga, legal experts who have come in to help Bible study members say the city knows it’s targeting for banishment a Bible study and they are “not budging.”

In the previous cases, San Diego County officials apologized after a code enforcement officer tried to shut down a Bible study and in Gilbert, officials told WND last week that they were working on a change in a zoning requirement that had been interpreted by staff members to ban Bible studies from residences.

The new case is alarming because of the apparent intentional decision by the city to pursue the closure of the Bible study, according to Brad Dacus, whose Pacific Justice Institute is working on the case.

The city recently dispatched a letter to the homeowner insisting the study is not allowed because it is a “church,” Dacus said. In the city, churches are required to obtain a “Conditional Use Permit” in residential areas.

”According to their definition a family praying over their dinner would qualify as a church,” he told WND.

The precedent that would be created should the rule stand, he said, should alarm religious people across the nation.

”When you step back and look at communist China, home churches are being persecuted there. This isn’t any different. And this isn’t even a church, just a Bible study, facing the same ultimatums, the same demands as in communist China.

“Make no mistake, if we let the city of Rancho Cucamonga get away with this, it will be a green light to every other city in the U.S,” he said.

The city, however, has no similar restrictions for Monday night football parties or various other events that would be held in homes, PJI confirmed.

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