Repairs to existing churches are heavily restricted. Church property is still vulnerable to government seizure. Public evangelism is illegal. Church leaders are still monitored, interrogated, and threatened with arrest. House churches and parochial schools are forbidden.
Bible distribution is limited.
We love you very specially, and always welcome you to our country. These words are no doubt in Campbell's mind as she shuttles back and forth in her crusade to return little Eli n to Cuba, her chartered plane paid for by NCC dollars it supposedly does not have. But more than a few mainline church members are praying for something else altogether during this exercise in propaganda. They are hoping that Joan Campbell's departure from the National Council of Churches marks the end of the betrayal of Christian ecumenism by party hacks and political ideologues.