Worship places must be registered, which normally entails joining one of five officially recognized religious associations. Publication of Bibles and religious materials must be state approved. Admission to seminaries or other religious training for registered church pastors or lay leaders requires permission of local authorities. Believers may be required to provide identification on receipts when purchasing Bibles at a registered church. Communist Party members are prohibited from expressing religious beliefs, so only atheists are allowed to head government offices that regulate religion.
Government officials determine which religious beliefs are heretical, and thus illegal.
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