BEIJING -- The Rev. Peter Liu Yongbin, a wireless microphone tethered to his head, gazed out over his prospective converts and plowed into the ABCs of Roman Catholic faith. He offered a roughly abridged version of Abraham's family tree, the benefits of frequent confession and a quick guide to church hierarchy. ''Think of the pope as equivalent to the minister of a government bureaucracy,'' he explained.

Then came the pop quiz. What if China were to experience another Cultural Revolution, the traumatic decade of Maoist zealotry during which religious adherents were persecuted?

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