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Trump Admin Demands Release of Detained Underground Christian Pastor
At least 21 clergy from Zion Church were detained for defying China's Sinicization policy, affecting millions of unregistered Protestants, officials said.
- On Friday, October 10, Pastor Jin Mingri, founder of the Zion Church, was detained at his home in Beihai, Guangxi Province along with at least 20 other clergy members.
- The CCP's sinicization policy requires controlling clergy appointments and sermons to align doctrines with communism and Chinese culture, following President Xi Jinping's September 29 Politburo study session.
- An official detention notice says Pastor Jin Mingri is suspected of "illegal use of information networks," a charge that could lead to seven years; Zion Church was banned in 2018 but still has thousands of followers.
- The U.S. State Department demanded China release 'Ezra' Jin Mingri and called for international scrutiny, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the detentions and urged the CCP to allow religious freedom.
- Advocacy groups warn this arrest fits a pattern that may be the most severe blow since at least 2018, as Open Doors ranks China 15th and tens of millions worship in illegal 'house Churches'.
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China has intensified its religious repression through a raid on the Church of Zion, one of the most important clandestine congregations in the country, in which it has arrested dozens of its members. This operation represents the biggest blow to Christianity within its borders since the widespread punitive campaign of 2018. Among those arrested is Pastor Jin Mingri, founder of the community, also known as Ezra, who was imprisoned this Friday at…
Daughter Of Detained Pastor Warns Of A Coming ‘Wave’ Of Christian Persecution In Communist China
The daughter of a Christian pastor detained by the Chinese Communist Party alongside nearly two dozen church leaders is warning of a coming “wave” of Christian persecution in China, she told The Daily Wire. Last week, the Chinese government rounded up prominent pastor Mingri “Ezra” Jin and at least 22 other church leaders and locked them up in a detention center in Guangxi, a region in southern China. Jin and the others detained are connected to…
The United States demands the release of Christian leaders arrested by China on Friday. Pastor Jin Mingri of the Zion Church was arrested at his home on Friday night along with leaders from at least five other Chinese provinces, according to Associated Press. Charges of “illegal dissemination of religious content over the Internet,” said Sean Long, a pastor of the Chinese Zion Church who studies in the United States. “This is a very disturbing a…
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