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Chinese underground church figure Jin Mingri freed from prison
Rights groups said Jin’s release followed Trump’s appeal to Xi, while at least 8 Zion Church members remain detained.
- Pastor Ezra Jin was released from Chinese prison after 266 days, less than two months following President Donald Trump's intervention with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.
- Detained in October for practicing and preaching his faith, Jin led one of China's largest underground churches while his family fled the country in 2018 following previous arrests of Christians.
- Upon arriving in Los Angeles on Friday, Jin reunited with his wife, Anna Liu, and daughter, Grace Drexel, and met his grandson, also named Ezra, for the first time.
- Writing to The Free Press, the family called the release a "miracle" occurring on the eve of America's 250th birthday, stating "We thank God for this tremendous miracle."
- Jin's initial conversion to Christianity was inspired by the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, an event sharing its June 4 anniversary with the birth of his newborn grandchild.
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A pastor who founded one of China's most prominent clandestine churches was released from prison and reunited with his family in the United States, his daughter told CNN.
Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release
Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, who was detained in China in October, has been released, less than two months after US President Trump brought up his case when meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.
·New York, United States
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China releases the imprisoned pastor Ezra Jin. US President Trump had campaigned for the founder of the underground church.
·Frankfurt, Germany
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Founder of one of China’s biggest underground churches freed, reunites with family in US
A pastor who founded one of China’s most prominent underground churches has been released from prison and reunited with his family in the United States, his daughter told CNN.
·Atlanta, United States
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