US EditionZion Church pastor has been detained in China, his daughter and a religion monitoring group say
Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri and dozens of church leaders were detained in a coordinated crackdown targeting unregistered underground Christian congregations, which grew to over 5,000 members, China Aid said.
- Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri of the Zion Church was detained at his home in Beihai, China, along with other church leaders, as reported by his daughter and a religious monitoring group.
- They may face charges for 'illegal dissemination of religious content via the internet,' according to Sean Long, a pastor studying in the U.S.
- Zion Church has grown from about 1,500 to over 5,000 members, according to Long, after holding online prayer sessions during the pandemic.
- Bob Fu of China Aid claims this is the most coordinated wave of persecution against independent house churches in China in over four decades.
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On Saturday (October 11), the Zion Church in Beijing issued a public statement saying that since Thursday (9th), the Chinese Communist Party government has simultaneously arrested a large number of pastors, preachers and believers of the church in Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Shandong, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and other places.
A well-known Christian pastor was arrested in China, accused of spreading religious content without government authorization. It is Ezra Jin Mingri, leader of the Zion Church, one of the largest independent congregations in the country, operating outside State control. The arrest occurred at his home in Beihai, Guangxi province, and was accompanied by the arrest of dozens of leaders and members of the same community in Beijing and at least five …
Zion Church pastor has been detained in China, his daughter and a religion monitoring group say | The New York Ledger
A pastor of a popular underground church in China was apprehended, according to his child, a church pastor and a group that keeps an eye on religious beliefs in the East Asian nation. Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri of the Zion Church was apprehended at his home in Beihai in China’s southeast Guangxi province on Friday night, together with lots of other church leaders in Beijing and a minimum of 5 other provinces throughout China. They might deal with ch…
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