(Photo: Getty/iStock) Leaders of a Chinese house church have been arrested for supposedly “illegally using information networks” in what may be part of a broader crackdown by the Chinese government on non-state sanctioned Christianity. This latest incident occurred at Zion Church in Beihai, Guangxi Province. The church’s senior pastor, Ezra Jin Mingri, was one of…
The Chinese authorities have launched a crackdown against one of the country’s largest unregistered Christian congregations, Zion Church, detaining dozens of pastors and members across multiple provinces. FILE: Police officers guard at the main entrance door to a building where Zion church is located after the church was shutdown by authorities in Beijing, Sept. 11,…
Ezra Jin, pictured in 2018, has been barred from leaving China for years, separating him from his family. BEIJING—Under intense pressure from authorities in China, Ezra Jin persisted for years in building one of the nation’s largest underground Christian churches, with branches in 40 cities across the country. Online prayer groups he helped lead at…