China Cracks Down on Christians, Jails Underground Church Pastors

[Tall Timbers]

The Chinese Communist government launched its biggest crackdown on Christians in years over the weekend, detaining dozens of pastors from “house churches,” including Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, the founder of one of China’s biggest evangelical churches.

“What just happened is part of a new wave of religious persecution this year,” said Sean Long, a U.S.-based pastor and spokesman for Jin’s Zion Church.

Long said almost 30 pastors and church members were detained across China in the crackdown, and about 20 of them remain in custody.

China Cracks Down on Christians, Jails Underground Church Pastors

The Chinese Communist government launched its biggest crackdown on Christians in China in years over the weekend, detaining dozens of pastors.

www.breitbart.com

Seems like business as usual in China with regards to persecution of their true believers.

 

[1LoverofGod]

Rubio Demands Release of Church Leaders Arrested by Chinese Communist Party​

Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanded the release of the nearly three dozen Christian leaders detained by the Chinese Communist Party in one of the worst underground church crackdowns in decades.

Zion Church, an unregistered house church network, had several leaders detained in overnight raids across the country over the weekend, according to a report from the BBC.
Mingri “Ezra” Jin, a prominent minister, was taken into custody.

Rubio said in a Sunday statement that the United States government condemns the “recent detention of dozens of leaders of the unregistered house Zion Church.”

Rubio Demands Release of Church Leaders Arrested by Chinese Communist Party

Zion Church, an unregistered house church network, had several leaders detained in overnight raids over the weekend.

www.westernjournal.com