BEIJING — Police in China detained dozens of pastors of one of its largest underground churches over the weekend, a church ...

The US has called for the release of 30 leaders of one of China's largest underground church network who were reportedly ...

The crackdown on the Zion Church comes a month after China imposed a new rule banning unauthorised online preaching or ...

If Xi Jinping’s rule of China is so fragile that he feels mortally threatened by independent religious institutions, it’s ...

Chinese authorities arrested 30 pastors and church staff of Zion Church during raids across the country last week. The pastor, Jin Mingri, who founded the underground or ‘house’ church in 2007, is ...

Zion Church is among the largest so-called underground or house churches that are unregistered with the Chinese authorities. They defy Chinese government restrictions requiring believers to worship ...

In recent days across major cities including Shanghai, Huangdao, Jiaxing, and Beijing, almost 30 pastors and church staff ...

Dozens of other Zion Church leaders were also reportedly arrested in Beijing and at least five other provinces across the ...

China has in recent years arrested and detained Christian leaders of underground churches, who are not registered with the ...

Among those detained is Pastor Jin Mingri, also known as Ezra Jin. Jin is the founder of Beijing’s Zion Church and was ...

Leaders of the underground Christian Zion Church in China have been arrested, including pastor Ezra Jin, and the State ...

The large-scale crackdown against the Zion Church was unleashed last Thursday. The latter is one of China’s most vibrant ...