Dozens of Chinese Christians detained in raid on underground church, group says
Samuel Chamberlain
BEIJING – Chinese authorities detained at least 80 Christians in a raid on a prominent church that operates outside the umbrella of the Beijing government's official Protestant organization, an advocacy group said Monday.
Texas-based ChinaAid said the pastor of the Early Rain Covenant Church and his wife were among those detained in the southwestern city of Chengdu starting Sunday night.
China has cracked down heavily on independent church groups this year as part of a move to suppress all religions. The government requires that Protestants worship only in churches recognized and regulated by the Three-Self Patriotic Movement. Even within that framework, the officially atheist ruling Communist Party has been seeking to rein in religious expression, including removing crosses from official and unofficial churches.
Read more at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/dozens-of-chinese-christians-detained-in-raid-on-underground-church-group-says
The organization relaying this info in the article is
China Aid , so there is there link for anyone interested. It sounds like this happened in the last 48 hours, very recent news.
The link is pretty helpful, again,
http://www.chinaaid.org/
