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China detains dozens of underground church pastors in crackdown
« on: October 13, 2025, 10:17:02 am »
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China detains dozens of underground church pastors in crackdown
By Laurie Chen
Mon, October 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM EDT

BEIJING (Reuters via Yahoo News) -Police in China detained dozens of pastors of one of its largest underground churches over the weekend, a church spokesperson and relatives said, in the biggest crackdown on Christians since 2018.

The detentions, which come amid renewed China-U.S. tensions after Beijing dramatically expanded rare earth export controls last week, drew condemnation from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who called on Sunday for the pastors' immediate release.
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Pastor Jin Mingri, the founder of Zion Church, an unofficial "house church" not sanctioned by the government, was detained at his home in the southern city of Beihai on Friday evening, said his daughter, Grace Jin, and a church spokesperson, Sean Long.

"What just happened is part of a new wave of religious persecution this year," said Long, adding that police had questioned more than 150 worshippers and stepped up harassment at in-person Sunday services in recent months. ...

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Re: China detains dozens of underground church pastors in crackdown
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2025, 10:18:12 am »
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The United States condemns the Chinese Communist Party’s recent detention of dozens of leaders of the unregistered Zion Church in China, including prominent pastor Mingri “Ezra” Jin. 
We call for their immediate release.
9:11 AM · Oct 12, 2025

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On Friday evening, my father-in-law Pastor Ezra Jin was arrested by Chinese government officials, along with more than 20 other pastors and church workers across 7 cities in the most extensive attack on a Chinese church in 4 decades. I have been quiet here mostly because helping to manage the situation has been overwhelming. I will share thoughts soon, but for now I just wanted to say thank you to @SecRubio for the support.
5:57 PM · Oct 12, 2025


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Re: China detains dozens of underground church pastors in crackdown
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2025, 11:08:59 am »
Persecution and detaining of Christians is happening around the globe.   8888crybaby   

That is why it is so important to ensure that anti-Sharia laws are put into place here and attacks against Christianity are severely punished.  God help us should this become common practice within our country.


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Re: China detains dozens of underground church pastors in crackdown
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2025, 11:13:37 am »
We Americans need to buckle up, get frugal, and put the dagger in the heart of the Chicom economic machine. 

It can be done, but we need to be persistent, diligent, and obsessed.   Kill China!!!!!!
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