Authorities arrested Zion Church’s Pastor Jin “Ezra” Mingri along with dozens of church leaders. Since Thursday, police have detained nearly 30 pastors and staff members of Zion Church, an influential ...

Jin Mingri, seen here in a 2018 file photo, is one of 30 Christians arrested in China last weekend Last Friday Grace Jin Drexel received a text from her father in China, the prominent pastor Jin ...

With the Zion Canyon's striated, orange-red walls towering 1,000 feet overhead and the Virgin River, the slimmest section of Zion Canyon is known as The Narrows. It's one of the park's most popular ...

We're a week away from opening tipoff for the 2025-26 NBA season with a few familiar faces and some new ones ready to take the court starting Oct. 21. Victor Wembanyama will be back and healthy to ...

The Chinese crackdown on Zion Church has sparked US condemnation. The detention of 30 church leaders, including its founder, is likely to raise further tensions over human rights and freedom of faith ...

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, leader of the influential underground Zion Church, was detained Friday evening at his home in Beihai, located in China’s southeastern Guangxi province, according to his ...

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 ...

A Christian pastor and father of U.S. citizens along with dozens of church staff and members have been arrested in China amid a crackdown, his daughter and the church say. Ezra Jin, founder and pastor ...

(AP) — 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 ...

China detains dozens of underground church pastors Crackdown heralds new wave of religious persecution, church spokesperson says U.S.'s Rubio condemns detentions, urges pastors' release BEIJING, Oct ...

The US has called for the release of 30 leaders of one of China's largest underground church networks who were reportedly detained over the weekend in overnight raids in various cities. The list ...

The church’s pastor, Ezra Jin Mingri, turned Zion Church into one of China’s largest unofficial congregations, even as government pressure on Christianity increased. By Vivian Wang Reporting from ...