{"id":2515936,"date":"2025-11-30T16:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T21:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-arrests-18-church-leaders-amid-crackdown-on-christianity\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T16:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T21:58:16","slug":"china-arrests-18-church-leaders-amid-crackdown-on-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-arrests-18-church-leaders-amid-crackdown-on-christianity\/","title":{"rendered":"China Arrests 18 Church Leaders Amid Crackdown on Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-arrests-18-church-leaders-amid-crackdown-on-christianity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2515936&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Chinese authorities in Guangxi Province have arrested 18 leaders of Zion Church, one of the largest unregistered Protestant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-is-detaining-christians-in-secret-facilities-forcing-them-to-renounce-their-faith-or-be-tortured-report\/\" title=\"... Is Detaining ... In Secret Facilities Forcing Them To Renounce Their Faith Or Be Tortured: Report\">house churches<\/a> in China, as part of an ongoing crackdown on Christian groups. The leaders, including senior pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/witch-hunt-mueller-prosecutor-says-trump-could-face-charges-after-pardons\/\" title=\"WITCH HUNT: Mueller Prosecutor Says Trump Could Face Charges After Pardons\">face charges<\/a> such as &#8220;illegally using data networks,&#8221; fraud, organizing unlawful meetings, and running illegal businesses. They can be held in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >pre-trial detention indefinitely<\/a> and face sentences of up to three years. This represents the largest government crackdown on a single church since the Cultural Revolution. Human rights organizations criticize the Chinese Communist Party for targeting these individuals solely for practicing their faith peacefully and call for their immediate release. The broader campaign against Christianity in China has led to the detention of numerous Christians and the closure or disruption of many house churches, with the government placing strict controls on registered churches and banning children under 18 from attending services.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chinese authorities arrested 18 leaders of Zion Church in the Guangxi Province as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japan-south-korea-u-s-work-together-to-contain-north-koreas-kim-jong-un\/\" title=\"Japan, South Korea, U.S. work together to contain North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong-un\">communist nation continues<\/a> a pressure campaign against Christians.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders of the unregistered Protestant house church were accused of &ldquo;illegally using information networks,&rdquo; according to a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/2025\/11\/20\/press\/6670\/article.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release<\/a> from Christian Solidarity Worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Ezra Jin Mingri, the senior pastor of Zion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chinese-pastors-rounded-arrested-latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Church<\/a>, was among those detained.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders can now be &ldquo;held in pre-trial detention indefinitely&rdquo; as they await prison sentences of as many as three years.<\/p>\n<p>The move from the Chinese government marked the &ldquo;largest crackdown of this nature on a single church since the Cultural Revolution,&rdquo; according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The group said in a statement that the 18 leaders from Zion Church were &ldquo;targeted solely for the peaceful exercise of their religious beliefs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We call on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/china-arrests-numerous-prominent-christians-leaders-trump-admin-demands-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese<\/a> Communist Party to release these individuals immediately and without condition, and to cease its harassment of churches and religious groups that choose not to register with the CCP in order to practise their religion or belief without undue interference and surveillance,&rdquo; the group continued.<\/p>\n<p>Zion Church is one of the largest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-feuds-with-chinas-war-on-religion\/\" title=\"Washington feuds with ...&#039;s war on religion\">unregistered churches<\/a> in the nation and has over 5,000 members.<\/p>\n<p>The Christian Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/18-christian-leaders-arrested-in-china-amid-crackdown-on-churches.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the arrests are merely the latest part of a broader crackdown against Christianity in China.<\/p>\n<p>There were 70 more Christians detained in September, with some arrested in the middle of worship services.<\/p>\n<p>A local partner with Open Doors told the outlet that their &ldquo;church has come to a standstill&rdquo; amid the crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;More than 80 groups within the house church movement have ceased meeting. Of the original 14 churches, only a few remain,&rdquo; the unnamed partner said.<\/p>\n<p>The house church leaders face charges of fraud, organizing unlawful meetings, and running illegal businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Some church members that collect offerings have even been accused by the government of financial misdeeds, despite no such claims from the churches or their members, according to The Christian Post.<\/p>\n<p>Open Doors says on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoors.org\/en-US\/persecution\/countries\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> that &ldquo;unregistered churches, even those once tolerated, are considered illegal and increasingly put under pressure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rubio-demands-release-church-leaders-arrested-chinese-communist-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">churches<\/a> that register with the Chinese government &ldquo;come under strong ideological pressure, and smaller congregations are often forced to merge to make a larger church that is easier for the state to control.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>China bans children under 18 years old from attending services.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! ( opts[inputs[i]]=document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"' + inputs[i] + '\"]' ).value ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .required-message' ).style.display='block'; \t\t\t\t\t\treturn; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction input[type=\"submit\"]' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).src=firefly_loading_gif_url; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='inline-block';  \t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( 'ma subbing' );  \t\t\t\t\tif( firefly_post_id ) opts['post_id']=firefly_post_id;  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Send the data using post with element id name and name2*\/ \t\t\t\t\tvar posting=jQuery.post( firefly_ajax_url, opts );  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Alerts the results *\/ \t\t\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif( response.success ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( response.data ); \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-confirm' ).style.display='block';  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdataLayer.push( { 'event': 'submit-correction' } ); \t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> \t     \t\t\t\t\t\t     \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script>console.log(\"ad slot (BA1)\")<\/script> \t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese officials detained 18 leaders of Zion Church in Guangxi Province amid ongoing government pressure on Christians. The unregistered Protestant house church leaders were charged with &#8220;illegally using information networks,&#8221; according to a statement from Christian Solidarity Worldwide released Thursday. Among those arrested was Ezra Jin Mingri, the senior pastor of Zion Church<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2515937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Michael-Featured-Image-357.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4283,4501,67962,65427,32274],"class_list":["post-2515936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arrests","tag-china","tag-christianity-crackdown","tag-church-leaders","tag-religious-freedom"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Michael-Featured-Image-357.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515936"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515940,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515936\/revisions\/2515940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2515937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}