China Don Start Big Crackdown On Underground Churches, Pastor Jin Mingri Detained

China don carry pastor Jin Mingri, founder of Zion Church network, plus at least 30 other church leaders and members, go detention in one big raid wey activists dey call biggest arrest of Christians in decades. Di crackdown spread across cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and more. Pastor Jin dey detained for Beihai Number Two Prison after dem carry am from Beihai, Guangxi, accusing am of “illegal use of information networks.”

Grace Jin Drexel, Jin’s daughter wey dey US, talk say family begin dey fear when her father send message to pray for another pastor missing in Shenzhen,  later, dem no fit reach Jin again. Rights groups and Christian orgs say di coordinated arrests na new level of religious repression for China. Zion Church, wey start for Beijing in 2007 and never register with government Protestant church, don dey operate online plus small in‑person gatherings, but new law sabi clamp down on unregistered online worship. Chinese officials defend di action, say religious freedom dey as long as people obey law, but human rights groups say China dey try bring all worship under Communist Party control.