Beijing Zion Church

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Beijing Zion Church is a Protestant church founded in Beijing in 2007 by the pastor Jin Mingri. [1] [2] The church is considered very influential in China with Shouwang Church of Beijing (pastor Jin Tianming, not related to Jin Mingri). [3] Zion Church grew to over a 1,000 members in a few years. However, the church was closed by the authorities in 2018 with its pastor under house arrest. [4]

Before it was shut down, it "operated with relative freedom for years, hosting hundreds of worshippers every weekend in an expansive, specially renovated hall in north Beijing". [5] In 2025, Jin Mingri and 29 other church leaders were arrested in nationwide raids. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Weber, Jeremy (2018-09-10). "China Bans Zion, Beijing's Biggest House Church". Christianity Today .
  2. ↑ Spegele, Brian (2011-07-28). "China's Banned Churches Defy Regime". The Wall Street Journal . Archived from the original on 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2022-03-05.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ Shellnutt, Kate (2019-03-27). "China Shuts Down Another Big Beijing Church". Christianity Today .
  4. ↑ Shepherd, Christian (2018-09-09). Perry, Michael (ed.). "China outlaws large underground Protestant church in Beijing". Reuters .
  5. ↑ Shepherd, Christian (2018-04-29). Munroe, Tony; Feast, Lincoln (eds.). "For a 'house church' in Beijing, CCTV cameras and eviction". Reuters . Archived from the original on 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  6. ↑ "US calls for China to release 30 leaders of influential underground church". BBC. 2025-10-13. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  7. ↑ "China is rounding up Christian leaders" . The Economist . October 16, 2025. ISSN   0013-0613. Archived from the original on October 16, 2025. Retrieved 2025-10-19.


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