Chinese authorities have detained 30 pastors from the Zion Church, one of the largest underground Christian networks in China ...

Activists say the unprecedented round-up could be the beginning of a wider crackdown on China's underground churches.

The church’s pastor, Ezra Jin Mingri, turned Zion Church into one of China’s largest unofficial congregations, even as ...

Last month, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) extended its already suffocating grip over the nation’s religious life with the ...

Chinese authorities arrested 30 pastors and church staff of Zion Church during raids across the country last week. The pastor, Jin Mingri, who founded the underground or ‘house’ church in 2007, is ...

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri of the Zion Church has been detained in China, according to his daughter and a monitoring group.

Since Thursday, police have detained nearly 30 pastors and staff members of Zion Church, an influential Chinese house church ...

For millions of Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama is a symbol of resistance. For Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, he is simply another annoyance, like with the rebels in Taiwan and the democracy ...

China unveiled new rules on Sept. 16, restricting religious activity on social media, requiring permits to preach on WeChat, and banning the use of artificial intelligence to proselytize. The "Online ...

This article was first published in the State of Faith newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Monday night. When researchers study people’s relationship with religion and ...