According to Bob Fu, religious freedom activist and founder of China Aid, Zion Church was banned on Sunday after government officers barged into a worship service and confiscated “illegal promotional materials.”
After more than 10-yr’s existence, the largest house church in BJ Zion Church is banned today with multiple dozens of Govt officers and agents besieging worship venue and many security vehicles around. Pastor Ezra Jin detained in office for some time &forced to leave. NO FREEDOM! pic.twitter.com/WOy1TBQBLw
— Bob Fu傅希秋 (@BobFu4China) September 9, 2018
The church, which has been operating for ten years, met in a renovated hall in north Beijing, according to Reuters.
However, after the church turned down request from government authorities to install television cameras in the building in April, the church has been threatened with eviction.
It’s been reported that Beijing Chaoyang district civil affairs bureau said Zion Church was breaking rules by having mass gatherings in an unregistered church.
“I fear that there is no way for us to resolve this issue with the authorities,” Zion’s Pastor Jin Mingri told Reuters.
The authorities gave Zion Church members information about government sanctioned churches they could attend instead.
However many Christians in China, including Pastor Mingri, believe being forced to attend a church…
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