(AP) — Zion Church is among the largest so-called underground or house churches that are unregistered with the Chinese authorities. They defy Chinese government restrictions requiring believers to ...

A pastor of a prominent underground church in China was detained, according to his daughter, a church pastor and a group that monitors religion in the East Asian country. Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri of the ...

Painesville’s Zion Lutheran Church now has a bigger space to feed the hungry. The church dedicated a larger food pantry building recently, nearly six months after it broke ground on the project. The ...

The pastor of one of China's biggest underground evangelical churches was arrested Friday in what appears to be a roundup of Christian leaders, and his family and followers fear for his safety. Pastor ...

Authorities arrested Zion Church’s Pastor Jin “Ezra” Mingri along with dozens of church leaders. Since Thursday, police have detained nearly 30 pastors and staff members of Zion Church, an influential ...

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Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, leader of the influential underground Zion Church, was detained Friday evening at his home in Beihai, located in China’s southeastern Guangxi province, according to his ...

The church’s pastor, Ezra Jin Mingri, turned Zion Church into one of China’s largest unofficial congregations, even as government pressure on Christianity increased. By Vivian Wang Reporting from ...

A Christian pastor and father of U.S. citizens along with dozens of church staff and members have been arrested in China amid a crackdown, his daughter and the church say. Ezra Jin, founder and pastor ...

Scores of members have been arrested in at least six cities in what ChinaAid calls "the most extensive and coordinated wave of persecution” in the last 40 years against underground Evangelical ...