When Grace Jin Drexel couldn’t contact her father on October 10, she tried not to panic. She had just heard that one of the pastors of his underground Christian church in China had been detained by ...

Preservation Buffalo Niagara (PBN) is in the midst of helping Centennial AME Zion Church to secure its landmark status. The church, located at 127 Doat Street – a couple of blocks from Bailey and ...

Christians from underground churches in China have faced a renewed crackdown that underscores President Xi Jinping’s growing intolerance of religious freedom. Chinese law requires Christians to ...

Tributes have been paid to a 'pillar of Nuneaton's community' who dedicated 75 years of his life to a local church. Maurice Beasley, who sadly died on October 10, aged 91, first attended Heath End ...

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Chinese police detained dozens of pastors of one of the country’s largest network of churches not legally sanctioned by the government, triggering fear of renewed crackdown on religious organizations.

Jin Mingri, seen here in a 2018 file photo, is one of 30 Christians arrested in China last weekend Last Friday Grace Jin Drexel received a text from her father in China, the prominent pastor Jin ...

Police in China detained dozens of pastors of one of its largest underground churches over the weekend, a church spokesperson and relatives said, in the biggest crackdown on Christians since 2018. The ...

The founder of Zion Church, an unofficial "house church" not sanctioned by the government, was detained at his home in the southern city of Beihai. Police in China detained dozens of pastors of one of ...