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 ...

OCOEE, Fla. — An Orange County pastor is accused of forging a life insurance policy on a sick congregant. State investigators say Gary Wheeler applied for a policy while the woman was getting a double ...

A pastor in Greater Cincinnati was charged with multiple sex crimes as part of a case involving minors, officials said. Silas Shelton, who lives in Warren County and serves as a pastor at Blanchester ...

BEIJING—Under intense pressure from authorities in China, Ezra Jin persisted for years in building one of the nation’s largest underground Christian churches, with branches in 40 cities across the ...

HERNANDO, Miss. - There will be no immediate jail time for a female youth pastor who admitted to the sexual battery of a teenager who attended her church. Lindsey Whiteside's case first came to light ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...