Pastor of China’s Zion Church Detained by Security Forces
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\nThe pastor of the independent Zion Church in China has been detained by security forces.<\/p>\n
According to the BBC, the pastor\u2019s family reported that officers raided his home in the city of Beihai on Friday night and took him to an undisclosed location.<\/p>\n
The stated charge is “illegally disseminating religious content online.”<\/p>\n
Organizations advocating for religious freedom view this detention as part of China\u2019s policy of “Sinicization of religion,” which aims to tighten control over all unofficial religious activities and bring them under the direct authority of the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pastor of China’s Zion Church Detained by Security Forces ————————————– The pastor of the independent Zion Church in China has been detained by security forces. According to the BBC, the pastor\u2019s family reported that officers raided his home in the city of Beihai on Friday night and took him to an undisclosed location. The stated …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[6123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china"],"yoast_head":"\n