Beijing Zion Church Explained

Beijing Zion Church was a Protestant church founded in Beijing in 2007 by the pastor Jin Mingri.[1] [2] The church is considered very influential in China with Shouwang Church of Beijing, which has also a pastor with the same surname, Jin Tianming (not related).[3] Zion Church grew to over a 1,000 in a few years. However, the church was closed by the authorities in 2018 with its pastor under house arrest.[4]

Before it was shuttered, it "operated with relative freedom for years, hosting hundreds of worshippers every weekend in an expansive, specially renovated hall in north Beijing".[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Weber . Jeremy . 2018-09-10 . China Bans Zion, Beijing's Biggest House Church . .
  2. News: Spegele . Brian . 2011-07-28 . China's Banned Churches Defy Regime . . 2022-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220305114517/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304567604576451913744126214 . 2022-03-05 . bot: unknown .
  3. Web site: Shellnutt . Kate . 2019-03-27 . China Shuts Down Another Big Beijing Church . .
  4. Web site: Shepherd . Christian . Perry . Michael . 2018-09-09 . China outlaws large underground Protestant church in Beijing . .
  5. News: Shepherd . Christian . Munroe . Tony . Feast . Lincoln . 2018-04-29 . For a 'house church' in Beijing, CCTV cameras and eviction . . 2022-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220305113047/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-religion-idUSKCN1LF0EF . 2022-03-05 .

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