China's Largest House Church Crackdown in 40 Years: Arrest of Pastor Jin Mingri

Largest House Church Crackdown

• 🚨 Jin Mingri, founder of Zion Church, and 30 other leaders have been detained or disappeared in China's largest crackdown on a single unregistered house church in over 40 years.
• 🎯 This event is occurring amidst an ongoing trade war between the US and China, including disputes over rare earth minerals.
• 🗣️ It is suggested that President Trump should condition future meetings with Xi Jinping on the release of Pastor Jin and other high-priority political prisoners.

CCP's View on Religion and Authority

• 🔑 The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) perceives any authority above the party as a threat to its power.
• 🇨🇳 The CCP pursues policies of Sinicization, aiming to secularize all religion so that religious practice is subservient to the party's goals.
• ⚠️ Religious individuals are often labeled as extremists and threats by the CCP, used as justification for crackdowns.

Persecution of Religious Minorities

• 🌍 The CCP's actions extend to other groups, including the detention of Uyghurs, political prisoners in Hong Kong, and Tibetans.
• ✊ The CCP views human rights violations as a tool to maintain power, necessitating a robust US defense of human rights and religious freedom.

The Underground Church in China

• ✝️ Between 85 to 128 million Christians in China practice their faith, with many joining underground churches rather than state-sanctioned ones.
• 🚫 Christians choose unregistered churches to worship God and recognize Jesus Christ as the ultimate authority, not Xi Jinping.
• 🙏 Individuals like Pastor Jin Mingri are willing to speak out and create safe spaces for Christians, with his weekly prayer meetings attracting over 10,000 people.
• 📈 This crackdown is suspected to be only the beginning of further persecution.