Chinese underground church figure Jin Mingri freed from prison

Chinese underground church figure Jin Mingri freed from prisonImage source, Reuters/ Thomas Peter/ File PhotoImage caption, Jin Mingri, founder of the Zion church, was detained in Beijing in October 2025ByHarry SekulichPublished1 hour agoUnderground church leader Jin Mingri has been released from prison in China and has travelled to the US, less than two months after his incarceration was raised directly by Donald Trump.The pastor and founder of the Zion Church had been imprisoned following overnight raids across China in October, described by Christian groups as one of the strictest crackdowns on religious activity in the country's modern history.The Chinese government tightly controls religion and officially promotes atheism.Jin's family thanked supporters in a statement, adding: "We…

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