China detains two leaders of influential underground church
More than 30 members of Early Rain Covenant Church were taken for interrogation midway through Sunday service.
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"[Sunday's] raid is another stark reminder that the Chinese Communist Party continues to treat peaceful Christian worship as a threat to state control."
— Bob Fu , Activist
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Founder of ChinaAid, an organization monitoring religious persecution.
Founding pastor of Early Rain Covenant Church, serving a nine-year jail term.
Another detained leader of Early Rain Covenant Church.
One of the detained leaders of Early Rain Covenant Church.
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More than 30 members of Early Rain Covenant Church were taken for interrogation midway through Sunday service.
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