{"id":26070,"date":"2025-10-17T13:21:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=26070"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:21:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:21:39","slug":"most-extensive-wave-of-persecution-in-over-four-decades-dozens-of-pastors-arrested-by-the-chinese-communist-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/most-extensive-wave-of-persecution-in-over-four-decades-dozens-of-pastors-arrested-by-the-chinese-communist-party\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Most Extensive Wave Of Persecution In Over Four Decades\u2019: Dozens of Pastors Arrested By The Chinese Communist Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials on Friday evening arrested more than two dozen pastors across at least seven provinces who are part of the underground Zion Church network, extending what China Aid\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chinaaid.org\/news\/statement-by-dr-bob-fu-founder-and-president-of-chinaaid-on-the-unprecedented-crackdown-against-chinas-urban-independent-church-network\/\">called<\/a>\u00a0\u201cthe most extensive and coordinated wave of persecution against urban independent house churches in China in over four decades.\u201d Details on both the charges and the total number of arrests remain thin, but one U.S.-based Zion Church pastor, Sean Long,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-church-crackdown-christianity-pastor-c9c1538bea51ad72759ba5ab8b46af01\">said<\/a>\u00a0the pastors may be charged with \u201cillegal dissemination of religious content via the internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/harbingersdaily.com\/most-extensive-wave-of-persecution-in-over-four-decades-dozens-of-pastors-arrested-by-the-chinese-communist-party\/\">harbingersdaily.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials on Friday evening arrested more than two dozen pastors across at least seven provinces who are part of the underground Zion Church network, extending what China Aid\u00a0called\u00a0\u201cthe most extensive and coordinated wave of persecution against urban independent house churches in China in over four decades.\u201d Details on both the charges &hellip; 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