Pastor in China arrested for posting about Coronavirus?
The wife of a pastor imprisoned by Chinese authorities has said her husband was arrested for re-posting messages about the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Zhang Xinghong said she was told by Chinese authorities that her husband Pastor Zhao Huaiguo has been charged with inciting subversion of state power because of these posts.
Huaiguo, the founding pastor Bethel church in Hunan province, has been in detention since March 14, ICC reports. According to ICC sources, Bethel church has been subjected to long-term harassment by Chinese authorities because Huaiguo has repeatedly refused to join with the state-approved Three-Self Patriotic church movement. Three-Self is overseen by China’s Communist Party....