China: Authorities raid church, confiscate Bibles, detain members
A church plant of the heavily-persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church was raided by authorities in China’s Taiyuan, Shanxi province, who then detained the pastor and six other members.
Persecution watchdog International Christian Concern reports that on Nov. 15, officials from the public security bureau, ethnic and religious affairs bureau, ministry of civil affairs, and police station raided Xuncheng Church during its morning Sunday service.
The public security commander confiscated the cell phone of the presider before demanding that brother Zhang Chenghao go with them....