COMMENTARY_ China’s communist horror: Pastor Ezra Jin’s arrest sparks global outrage (Billy Hallowell - THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

China’s communist horror: Pastor Ezra Jin’s arrest sparks global outrage

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri leads a class on the basics of Christian beliefs at Zion Church in Beijing on Aug. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) **FILE** more >

By Billy Hallowell - Friday, February 13, 2026 

OPINION: 


China is one of the most diabolical nations on the planet, with the Chinese Communist Party using technology and the horrors of communistic chaos to crack down on Bible-believers.

The nation is 17th on Open Doors’ World Watch List, an annual ranking of the most dangerous nations to be a Christian. The report details persecution and the horrors inflicted on believers within China’s borders.

Communism is naturally a driving factor in the unimaginable nightmare impacting Christians there.

“The Chinese authorities want all of their citizens to follow their Communist ideologies,” The World Watch List explains. “Efforts to control churches (and other religious groups) are an attempt to align religious doctrine with Communist ideology.”

Christianity — and religion more generally — is ultimately seen as a threat to the government and power structures inside China, with churches being forced to register with officials. Houses of worship are, thus, tightly controlled and overseen by the government.

The absence of religious freedom and overt hostility have forced many churches to meet underground. This dangerous but courageous decision allows believers to preach an unfettered gospel and exercise true Christian faith, though it comes at a cost.

“These churches face raids, fines, arrests, imprisonments and the confiscation of materials,” The World Watch List states.

Faith leaders are often explicitly targeted. Chinese pastor Ezra Jin is one such preacher who was arrested alongside others in October and remains incarcerated after being charged with “illegally using information networks.”

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