Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is leading a Senate resolution condemning China's persecution of Christians. (Jose Cabezas/Reuters; KCNA via Reuters)
Cruz's resolution also notes that "the CCP's actions mark the largest coordinated, nationwide crackdown against a Christian urban house church in more than 40 years." It also states that the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom designated China as a country of "particular concern for religious freedom" every year since 1998, under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.
"The Chinese Communist Party’s campaign of repression against Christians, including the targeting of churches such as the Zion Church, is a violation of fundamental religious freedom rights. I am proud to be an original co-sponsor of this resolution, which sends a clear message: faith is not a crime, and the United States condemns the recent alarming arrests of church leaders by CCP authorities," Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
This photograph provided by pastor Sean Long of Zion Church shows pastor Sun Cong standing and wearing handcuffs after being detained by police at his home in Beijing, China on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (Sean Long via AP)
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Mingri of Zion Church was detained by Chinese authorities, Grace told Fox News Digital on Oct. 11. A document provided to Fox News Digital states that Jin's arrest came as nearly 30 Zion Church pastors and workers were detained or went missing across Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Chengdu, Beihai, Jiaxing and Huangdao.
"One after another, they were also taken, detained. Like, they were saying that there were people outside their doors, and then one at a time they were taken into custody," Grace told Fox News Digital.
The fates of Mingri and other Christian leaders arrested alongside him remain uncertain.
Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.
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