Beijing Zion Church was a Protestant church founded in Beijing in 2007 by the pastor

Jin Mingri Jin Mingri, who is also known as Ezra Jin, is the pastor of Zion Church of Beijing a very influential independent Chinese Christian church in Beijing, China. The church started in 2007 and soon grew to over a 1,000 worshipers. Journalist Evan Osnos ...

. The church is considered very influential in China with

Shouwang Church The Shouwang Church (守望教会) is a Protestant house church in Beijing, China, and almost the biggest of about 3,000 of such congregations in the city. The word ''shouwang'' means "to keep watch" in Mandarin. History and membership The chur ...

of Beijing, which has also a pastor with the same surname, Jin Tianming (not related). Zion Church grew to over a 1,000 in a few years. However, the church was closed by the authorities in 2018 with its pastor under house arrest. Before it was shuttered, it "operated with relative freedom for years, hosting hundreds of worshippers every weekend in an expansive, specially renovated hall in north Beijing".

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