{"id":358398,"date":"2026-07-05T16:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/churches-destroyed-and-pastors-detained-sky-news-investigates-the-chinese-christians-living-in-fear\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:00:19","slug":"churches-destroyed-and-pastors-detained-sky-news-investigates-the-chinese-christians-living-in-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/churches-destroyed-and-pastors-detained-sky-news-investigates-the-chinese-christians-living-in-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Churches destroyed and pastors detained: Sky News investigates the Chinese Christians living in fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4BYv86_w7RM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Churches destroyed and pastors detained: Sky News investigates the Chinese Christians living in fear\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4BYv86_w7RM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The founder of the Chinese underground Zion Church, Pastor Ezra Jin, has been released &#8211; but eight other members of the church remain in prison. <\/p>\n<p>Sky News has been investigating China&#8217;s largest arrest of Christians in decades.<\/p>\n<p>Asia correspondent Helen-Ann Smith witnessed the fear among family members of those still detained, and throughout the large community of Chinese Christians who choose not to worship in churches overseen by the Communist Party. <\/p>\n<p>#china #christianity #religion #skynews <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews<\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/<br \/>\nFor more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&#038;hl=en_GB<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The founder of the Chinese underground Zion Church, Pastor Ezra Jin, has been released &#8211; but eight other members of the church remain in prison. 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