Zion Church Founder Released From Chinese Prison, Lands in US

Ezra Jin, founder of one of China's most prominent underground churches, has been released from a Chinese prison following a sweeping October crackdown on Christians, and has reunited with his family in the United States after diplomatic pressure from the Trump administration. His release highlights the intensifying persecution of the estimated 130 million Christians in China who worship outside state-controlled churches — a global pattern Scripture warns will escalate in the final days. Jesus warned that His followers would be 'handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and hated by all nations' before His return, and the church in China is living that reality now.