By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor.| Saturday, January 02, 2021.
A church is seen beside a laver farm at the Gutong Village of Sansha Township on October 15, 2007 in Xiapu County of Fujian Province, China. | Getty Images/China PhotosOfficials in China’s Taiyuan city raided a house church, confiscated Christian books, and detained the preacher and five members during a Bible study, according to a report.
Nearly 40 officials descended on the home of An Yankui, the preacher of Xuncheng Church in the capital of Shanxi province, on Wednesday evening, about one-and-a-half months after a separate raid on his home, according to the U.S.-based persecution watchdog International Christian Concern.
The officials restricted the movement of the church members who were studying the Bible, confiscated the choir robes and books, and apprehended the preacher and five women, ICC said.
The officials didn’t detain An’s wife, Yao Conya, as she had to take care of their children.
The officials released the five female detainees around midnight on New Year’s Eve, but An is being held in administrative detention for 15 days.
