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- Chinese authorities escalated their crackdown on underground Christians, detaining at least nine members of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Sichuan province.
- Armed police conducted coordinated raids on homes and the church office, targeting key leaders including Li Yingqiang, along with elders, preachers, deacons, and family members.
- While some detainees were released, several prominent leaders remain in custody, unreachable, or under house arrest with no formal charges announced.
- The operation appears designed to decapitate church leadership and disperse the congregation, mirroring the 2018 arrest and nine-year imprisonment of founder Wang Yi.
- In a separate brutal incident in Wenzhou on January 6, 2026, hundreds of armed police and special forces surrounded Yayang Christian Church, using bulldozers and cranes to demolish portions of the building.
- Local residents were forcibly removed and barred from recording the destruction on their phones during the heavy-handed enforcement.
- These actions reflect Beijing’s ongoing “Sinicisation” campaign under Xi Jinping, which requires all religious groups to submit to Communist Party control and state registration.
- Independent underground churches that refuse government oversight are increasingly targeted as threats due to their allegiance to Christ over the state.
- ChinaAid founder Dr. Bob Fu condemned the raids as blatant state-sponsored persecution of peaceful believers.
- The article calls for stronger international action, especially from the United States, to confront the intensifying religious repression in China.
Read the full story: https://redstate.com/eli-shepherd/2026/01/09/nine-christians-detained-as-beijing-escalates-war-on-the-underground-church-n2197932
