About 40 house church pastors gathered for a “Unity in Christianity” event were locked in a room and questioned by authorities, who broke into the building and accused the pastors of “participating in illegal gatherings without government permission”.

According to persecution watchdog China Aid, 100 public security officers and special police, accompanied by several patrol cars, broke into the building, located in China’s northeastern Liaoning province, back in April. At the time of the raid, dozens of pastors from house churches across China were gathered for an event hosted by Pastor Guo Pingxi from Kunming, Yunnan.

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