Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri leads a class on the basics of Christian beliefs at the Zion Church in Beijing on Aug. 4, 2018. Ng Han Guan/AP Photo
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers, human-rights advocates, and family members of detained Beijing pastor Ezra Jin Mingri called on Friday for his immediate release, urging the White House to make his case a precondition for next week’s planned U.S.–China meetings at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
The Hudson Institute forum, “Prioritizing the Release of Chinese Christian Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri,” brought together members of Congress, policy experts, and Jin’s family to highlight what speakers described as China’s largest crackdown on Protestant house-church leaders in decades.
