China: New Details Reveal Pastor Ezra Jin Suspected of Being Drugged by Government Personnel

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This week: New evidence shows Pastor Ezra Jin may have been drugged by authorities as 18 Zion Church leaders remain jailed without trial for over six months. In Chengdu, a pregnant wife raises two small children alone while Preacher Dai Zhichao sits imprisoned for the Gospel. Fuyang pastors’ wives urge diplomats to attend their husbands’ trial after 11 months behind bars.

Pastor Ezra Jin Suspected of Being Drugged by Government Personnel
In a May 11 interview with The Free Press, Grace Jin Drexel disclosed a previously unreported 2021 incident involving her father, Pastor Ezra Jin, founder of Beijing’s Zion Church. After returning from a trip, government personnel invited him to “have dinner.”

A newly released video shows him seated, eyes closed, and disoriented, before a police officer blocks the camera. Pastor Jin and 17 other church leaders remain detained without trial at Beihai Detention Center since a sweeping October 2025 raid—more than six months later. Continue Reading…

Pregnant Wife Raises Two Children Alone as Pastor Jailed 4+ Months
In Chengdu, China, Preacher Dai Zhichao of Early Rain Covenant Church has been detained over four months without legal counsel, charged with inciting subversion for independent Gospel preaching. His pregnant wife raises their two children alone.
Diplomatic and trade envoys must make clear that broader economic and geopolitical cooperation is inseparable from China’s compliance with international human rights standards.Continue Reading…

Chinese Christian Wives Invite Ambassadors to Fuyang Pastors’ Trial
Xu Chao, Li Yunyan, and Li Mei wrote on June 3, 2026, urging Ambassador David Perdue and diplomats from the EU, Netherlands, Germany, France, the UK, Switzerland, and Sweden to attend the Fuyang Intermediate People’s Court proceedings June 9–12.

Pastors Zhang Sen, Chang Shun, and Elder Ma Tao of Maizhong Reformed Church were arrested on June 29, 2025. Continue Reading…

From Tiananmen to Today’s Persecuted Church
On June 6, 2026, ChinaAid President Rev. Dr. Bob Fu addressed the “From June Fourth to China’s Future” forum in Virginia, declaring that human dignity is God-given and cannot be granted or revoked by any regime.

Gathering Tiananmen survivors, exiled advocates, and persecuted religious leaders, Fu spotlighted the CCP’s ongoing suppression: 1.4 billion Chinese face severe restrictions on worship, with family church pastors imprisoned and lawyers like the martyred Li Baiguang and Gao Zhisheng—disappeared for over eight years—paying the ultimate price for defending believers.
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Taiwan Prays for China’s Persecuted Churches After January Raids
This week in Taipei, Jinan Presbyterian Church hosts the Prayer and Fast Meeting “Burned but Not Consumed: Joint Witness,” with ChinaAid founder Bob Fu on current trends, Pastor Chen Biao on persecutions from December 9 onward, and Zion Church’s Liu Chunli sharing the heartache of imprisoned families. Live prayer and hymns bear witness to defiant faith and call for global advocacy. Watch now…

Join Us In Prayer:

• Father, our hearts break with Grace and Bill Drexel to see Pastor Ezra Jin’s shocking abuse. We cry for mercy. Please intervene like you did for Peter in Acts 12. 
• Lord, we plead for justice for Preacher Dai Zhichao and Elder Li Yingqiang. Strengthen Lu Lingzhi as she raises the children alone. We pray for a healthy pregnancy, protection, and provision. 
• Father, thank you for the courage of Xu Chao, Li Yunyan, and Li Mei, wives of the imprisoned church leaders. Bless them with endurance and wisdom to continue their
  vocal advocacy for their husbands.
• Lord, we remember Tiananmen. We pray the seeds sown will bear much fruit. John 12:24
• We pray for the persecuted in China. We declare: “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:10