The Ministry of State Security in China locks up individuals who organize underground Christian churches in Beijing.
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Bannon`s War RoomAug 17, 2026
The sources document police and other authorities detaining Beijing-linked underground church leaders, including Zion Church pastors in October 2025, but none attributes these arrests in Beijing to the Ministry of State Security. The extraction is faithful to the passage, where "they" refers to the Ministry of State Security, so the claim's specific agency is not confirmed or refuted.
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… The Ministry of State Security is Xi Jinping's personal arm overseas to conduct these operations. So, internal security, yes, they're the ones that go after the dissidents. They're the ones that lock up anybody who's organizing the Christian churches, the underground churches in Beijing. They're the ones who go after you if you don't go to the approved you know, the five approved religions of of of China and the PRC. They will come after you. …
Bannon`s War Room · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Zion Church, an unofficial Beijing-based house church, had dozens of pastors and staff detained in October 2025, and Reuters reported 18 leaders formally arrested in November 2025.[1][2][3]
Context. Reuters reported that China's Ministry of Public Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and Beihai police could not be reached, so the responsible agency for the Zion arrests was not stated.[1]
Context. A state security officer presence was reported in a 2026 raid on Early Rain Covenant Church in Sichuan, not in Beijing, and the sources do not tie state security to Beijing organizer arrests.[4]
Context. Government and NGO reporting describes the arrests of underground church leaders as made by police, with no source naming the Ministry of State Security as the agency in Beijing cases.[5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 4 not rated
- 1China underground church pastors arrested, face up to 3 years in ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Zion Church pastor has been detained in China, his ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3China: Nationwide Crackdown on Major Underground Churchhrw.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4China Arrests Christian Leaders in Underground Church Raidnewsweek.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Country policy and information note: Christians, China ...gov.uk · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Why is China again targeting underground 'house churches?'dw.com · not rated · cited for: context
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