China: Church in Zou Gang illegally demolished

BEIJING, CHINA (Worthy News)– A church in Zou Gang, Feixi county, was illegally demolished last month by government-backed real estate developers, according to ChinaAid.

The congregation called for prayer following the sudden destruction of their 800 square-meter building.

As a result of economic expansion, the Zou Gang church site had been marked for demolition, so the church’s board of deacons decided to cooperate with the Communist Party committee and the Xingang Industrial Park concerning their resettlement. However, last August, the church’s electricity was unexpectedly cut and days later the developers began digging trenches around the church, isolating it from the surrounding traffic.