The Reuters website reports today (April 24, 2011) that Chinese police detained scores of Christians on Sunday who were trying to converge at the site of a banned Easter service.
While Easter services for tens of millions of Christians across China mostly went ahead unhindered, police led away people trying to gather in northwest Beijing, where the Shouwang Church had called for outdoor services after it was evicted from its rented premises during a clampdown on dissent.
Leaders of the Shouwang Church have said they have no political agenda and want only to find a permanent place to worship for its 1,000 or so members, who refuse to accept official demands that churches come under the direct oversight of Communist Party authorities.
In Communist China, only Christian Churches that have registered with the Chinese government -- and have government approval to celebrate services -- are allowed to exist.
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