Ren Zhong, husband of Wang Cong, a pastor at Beijing Zion Church and victim of the Zion Church 10/9 case, goes today to the Yinhai District People's Procuratorate in Beihai to submit an application to drop the case

On July 13, 2026, this website learned that Ren Zhong, husband of Ms. Wang Cong, a pastor at Beijing Zion Church and victim of the Zion Church 10/9 case, went today to the Yinhai District People's Procuratorate in Beihai to submit an application to drop the case.

Mr. Ren Zhong reported today: “One person has been released, while eight remain detained. Today, I went to the Yinhai District People's Procuratorate in Beihai to submit an application to drop the case, demanding that the false accusations against my wife, Pastor Wang Cong, be withdrawn. Pastor Jin Mingri, the senior pastor of Zion Church, has already regained his freedom, so why does Pastor Wang Cong remain deprived of her freedom? Those who have committed no crime should not be detained. Withdraw the false accusations and immediately release Wang Cong and the other eight Zion pastors and fellow workers. Please share this so that more people will pay attention.”

Wang Cong's profile: Female, born on November 26, 1985, Christian, pastor at Beijing Zion Church, victim of the Zion Church 10/9 case, and a Chinese prisoner of conscience currently in detention.

She previously studied at Beijing Jiaotong University. After graduating from university, she began to believe in Jesus Christ and, in addition to her work, actively participated in church gatherings and ministry activities. During the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, because of her faith, she resolutely went to the earthquake-stricken areas of Sichuan to work as a volunteer. For one year, she wholeheartedly provided sincere care and public-welfare assistance to local disaster victims, including participating in rescue efforts, blood donation, smoking-cessation promotion, and accompanying sick children in the Wenchuan earthquake area. After returning to Beijing, she felt called through her Christian faith and devoted herself to theological training. After graduating, she began full-time ministry at Beijing Zion Church after being ordained as a pastor. However, the church where she served was not a “Three-Self” church recognized and controlled by the CCP. It was forcibly banned by the government as early as 2018 and was compelled to become what is known as an “underground house church.” As the authorities have intensified their suppression of house churches in recent years, the CCP further issued new religious regulations in September 2025, specifically escalating the crackdown on house churches unwilling to join the “Three-Self” system and expressly prohibiting all house churches from conducting online or offline evangelism and religious worship activities.

From October 9 to 10, 2025, police launched mass arrests simultaneously at Zion Church's branches nationwide. Within just two days, 28 pastors and fellow workers had been arrested. Worship and gathering venues of various churches were sealed, property was searched, and some fellow workers' family members were frightened, threatened, and harassed. On October 10, she was also brutally taken from her home in Beijing across provincial borders by police from the Yinhai District of Beihai City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; her young daughter was frightened, and her home was raided. When she was taken away, the police did not present any legal documents. No inventory or receipt was provided for the mobile phone, computer, identity documents, books, living-room wall paintings, and various other private items and property that were seized. On October 12, she and several other pastors and fellow workers were criminally detained by Yinhai District police on suspicion of the crime of “illegally using an information network.” On November 18 of the same year, apart from some people who were released on bail pending trial, 18 pastors and fellow workers, including her, were formally arrested by Yinhai District police on the same charge.

On December 29, 2025, it became known that she had been punished by prison guards at the detention center simply because she had written about her personal journey and religious reflections on paper. In response, her husband, Ren Zhong, issued an open letter demanding that the authorities guarantee his wife's legal rights, allow lawyers and family members to meet with her, and asking fellow believers to pray for this matter.

She is currently being held at Beihai No. 1 Detention Center (to the right near the Yinhai District Public Security Bureau of Beihai City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; postal code: 536000).