Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri's Zion Church is one of the largest that is not registered with authorities. Photo: AP PHOTO

A pastor of a prominent underground church in China has been detained, according to his daughter, a church pastor and a group that monitors religion in the country.

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Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri of the Zion Church was detained at his home in Beihai in China's southeast Guangxi province on Friday evening, along with dozens of other church leaders in Beijing and at least five other provinces across China.

They may face charges of "illegal dissemination of religious content via

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