Jin Mingri
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Jin Mingri (Chinese: 金明日, b. 1969), who is also known as Ezra Jin, is the pastor of Zion Church of Beijing, an independent Chinese Christian church in Beijing, China. The church started in 2007 and soon grew to over 1,000 worshippers. Journalist Evan Osnos said Jin has a "lively televangelist flair".
Born in Heilongjiang, he is part of the Korean ethnic minority in China. He is a graduate of Beijing University (BA), Nanjing Union Theological Seminary (MDiv) and Fuller Theological Seminary (DMin). Following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, he started attending a Three-Self Patriotic Movement church. Within a few months, he became a Christian convert. In 2018, the authorities shut down the church and put the pastor under house arrest. In October 2025, Jin was detained by Chinese authorities along with more than 20 other members of Zion Church.