persecution

ChinaAid has called this roundup of Christian leaders - which involved police across several cities - unprecedented, and the "most extensive and coordinated wave of persecution" against Christians in over four decades.

“Hallelujah,” Jin responded, according to Long, who interpreted the pastor’s reaction through the lens of Christianity’s history of flourishing under persecution.

And that their persecution from the beyond was going to be more severe than mere moaning in the halls or chains rattling in the attic.

The enemies of freedom thought they could break us with lies, with courts, with endless persecution — but they were WRONG.

Guidance from the Met Police issued last year currently states that while this chant is "difficult and controversial", it is unlikely the force would pursue persecution over its use.