Golden Lampstand Church was a Christian church located in

Shanxi Province Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level ...

, China. It was one of the country's largest

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churches until Chinese police officers demolished it on January 9, 2018, using heavy machinery and dynamite. The church was built in 2009 at the cost of 17 million yuan. A state newspaper quoted an unidentified official as saying that the church had been secretly constructed without proper permits. Several members of the congregation were imprisoned. The government had been planning to destroy the church since 2010. On August 7, 2021, nine leaders and members of the Golden Lampstand Church were arrested in a public security operation.

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Officials demolish Golden Lampstand Church in Shanxi, China
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