61.   There are thousands of underground evangelical churches too small to have full-time ministers.

62.   These underground churches should not be allowed to distribute promotional materials, the paper said.

63.   Time has not resolved differences between those who belonged to underground churches in the former Soviet Union and others who attended churches registered with the government, he said.

64.   Those who refused to toe the line joined underground churches that are flourishing today despite continual harassment.

65.   Those who refuse worship in underground churches the government views as illegal.

66.   Yan, an administrator in the underground church in Yixian county near Beijing, had gone to the tightly controlled capital to conduct services, the group said.

67.   Xu is a democracy campaigner and has long been active in the underground Protestant church.

68.   Zen answered cautiously when asked about any support provided the underground churches, saying individual believers sometimes help when and where they can.

69.   China Sunday sentenced two founders of an underground Protestant church to death, a Hong Kong rights group said.

70.   Continued destruction of underground churches by the authorities in Gia Lai province helped fan the February unrest, residents told AFP earlier this year.