May I challenge you to ring in the New Year by praying for urgent prayer requests from actual persecuted Christians in 24 countries that will be posted on our VOMK Korean language, Chinese language, and Russian language Facebook pages hourly beginning at 6PM Korea time on New Year’s Eve? From 6PM on December 31 to ...
Could church closures be a blessing for Chinese Christians?
Christians from a church in Shanghai asking not to be identified held their Sunday worship service on the street last week after authorities closed their church building. A video clip shows the church members singing in front of their building. The closure of the church building is part of an accelerating trend across China since ...
우크라이나 돈바스 지역 루간스크 공화국: 예배 금지, 성직 금지, 처벌
우크라이나 돈바스 지역 루간스크 공화국: 예배 금지, 성직 금지, 처벌 포럼 18(노르웨이 인권 단체)의 펠릭스 콜리 국제 사회에서 승인받지 못한 루간스크 인민 공화국(Luhansk People's Republic, 우크라이나 루간스크주에서 친 러시아 반군이 세운 공화국. 그러나 루간스크주 영토 3분의 2는 아직 우크라이나 정부가 통제하고 있다. 한국어 편집자)이 허가 없이 종교나 신념의 자유를 행사하는 것을 금지함에 따라, 모든 개신교 ...
Sign our petition to help discover “Where is Raymond Koh?”
On February 13, 2017, Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was murdered in the Kuala Lumpur airport. Within five days, Malaysian police were able to identify and apprehend the culprits. They credited CCTV footage for the quick capture. Also on February 13, 2017 in Malaysia, a car driven by ...
Today’s Most Effective North Korean Missionary: A 19th Century Scot
Here's a piece I wrote with Release International's Scotland Area Representative James Fraser following Dr. Foley's and my recent visit. Every year, hundreds of South Korean and Chinese tourists flock to Scotland. They come for the customary reasons: to see the beauty, the history, and the castles of this blessed land. But a steady stream ...
The North Korean Sparrow That Fell, and the God Who Noticed
Usually the prisoners we help at Voice of the Martyrs Korea are those who are jailed for their Christian faith. But that’s not the case with Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee is a North Korean defector incarcerated in a South Korean prison. It was not his faith that put him there, but rather his attempt to ...
Famine in North Korea? The Canary in the Coal Mine Says No
When Dr. Foley and I founded Voice of the Martyrs Korea, we were blessed to know nearly nothing about North Korea. The reason I regard that as a blessing is that what was "known" about North Korea at that time came from the news media, international aid agencies, South Korean missionaries, visiting academics, political think ...
Help Us Start 5,000 New Sunday Schools Across China in the Next 12 Months
The number one challenge facing the church in China is not cross demolition or church raids. It is the full-scale effort on the part of the Chinese Communist Party to prevent the children of Christians from becoming believers themselves. That is why Voice of the Martyrs Korea is joining China Aid in announcing today a ...
North Korean NGO calls for increase in home visitations following defector starvation
Here's an English language translation of the press release we sent to Korean Christian media in the wake of the starvation of the North Korean defector and her son here in Seoul last month. Many are calling for increased government welfare programs for North Korean defectors in light of the deaths. But we at VOMK ...
10 ways to pray for persecuted Christians…and 1 way you should never pray for them
Each Voice of the Martyrs organization in each country around the world is independent, but we share a common history and heritage. We also cooperate wherever possible, including in the production of resources. One of my favorite resources from the VOM family is a list of ten ways to pray for persecuted Christians. It comes ...