Voice of the Martyrs Korea is best known for sending an average of 30,000 Bibles a year to North Korea, but this week the ministry mailed out nearly 32,000 copies of the John Ross Bible Gospel of Luke to South Korean pastors of churches in Seoul, Daejeon, and Busan. Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative ...
Christians in an estimated 100,000 churches in 130 countries worldwide are expected to join together during the first two Sundays of November to pray for persecuted Christians. According to persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea, this year there will be a special prayer focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo where more than a ...
A Chinese pastor accused of “illegal preaching” and “ordination activities” has been detained by authorities for more than two months, with authorities preventing him from reading his Bible or receiving postcards from his wife and children. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its US-based partner organization China Aid, Pastor Huang Yizi of Fengwo ...
The Chinese government announced stricter regulations this month on the online activities of religious figures. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its US-based partner China Aid, the “Online Conduct Guidelines for Religious Clergy” issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs prohibits pastors and other religious figures from online preaching, teaching, praying, fundraising, ...
Few North Koreans have survived concentration camps and escaped to the outside world. But perhaps only one has gone from living in a North Korean concentration camp to being a Bible translator. “Mrs. Su-Yong (name withheld for security reasons) was raised in a concentration camp by her parents,” says Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative ...
A Somalian widow who converted to Christianity and was beaten by Muslims seeking to force her to return to Islam successfully pled for the release of her attackers from prison. That’s the report from persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea, who says that event is just one of the amazing stories of faith and ...
A small deaf church in Meihekou, Jilin Province is the latest target of the Chinese government’s crackdown on Christianity, according to persecution watchdog Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its US partner ministry China Aid. “Tiebei Deaf Christian Church is one of two Christian churches banned as ‘illegal organizations’ in the past year in Jilin ...
A Cuban man who left a promising baseball career in order to serve as a pastor has been arrested 17 times and even seen his own children forced to leave the communist country. But even though the “spirit of the Communist revolution” is once again on the rise in Cuba, Pastor “Joel” (name changed for ...
The North Africa region has one of the highest concentration of Muslims in the world, with some countries’ Muslim population exceeding 99%. But according to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, God is not silent in those places. “Christ makes himself known in the North Africa region in a variety of ...
80 law enforcement officers raided a branch of Zion Church in Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province on August 3, forcibly detaining 21 adults and 6 children who were attending the gathering, according to persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its US-based partner, China Aid. “Zion Church, one of Beijing’s largest megachurches, is led by ...
