A Vietnamese motorbike evangelist who was beaten to death as he was returning from a gospel ministry trip this past March is the Voice of the Martyrs Korea International Martyrs Day honoree for 2026. The ministry honored Brother Phát* with a plaque on its Martyrs Timeline this week and released a video about the martyred Vietnamese Christian to commemorate this year’s International Martyr’s Day. The video, which is available for use by churches, ...
An April release of 24 Christians has brought the number of Christian prisoners in the small North African nation of Eritrea to its lowest level in 20 years. But recent mass arrests at two separate churches last month, combined with the continued imprisonment of seven Christian leaders for more than 20 years, seem to show ...
Authorities forcibly demolished the historic Yayang Church Meeting House in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province in eastern China last month, according to Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its US-based partner China Aid. They say it’s the culmination of clashes between the church and authorities dating back to 2014. “Eyewitnesses confirmed that on or around May 19, heavy ...
Concerns have long been raised by persecution watchdog groups about the persecution of Non-Sunni Muslims and Jehovah’s Witnesses in the small Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan. But an April 19 visit by authorities to a Baptist church in the country’s capital is causing Voice of the Martyrs Korea to sound the alarm that persecution has ...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea, the persecution watchdog ministry which has been advocating for Korean missionary Park Tae-Yeon since her arrest in Russia in January, is asking Christians in Korea and around the world to send letters of encouragement to the missionary at the detention center where she has now been held for four months. ...
Soviet authorities imprisoned Pastor Vladimir Pavlovich Rytikov for his faith from 1979 to 1982. But now, authorities in Krasnodon are seeking to do something Soviet authorities never did: Deport Pastor Rytikov from the country of his birth because of his ministry. “In the last week of April alone, four Unregistered Baptist ministers faced court hearings ...
A religious suppression campaign in Guangzhou, a major industrial city in southern China, escalated this month with a church raid, the deportation of a longtime American missionary couple, and the arrest of Chinese Christians for distributing printed Christian materials. That’s the report from Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its US-based sister organization, China Aid. ...
A pastor in China who previously served a seven-year prison sentence for his ministry activity on the China/Myanmar border, is now hospitalized, unable to sleep at night or stand during the day. That’s the report from persecution watchdog Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its American partner ministry, China Aid. Pastor John Cao, who is ...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley and CEO Pastor Eric Foley delivered a 5,000+ signature petition to the Russian Embassy in Seoul today calling for the immediate release of Missionary Park Tae Yeon. The Foleys addressed the media across the street from the Embassy before entering the Embassy. “Missionary Park faithfully ...
Eritrean underground Christians have a new daily radio broadcast. They also operate an impressive program for helping Christian ex-prisoners start businesses. Eritreans imprisoned for their faith are winning converts by sharing the aid they receive with their non-Christian fellow prisoners. Even among members of the government-sanctioned Orthodox Church, state security officers grumble that as many ...
