This ancient secret religion includes the worship of satan and Yazidis have strongholds entrenched for over 4,000 years. Anahetti and Jakin left Syria for Turkey three years ago to escape the Islamic State that attacked them and forced a U.N. recognized genocide on them. They had been married for one month. Yazidis have three feasts and they eat a mixture ...
Satan’s New Strategy: Save the Church from Itself
Satan is always seeking to destroy the church, but his strategy updates with the times. Back when Voice of the Martyrs founder Rev. Richard Wurmbrand spent 14 years in a Romanian prison under Cold War Communists for practicing his Christian faith, the persecutors were easy to identify: They were the ones who were trying to ...
KIDNAPPERS REFUSE TO RELEASE NIGERIAN GIRL BECAUSE SHE REFUSES TO RENOUNCE CHRIST
September 6th marked the 200th day since Leah Sharibu, a Christian Nigerian schoolgirl, was kidnapped from her school by Boko Haram. In February, Leah Sharibu was one of the 110 girls who were taken from Dapchi town by a Boko Haram faction known as the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP). Leah Sharibu According to Voice ...
An Unexpected Visitor
(Another Margaret Foley masterpiece here. Great insights into how we do our "undercover" work in broad daylight and yet evade detection, because our missionaries and base leaders are on the 1 Corinthians 1:26-30 plan.) You are a North Korean security agent. A few weeks ago, a North Korean boat stationed on the coast of China ...
‘I AM CRYING OUT LOUD’ : CHINESE PASTOR WRITES LETTER ABOUT HENAN PERSECUTION
(Zhengzhou, Henan—Aug. 31, 2018) A pastor penned a letter yesterday decrying the persecution of churches in China’s central Henan province, which is undergoing a fierce suppression of the Christian faith. A Henan church forced to display the Chinese flag. (Photo courtesy of ChinaAid) Recently, Pastor Shen Xianfeng has visited some of these churches, of which he notes ...
중동을 위한 9월 중보기도
시리아 – 시리아에서 사역하는 파리드 아사드(Farid Assad)와 그의 팀을 위해 기도해주기 바란다. 이들은 정부 당국에 의해 지속적으로 심문을 받고 있으며, 이로 인해 마을마다 찾아다니며 복음을 전하는 사역이 극도의 어려움을 겪고 있다. 또한 파리드의 경우, 여권과 비자에 관련된 중요한 문제도 해결해야 한다. 가자 지구 – 그리스도 안에서 사랑하는 자매 이크람은 가자 지구에 거주하는데, 무장 테러 단체인 ...
North Korean Ministry Visits the Middle East to Teach Persecuted Christians Lessons from the North Korean Underground Church
Voice of the Martyrs Korea board chair Hyun Sook Foley and CEO Pastor Eric Foley recently returned from the Middle East after leading an August training event in which they taught persecuted Middle Eastern Christians lessons from the North Korean Underground Church. This training event was hosted by Voice of the Martyrs Korea’s Middle Eastern ...
Lebanon
“남편은 매일 밤 나를 때려요! 그 사람에겐 나 말고 아내가 67명이나 있지요.” 재스민은 자신과 결혼한 사내를 증오했고, 몇 해 전 그를 떠나려고도 한 적도 있지만 그랬다면 남편 무함마드에게 아이들을 영영 빼앗겼을 것이다. “이슬람교에서는 돈을 주면 잠시 부부 관계를 맺는 ‘임시 결혼’이 허락되기 때문에 난 남편의 모욕과 그의 끝 모르는 욕망까지 참고 견뎌야 했어요.” 그런데 그런 무함마드에게 기적이 일어났다. 마음을 사로잡을 만큼 ...
ERITREA: THIRTY-FIVE CHRISTIANS RELEASED FROM PRISON BUT HUNDREDS MORE REMAIN
On July 17, Eritrea released 35 Christians (11 women and 24 men) from prison, causing speculation as to whether this event could signal a change in the country’s persecution of Christians, According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea board chair Hyun Sook Foley, however, while the release of any Christian prisoners is a cause for ...
NEPAL: ANTI-CONVERSION LAW RUMORED TO TARGET CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN NEPAL
Starting August 15th, the government of Nepal will enforce a law which prohibits conversion to Christianity. This “anti-conversion” law was established last year to prevent conversions to Christianity in the former Hindu kingdom and is only now being implemented. “Only a small minority of Nepal is Christian, but this minority is slowly and steadily growing,” ...