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 ...
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ANALYSTS: CHINA’S CRACKDOWN ON ITS STATE CHURCHES WILL CAUSE HOUSE CHURCH GROWTHS TO SOAR
Last week Chinese authorities demolished the building of the 3,000 member Anhui Three-Self Church in Funan. This week Voice of the Martyrs Korea and China Aid co-released Chinese government documents denying state churches in Zhejiang province the right to baptize, have an offering box, or conduct revival meetings. Pastors there must now submit their sermons ...
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 ...
NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN BOY FORGIVES BOKO HARAM ATTACKERS WHO BLINDED AND MAIMED HIM
Voice of the Martyrs Korea, a ministry working with persecuted Christians all over the world, is raising funds to support Danjuma Shakuru, a Nigerian Christian who was nearly killed in a 2015 attack by Islamic militants. On January 28, 2015, Islamic militants attacked Danjuma’s village. 23 people were killed, 38 were injured. One insurgent attacked ...
NEW SHORT FILM ABOUT KOREAN-CHINESE MARTYR’S DISCIPLE TO BE SHOWN BY 100,000 CHURCHES AROUND THE WORLD ON DAY OF PRAYER FOR PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS
On November 3rd and 10th, an estimated 100,000 church congregations worldwide will participate in the World Evangelical Association’s International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Participating churches will show a short film created by award-winning producer John Grooters in partnership with Voice of the Martyrs Korea. The film tells the story of one of ...
VISITING RESEARCHER: EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANS HAVE MODELED FAITHFUL ENDURANCE FOR MORE THAN 1,000 YEARS
On October 17th, Middle Eastern religions expert Doctor David Pinault joined Voice of the Martyrs Korea at a press conference about the increasing persecution against Egypt’s Coptic Christians. At the conference, Dr. Pinault explained that all Copts are raised to be Christian martyrs, something which has enabled the church to endure more than 1,000 years ...
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 ...
WIDOW OF FAMED PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN MARTYR MINISTERS TO OTHER MARTYRS’ WIDOWS
When Pauline Ayyad’s husband Rami Ayyad, the owner of the only Christian bookstore in Gaza, was martyred in 2007, the only thought in her mind was revenge. But today she is teaching the widows of other Christian martyrs in Gaza to forgive their husbands’ killers and pray for their salvation, as she herself has learned ...