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PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN NORTH KOREAN MARTYR COMMEMORATED ON “DAY OF THE CHRISTIAN MARTYR” CELEBRATION
Voice of the Martyrs Korea commemorated the Day of the Christian Martyr by adding a new plaque to their Martyrs Timeline and cutting the ribbon on their newly renovated “Kim Gyo Shin Home.” “Throughout Christian history around the world Christians of all backgrounds have remembered the martyrdom of Peter and Paul on June 29,” Voice …
계속되는 핍박에도 그리스도의 증인이 되기 위해 훈련받는 베트남 기독교인 – VIETNAMESE CHRISTIANS TRAIN FOR PERSECUTION AS GOVERNMENT CONTINUES RELIGIOUS CRACKDOWN
한국어English 베트남 정부가 2018년에 제정된 법률을 근거로 기독교인을 계속 핍박함에 따라, 순교자의 소리(Voice of the Martyrs)는 베트남 교회 목회자들(지도자들)과 새롭게 협력하여 일하기 시작했다. 이 협력 사역은 인쇄물 출판, 디지털 자료 제공, 전국 각지의 지역 지도자들이 주관하는 훈련 프로그램으로 구성되어 있다. 베트남 기독교인들이 기독교에 적대적인 환경에서 그리스도의 신실한 증인이 되도록 준비해주는 것이 이 협력 사역의 목적이다. ...
Asia’s persecutors: NK, China…and Russia???
On April 2019, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) added Russia to its list of “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPC), a list of countries “whose government engages in or tolerates particularly severe religious freedom violations.” This rise in Christian persecution is tied to Russia instituting the Yarovaya Law in 2016. The Yarovaya Law …
PERSECUTED INDONESIAN PASTOR ABRAHAM BEN MOSES RELEASED FROM PRISON
In April, Indonesian Pastor Abraham Ben Moses (formerly Saifuddin Ibrahim) was released from prison after serving two years of a four year sentence. Pastor Abraham was first arrested in December 2017 after a YouTube video of him surfaced teaching the differences between the Bible and the Koran. Muhammadiyah, one of Indonesia’s largest Islamic organizations, accused ...
Nothing to Pity: God’s Purpose for the Pain of a Sex-Trafficked North Korean Woman
Join us in remembering faithful North Korean missionary, Mrs. Hong. Like many North Korean women, Mrs. Hong was sex-trafficked into China. Unlike many North Korean women, however, the man who bought Mrs. Hong, an atheist, allowed her to attend church. He even welcomed the congregation into their home. Still, conditions at home were miserable and ...
NEW BOOK REBUTS CLAIM THAT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IS RIGHT RESPONSE TO CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION
In April, the United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs department published an independent review of global Christian persecution which claimed that “the level and nature of persecution is arguably coming close to meeting the international definition of genocide.” The review then stressed “the need for governments to give increasing priority and specific targeted support to ...
159 KNOWN “ANTI-MISSIONARY” PROSECUTIONS IN RUSSIA IN 2018, INCLUDING 1 KOREAN
On April 2019, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) added Russia to its list of “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPC), a list of countries “whose government engages in or tolerates particularly severe religious freedom violations.” 2019 U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual Report Representative Foley Hyun Sook of Voice of the Martyrs ...
MORE THAN 140 ERITREAN CHRISTIANS ARRESTED
Earlier this month, more than 140 Christians were arrested as they gathered in a private courtyard in the Mai Temenai area of Asmara, the capital of Eritrea. Voice of the Martyrs Korea’s partner, Release Eritrea, reports that 104 of those arrested were women, 23 were men and 14 were children. The arrests happened during a ...
NK tried to silence Pastor Han; now his voice will be heard around the world
Filming is underway here in Korea this week on a short feature on the life and death of Pastor Han Chung Ryeol, as seen through the eyes of one of the many North Koreans he evangelized. Pastor Han was the Korean Chinese pastor martyred in Changbai, China on April 30, 2016. Thanks to the vision ...