(Zhejiang, China) National Security agents confronted Pastor Yan Xiaojie of Shangjiang Church in Wenzhou, Zhejiang for supporting Christians in Henan province. These Christians are currently undergoing fierce persecution and Pastor Yan was one of the more than 345 signees to a petition decrying this persecution. Pastor Yan Xiaojie On September 19, Pastor Yan posted an ...
A Guest Post from Dr. Hyun Sook Foley The estimated population of North Korea is nearly twenty-five million people, but North Korea is actually the country of one story: the story of Kim Il Sung. As North Koreans grow up, they have to memorize more than one hundred stories about Kim Il Sung’s life. That …
Christians in Central Asia are facing worship bans, arrest, and torture as Islamic nationalism becomes stronger in their countries. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea representative Foley Hyun Sook, Christians in Central Asia can be arrested for reading the Bible in public places (such as a bus or train), or for telling other people ...
(Photo taken in 2008) Villagers stand by the burning remains of their village. Late last month, Christians from the Kandhamal region of Odisha held a memorial service for those who died in the seven week massacre that occurred in the region ten years ago. After the murder of Hindu leader Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati, false rumours ...
(September 18) A confidential order from the Chinese government to regional officials was recently discovered by Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its China ministry partner China Aid. This order details the ways that officials could “resist the Korean Christian infiltration” and “consolidate the foundation [of Christianity] by ruling [the Chinese Church]” in their region. ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
(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 ...
(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 ...
