The administrative detention of two ministers of Beijing’s Zion Church by Chinese authorities earlier this month has prompted a response from Zion’s pastor: A letter to his congregation teaching the spiritual benefits of persecution. “Those in chains for Christ will be completely free in Christ," wrote Pastor “Ezra” Jin Mingri, in an open letter to Zion Church members on May 1, co-signed by the church’s elders ...
On April 21, more than 10 police officers of Chengdu City Wenjiang District entered a residence, seizing four adult members of Early Rain Covenant Church and 12 adolescents who were participating in a tutoring program operated by the church at the location. Three Christians living at the residence were also detained. It is the latest ...
The long-simmering conflict between Russia and Ukraine saw tensions reach their highest levels since 2014 this week, as an estimated 100,000 Russian troops amassed on the Ukraine border in what Russia described as a “snap inspection” of its military readiness in the region. The action drew calls of concern from the United States and the ...
The Netherlands’ Country Trail Band, one of Europe’s most popular country gospel groups, is commemorating the North Korean Bible balloon launches of Korean NGO Voice of the Martyrs with a song. The song, “Straight into the Heart”, which appears on the group’s album of the same name, says in the chorus, “The word of God ...
81-year-old Sister ‘D’ (name withheld for security purposes) lives alone in a tiny hut on a remote mountain field in Tuyen Quang province in northern Vietnam. She previously lived with her family in a nearby village. But last summer when she became a Christian, she was rejected by her family, forced out of their home, ...
In December 2015, Czech-born Christian aid worker Petr Jasek went on a 4-day visit to Sudan to check on burned church buildings and persecuted Christians. But what was intended as a brief stay turned into a life sentence for spying and an eventual 445 days in prison with hardened IS fighters as his cell mates. ...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea is making its award-winning feature film “Tortured for Christ” available for free online viewing for Passion Week, beginning at 12:00AM Wednesday March 31 and continuing through Easter day April 4, at www.vomkorea.com/tfc/. “Tortured for Christ” tells the true story of Voice of the Martyrs founder Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, as written in ...
At approximately 10 am on Sunday February 28, several plainclothes police raided Chongqing Living Fountain Church, breaking up the small house church gathering and arresting two men, one of whom was preaching that day. The police confiscated a church computer and forced those attending to leave. Later, police pressured the landlord of the house hosting ...
This Easter marks the second anniversary of the deadly 2019 suicide bombing of Zion Church in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. In that bombing, local Islamic jihadists used a so-called “Mother of Satan” bomb similar to the one used in IS-related attacks on churches in Indonesia in 2018. 31 were killed in the Zion Church attack, and ...
The prison locations of two Christians jailed in China have been identified after a three-year search. One persecution support organization is urging Korean Christians to send letters of encouragement to the prisoners as soon as possible. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, Ms. Ju Dianhong and Ms. Liang Qin were sentenced in December 2017 in Yunnan Province for ...
