Pastor “T” (name withheld for security reasons) conducted a wedding at his church yesterday. While Ethiopian weddings normally require Pastor T to coordinate many details, this one required more coordination than most. Pastor T’s church is currently located in one of the hottest war zones on earth. Simmering conflict between the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopian government forces broke out ...
Authorities in Wenzhou, China continue to remove crosses from churches in the region. The latest round of cross removals began overnight on January 15, when authorities tore down crosses at four churches in the city, including Yongzhong Street Canghe Church in Longwan District. Then early morning February 1, the cross was removed from Wenzhou’s Shuixin ...
The leader of a church in Linfen City in southwest Shanxi province, China, was evicted from his home this month on two days’ notice. As Voice of the Martyrs Korea representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley explains, the eviction is part of a campaign of continuing pressure by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) against 439 Chinese ...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea announced today that it sent a total of 22,847 Bibles to North Korea in 2020, in addition to airing daily Bible recordings on its 5 shortwave and medium wave broadcasts into North Korea. According to Voice of the Martyrs CEO the Rev. Dr. Eric Foley, the number includes mass distributions and individual hand-to-hand distributions in both print and electronic ...
Three Christian boys from Narowal, a city in the northeast of the Punjab province of Pakistan, were accused of blasphemy after allegedly burning pages of the Quran, the Islamic holy book, on Christmas Eve. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, the boys lit a bonfire for Christmas celebrations. “The village, Kotli Muhammad Sadeeq, is a majority Muslim ...
On January 1, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Zhengxiang Branch of Hengyang Municipal Police Department issued its first 2021 penalty—ordering the detainment of Christian street evangelist Chen Wensheng for 10 days for preaching the gospel on New Year's Eve. “Evangelist Chen Wensheng was Christian ‘Detainee No. 0001’ for 2021,” said Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook ...
Christianity is growing even amidst persecution in Communist Vietnam, but according to pastors in the places where the church is growing the fastest, the growth is not due to an increase in church buildings but to an increase in the number of motorbikes available for church planters. “New religious laws enacted in 2018 have reinforced religious restrictions for ...
Mosa, an Egyptian Christian, did not deny Christ as police electrocuted him, beat him unconscious, and knocked out his teeth. Today, Mosa lives a humble life with his wife and children. Still, he has health problems and thinks about how to provide for his children. He has asked VOM workers for prayer, so Voice of ...
Government restrictions on Chinese Christians are nothing new, but new rules proposed this month by China’s State Administration of Religious Affairs extend some of those religious restrictions to a group that has typically been exempt: Foreigners worshiping only with other foreigners in China. The new rules, entitled “Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Regulations ...
Workers from Voice of the Martyrs in Sulawesi, Indonesia are aiding Christians there in the aftermath of an IS-affiliated terrorist attack on November 27. Terrorists murdered 4 Christians, burned 7 homes including a Salvation Army prayer room, and displaced 750 Christians in the village of Lewonu Lembantongoa. A manhunt for the attackers is underway, aided ...
