Each time a new customer walked through the door of the small coffee shop in Seoul where Mr. Kim (name withheld for security reasons) shared his story with workers from Voice of the Martyrs Korea, he hesitated or stopped talking completely. The middle-aged North Korean defector studied each person’s face anxiously, searching for clues to ...
At a prearranged location, “Rob” (name changed for security reasons) waits, watching for a familiar vehicle among the heavy traffic passing by on the street in front of him. When he sees his friend’s car maneuver to the curb, he gets in and they drive around for a few hours. In this Central Asian country, ...
An estimated 100,000 churches in 130 countries are expected to participate in this year’s International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians on November 5, 12, 19, and 26 according to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley. Representative Foley says that this year the focus is on Nepal, with Voice of the ...
Gaza Christians praying: That is the image that the pastor of Gaza’s only Protestant church would want the world to see in answer to the question he receives frequently these days, “What are Gaza Christians doing during the present conflict in Gaza?” “Our situation at this stage is basically like Romans 8:26-27,” says Hanna Massad, ...
Conflict resolution training, not medication, is the preferable treatment for North Korean defectors suffering from anxiety, depression, trauma, and insomnia. So says Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, Representative of Voice of the Martyrs Korea. Her organization operates two ministry training schools for North Korean defectors in South Korea, and Dr. Foley says she regularly meets North ...
One of China’s most persecuted churches used its weekly prayer letter to intercede for another longsuffering Chinese church facing renewed persecution. Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, which has been enduring its own crackdown by authorities since its pastor, Wang Yi, and more than 100 church members were arrested nearly four years ago, called on ...
Another church building operated by a Registered Baptist congregation was seized by force by occupying authorities in Eastern Ukraine earlier this month, with authorities allegedly claiming that a mine had been planted there. According to persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea, that brings to seven the number of church buildings of the Registered Baptists ...
It remains illegal to get a Bible in any form into North Korea from any neighboring country, yet more North Koreans may be reading the Bible today than at any other time in history. Those were the remarks of Pastor Eric Foley, CEO of Voice of the Martyrs Korea, at last week’s Taiwan International Religious ...
In Cuba, authorities often arrive without warning. According to persecution support ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea, on 10 March 2020, a group of men with sledgehammers appeared at Pastor David Walter Fis’ church at 9am. “They wanted to demolish the church and everything inside,” Pastor David told Voice of the Martyrs, “and [they] started ...
New religious regulations take effect in China this month that require that churches not only refrain from criticizing communism but that they actively promote it. That’s the word from persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea, which says that the September 1 “Measures on the Administration of Religious Activity Venues” require churches to be “communist ...
