The Public Security Bureau in Sichuan Province’s Gulin County arrested Wenzhou Christian Lin Xuesui and charged him with "organizing and financing illegal gatherings" for attending a Sunday church gathering on June 14 and sharing his testimony in the remote mountainous region, according to Voice of the Martyrs Korea. Voice of the Martyrs Korea notes that ...
Three of China’s most prominent unregistered churches which are no strangers to government raids—Zion Church and Shouwang Church in Beijing and Early Rain Church in Chengdu—endured another crackdown by authorities in separate events during the days of August 11-14. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea, Zion Church’s Mentougou district branch was raided during its ...
Beginning with the 2022 school year that opens next month, students at Hong Kong’s Gratia Christian College, including those enrolled in the school’s Christian Ministry diploma program, will be required to complete four national security education courses by video and pass the national security course test. "The book of Romans in the New Testament says ...
Local authorities harassing members of unregistered churches is nothing new in Vietnam. But what is new is authorities using registered churches to do the harassing. “Churches in Vietnam have always hesitated to register with the government because it’s difficult to register, and then after they register, it’s difficult to comply with all the ongoing government ...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea announced today a plan to place copies of the first-ever modern Chaldean dialect Bible in 30,000 Christian homes in Northern Iraq, through a partnership with local Iraqi Christians and its sister mission, Voice of the Martyrs Australia. “This is more than a Bible distribution project,” says Voice of the Martyrs ...
For most people living in the parts of Ukraine now under the control of pro-Russian forces, being detained for hours at a checkpoint is an inconvenience or a cause for concern. But according to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, many Christians in the region see the checkpoint delays as the ...
15 evangelists were temporarily detained and questioned and the group’s leader fined for an evangelism rally in Bogoroditsk, 250 km south of Moscow, on June 9. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, the group, composed of unregistered Baptists from the surrounding regions of Tula, Smolensk and Tver and led ...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea, an NGO which serves persecuted Christians worldwide, released letters it received this week from North Koreans working abroad who received audio Bibles through the NGO’s distribution efforts. “The workers wrote that they previously regarded the Bible as ‘the most terrifying thing’, a ‘scary book’, and even an ‘evil thing’,” says ...
Four Protestant churches are currently experiencing harassment by officials in areas now under Russian control, Voice of the Martyrs Korea has confirmed. The organization also received reports of two pastors from the region who were recently detained and then released. “Three churches in the Donetsk Region--Central Baptist Church and the Church of Christ the Saviour ...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea, an NGO which serves persecuted Christians worldwide, unveiled a plaque on its Martyrs Timeline commemorating Chinese Christians Meng Lisi and Li Xinheng on the International Day of the Christian Martyr, Wednesday June 29. The plaque was unveiled at a press conference at its office in Seoul. Meng and Li had ...
