When Lysychansk was captured by Russian troops and their separatist allies in early July, ministers of the city’s six Protestant churches were forced to flee. Remaining congregation members were driven underground. The house of prayer of the Lysychansk Christian Center, the largest Protestant church, was confiscated for use by authorities. But as the church’s pastor, ...
On August 16, a judge in the city of Saky in Crimea fined an unregistered Baptist church leader and two ministers for illegal missionary activity related to worship activities held in a private residence. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, the ruling raises questions about government-imposed definitions of “religious ...
Russian occupation authorities closed Grace Baptist Church in Melitopol on Sunday, September 11, during the church’s worship service. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea, occupation authorities have now closed the city’s three largest evangelical Protestant churches in the last two months. Meanwhile, Voice of the Martyrs Korea has learned that in the nearby village ...
The members of Shenzen Holy Reformed Church assembled one final time for training on Christian persecution from Voice of the Martyrs Korea at a secret location on Jeju Island on August 28. Unlike the previous trainings, however, this time only a handful of congregation members were present in person. The majority of the 61 members ...
Two boys in a rural village in Vietnam, 16-year old Giang* and 15-year old Huy*, were beaten and disowned by their families as the result of their decisions to follow Christ at the invitation of a local evangelist supported by Voice of the Martyrs. One year ago, Evangelist Thao* traveled to the boys’ village to ...
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 ...
