John Foxe never liked being called a martyrologist (he regarded his work as church history), but the author of Acts and Monuments of the Christian Church, popularly called Foxe's "Book of Martyrs", turned to the martyrs as exemplars when in 1563 he wrote a pamphlet to encourage and comfort Londoners caught in the grip of ...
CHURCH LEADERS IN THE “NORTH KOREA OF AFRICA” RECEIVE TRAUMA CARE
Church leaders from Eritrea received intensive trauma care, as well as training how to deliver trauma care to their congregation members, in an emergency training event conducted earlier this month by persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea. “Not many people have even heard of the small country of Eritrea, but it is of special ...
SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF CHINESE CHRISTIAN ATTORNEY’S MARTYRDOM COMMEMORATED BY NEW VIDEO
Voice of the Martyrs Korea is marking the second anniversary of the martyrdom of Chinese Christian attorney Li Baiguang by releasing a video containing a scripture song of Isiah 35 that he wrote and sang as he would ride the bus for days on the way to the countryside to represent clients facing difficulties with ...
NK SEX-TRAFFICKED WOMEN IN CHINA AT SPECIAL RISK FOR CORONAVIRUS
North Korean sex-trafficked women are at special risk for the coronavirus spreading through China according to persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea representative Hyun Sook Foley. “More often than not, these women are sold to impoverished Chinese men living in poor conditions,” representative Foley explains. “Because they are not living in China legally and ...
The Coronavirus shows the world what is in us
The church has always had an interesting history concerning plagues and viruses. It is not a history of self-preservation. As I wrote in my book, The Whole Life Offering: Hospitals owe their origin to the plethora of plagues and epidemics that struck the ancient world with alarming regularity and force. Observes author Rob Moll, “When ...
TRAPPED BETWEEN GOVERNMENT TROOPS AND REBELS, CAMEROON PASTORS RECEIVE TRAUMA CARE
Pastors from the western region of Cameroon received intensive trauma care, as well as training in how to deliver trauma care to their congregation members, in an emergency training event conducted in December by persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea. “Persecution caught these pastors by surprise,” said Voice of the Martyrs Korea representative Dr. ...
BOKO HARAM RELEASES VIDEO OF KIDNAPPED NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN THEN KILLS HIM
The terrorist group Boko Haram kidnapped a state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria as well as a pastor and 40 church members in two separate raids on January 3 and January 6. A video subsequently released by the terrorist group shows the captive as the Rev. Lawan Andimi, the chairman of the Christian ...
NEW 2020 GUIDELINES STRENGTHEN CHINA COMMUNIST PARTY CONTROL OVER CHURCHES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
New guidelines go into effect in 2020 to strengthen Communist Party control over what is taught in China’s state churches and public schools. The State Administration of Religious Affairs released in November Order 13, the "Administrative Measures for Religious Groups". Order 13 will be enforced on February 1. Article 17 of that Order states: “Religious ...
PETITION FOR DISAPPEARED PASTOR HAND DELIVERED TO MALAYSIAN EMBASSY
A petition demanding the Malaysian government to publicly release all information concerning the disappearance of pastor Raymond Koh was hand delivered to the Malaysian Embassy in Seoul Thursday by representatives from the Christian persecution ministry, Voice of the Martyrs Korea. The petition was signed by more than almost 800 Christians from Korea and around the ...
New 2020 guidelines strengthen Communist Party control over China’s churches and public schools
New guidelines are now going into effect to strengthen Communist Party control over what is taught in China’s state churches and public schools. The State Administration of Religious Affairs released in November Order 13, the "Administrative Measures for Religious Groups" to go into effect February 1. Article 17 of that Order states: “Religious organizations must ...