Senior pastors from a hundred major state-sanctioned churches in China received training in “loving the country and loving the party” at an event in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province last month overseen by government officials. The training follows a June meeting in which top government leaders criticized the officials in charge of supervising state-sanctioned churches for ...
Alla Rakhi, the widow of an elderly Pakistani Christian shoemaker who was murdered in May by a mob on accusations of blasphemy, died of a heart attack less than a month after her husband’s death. Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley calls the death tragic and says it highlights the “chain ...
“What happened to us weakened our faith, but we are lifted through our local brothers and sisters and this gift.” That is the word from Zalissa, a Christian refugee from the north central region of Burkina Faso who along with her family was forced to “run for our lives” during a jihadist attack on her ...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea has confirmed the arrest of a Lao pastor and five Lao Christians during a prayer service held in the pastor’s home on June 22 in Tahae village, Xaibouathong district, Khammouane province in Central Laos. “Through our local partners we were able to verify that a new village chief, Mr. Lang, ...
Li Yanping, 61, of the Baode House Church in Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, began a seven-year prison sentence at Shanxi Women’s Prison on March 15, 2021, for allegedly illegally organizing others to cross the national border—the typical charge given by Chinese police for Christians who lead trips to Christian conferences abroad. According to her husband ...
Evangelist Chen Wensheng was sentenced to a year and seven months in prison last month by a court in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, China on charges that he organized and funded illegal gatherings. He plans to appeal the verdict. Known internationally as China’s “Gospel Warrior”, Chen has been arrested more than 100 times for his ...
A large rally in Pakistan last month backed the murder of an elderly Christian shoemaker accused of blasphemy, with organizers warning that others should expect the same fate, according to Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its partner for Pakistan ministry, UK-based Release International. 2,500 gathered in the city of Sargodha in Punjab Province, where ...
A Central Asian pastor remembered as a peaceful witness for Jesus Christ is this year’s Voice of the Martyrs Korea International Martyrs Day honoree. The ministry held a press conference this week at its Jeongneung office to honor martyred pastor Sergei Bessarab with a plaque on its Martyrs Timeline and a video available for use ...
According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea, a new hymnal in Liaoning Province may provide a glimpse into the future of church music in China. Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley says that the hymnal is a collection of 50 songs and poems with titles like “Bless the Motherland,” “The Joy ...
At retreat centers outside Ottawa and Calgary last month, more than one hundred women from across Canada gathered together to draw their life stories on Korean-style fans, discuss previously hidden traumas, and listen attentively to workshops on “letting God tell your story” led by Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, author ...
