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 ...
China’s “Gospel Warrior”, Evangelist Chen Wensheng, is no stranger to police stations and prison. Arrested more than 100 times for his work as a street evangelist in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, the evangelist has spent more than 130 days in prison on what authorities classify as administrative detention. But now, according to Voice of the ...
For the third time this year, the government of Eritrea has made a mass arrest of Christians, this time rounding up more than 30 believers from their homes in the west-central cities of Agordet, Barentu, and Tesennei on the night of April 24. The nighttime raid follows the January arrest of 30 Christians at a ...
A Chinese netizen seeking to access and translate some materials related to 16th Century Protestant reformers Martin Luther and John Calvin received a stern warning from the Chinese Communist Party’s Internet Surveillance Agency last month. Voice of the Martyrs Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley says Christians worldwide should be concerned and should “make every effort ...
A Chinese Christian bookstore owner sentenced to seven years in prison for alleged illegal business operations has been released from prison more than two years early, according to persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea. Chen Yu, the former owner and operator of “Xiaomai Bookstore” in Linhai City in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province was released from ...
“One, two, three, …” began Temistocres Ngabona, counting the deep scars on his leg. “Four, five, six, seven, eight, ...” he continued, moving to his right arm and then to his severed thumb and mangled fingers. As he reached the ninth scar, he buried his face in his arms, overcome with emotion as he shared ...
The wife of a house church pastor in China posted a defense of her husband, who has been imprisoned for more than a year, on Chinese social media last month. Within hours, the post was blocked, police had descended on her home, and she and her parents-in-law were receiving threatening phone calls from authorities demanding ...
A new seminary opens in Korea this month, but don’t expect a ribbon cutting ceremony or an open house. “Underground Seminary”, a new Korean seminary operated by persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea, is designed to train Korean Christians how to lead the church in settings of growing opposition to the Christian faith in ...
