UPDATE: At the time of publication, an additional church, in Krasnodon, in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, reported that authorities approached them after their worship service on June 8, demanding to see the church's registration. However, the church indicated that it is, and intends to remain, unregistered. Four Protestant churches experienced harassment in May by ...
Christians in China’s government-run “Three Self” churches must sing the Communist Party anthem prior to singing the Doxology. It’s part of a larger 2025 plan by authorities to re-make Christian music more compatible with Chinese communism, according to a report from Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its partner ministry China Aid. “The Three-Self Patriotic ...
Short-term mission trainees from Oryun Church were handcuffed, enclosed in a torture box, and sang, prayed, and shared scripture with each other in prison May 19. It was all part of a half-day customized “Underground Church Experience” that persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea prepared for the group to help them experience what Christians ...
House church pastors in China are accustomed to police harassment and even legal prosecution. But a new program in Song County, Henan Province designed to promote reporting of illegal religious activities by citizens now classifies house church pastors as “impersonators”. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, the move is ...
One of the thirteen men found guilty of burning missionary Graham Staines and his two sons to death in India in 1999 was released last month for good behavior after 25 years in prison. Mahendra Hembram, now age 51, was cheered by members of Hindu nationalist groups and then led on a celebratory parade as ...
The 208 North Korean female workers in China who died after Corona have all been incinerated and sent back to North Korea, while an additional 10,000 “sick and problematic” North Korean female workers in China have gone back to North Korea during the past few months. That’s according to a letter from a North Korean ...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea announced the release of its new children’s curriculum, a 5-workbook series entitled “Kids of Courage”, at a training event for pastors, teachers, and parents at its Jeongneung office the day before Easter. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley who led the training event, "Kids ...
Nine Christians from Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, including Evangelist Wang Honglan, were convicted on charges of “illegal business operations” for selling government-authorized Bibles as a house church. The group members purchased the Bibles with their own funds and sold them at a 25% discount for evangelistic purposes. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. ...
Evangelist Chen Wensheng from Hengyang, Hunan province was released from Deshan Prison on April 2, 2025, after serving a 19-month sentence on charges of “organizing and financing unlawful gatherings” for preaching the gospel in the streets. Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley says that on the day of his release, Evangelist ...
In an effort to get local Christian evangelists to give up their faith, authorities in rural Vietnam have recently broken their fingers, spread broken glass around their homes, seized their farmlands, and damaged their motorbikes. But according to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, these evangelists are remaining steadfast in their ...
