On Sept. 22, 2013, suicide bombers attacked the All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, after a Sunday worship service. One faithful couple who lost two children in the attack told Voice of the Martyrs how they have worked to bring hope and healing to their church—along with a biblical obedience to forgive their persecutors. Anaya, ...
Central Mexico is rich in industry, history, and natural beauty. But despite its reputation as a welcoming place for business and tourism, not everyone receives a warm welcome. “People get attacked,” says a church planter who has worked in the region for more than two decades. “Usually, it is the closest family members that give ...
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 ...
