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 ...
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 ...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea announced the release today of a major new book on the earliest Korean church history, Professor Choi Sung Il’s The First Korean Bible and its Relation to the Protestant Origins in Korea: John Ross and the Korean Protestant Church. The release was announced at a press conference held at the ...
An original musical and dance performance recounting the true story of the translation and transmission of the Bible to Korea through Scottish missionary John Ross and his Korean co-workers debuted last week at More Love Church in Suwon. The “John Ross Bible Historical Drama”, written by Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook ...
