VOMK Tuesday Report

TRAPPED BETWEEN GOVERNMENT TROOPS AND REBELS, CAMEROON PASTORS RECEIVE TRAUMA CARE

TRAPPED BETWEEN GOVERNMENT TROOPS AND REBELS, CAMEROON PASTORS RECEIVE TRAUMA CARE

Pastors from the western region of Cameroon received intensive trauma care, as well as training in how to deliver trauma care to their congregation members, in an emergency training event conducted in December by persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea. “Persecution caught these pastors by surprise,” said Voice of the Martyrs Korea representative Dr. ...

BOKO HARAM RELEASES VIDEO OF KIDNAPPED NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN THEN KILLS HIM

BOKO HARAM RELEASES VIDEO OF KIDNAPPED NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN THEN KILLS HIM

The terrorist group Boko Haram kidnapped a state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria as well as a pastor and 40 church members in two separate raids on January 3 and January 6. A video subsequently released by the terrorist group shows the captive as the Rev. Lawan Andimi, the chairman of the Christian ...

NEW 2020 GUIDELINES STRENGTHEN CHINA COMMUNIST PARTY CONTROL OVER CHURCHES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS

NEW 2020 GUIDELINES STRENGTHEN CHINA COMMUNIST PARTY CONTROL OVER CHURCHES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS

New guidelines go into effect in 2020 to strengthen Communist Party control over what is taught in China’s state churches and public schools. The State Administration of Religious Affairs released in November Order 13, the "Administrative Measures for Religious Groups". Order 13 will be enforced on February 1. Article 17 of that Order states: “Religious ...

PETITION FOR DISAPPEARED PASTOR HAND DELIVERED TO MALAYSIAN EMBASSY

PETITION FOR DISAPPEARED PASTOR HAND DELIVERED TO MALAYSIAN EMBASSY

A petition demanding the Malaysian government to publicly release all information concerning the disappearance of pastor Raymond Koh was hand delivered to the Malaysian Embassy in Seoul Thursday by representatives from the Christian persecution ministry, Voice of the Martyrs Korea. The petition was signed by more than almost 800 Christians from Korea and around the ...

PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS SHARE PRAYER REQUESTS IN 24-HOUR NEW YEARS EVE FACEBOOK EVENT

PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS SHARE PRAYER REQUESTS IN 24-HOUR NEW YEARS EVE FACEBOOK EVENT

Persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea challenged Korean Christians today to ring in the New Year by praying for urgent prayer requests from actual persecuted Christians in 26 countries that will be posted on its Facebook site hourly beginning at 6PM on New Year’s Eve. Voice of the Martyrs Korea representative Hyun Sook Foley ...

SHANGHAI CHURCH CLOSED, BUT CHRISTIANS ACROSS CHINA TURN TO THE PAST TO KEEP THEIR FAITH ALIVE

SHANGHAI CHURCH CLOSED, BUT CHRISTIANS ACROSS CHINA TURN TO THE PAST TO KEEP THEIR FAITH ALIVE

Christians from a church in Shanghai (who asked us to remain anonymous) held their Sunday worship service on the street last week after authorities closed their church building. In a video released this week from Voice of the Martyrs Korea, the church members sing in front of their closed church building. According to Voice of ...

VOMK ANNOUNCES NEW “SOUTHERN PLAN” OF PERSECUTION TRAINING FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN CHRISTIANS

VOMK ANNOUNCES NEW “SOUTHERN PLAN” OF PERSECUTION TRAINING FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN CHRISTIANS

A training event for persecuted Christian leaders in Vietnam in the first quarter of 2020 will inaugurate an increased focus on Southeast Asia for persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea. VOM Korea representative Hyun Sook Foley says that the ministry’s new “Southern Plan” intentionally bears the same name as the Southeast Asian economic initiative ...

Korean/Scottish Church Partnership Seeks to Transform Famous Missionary from Historical Figure to Contemporary Missiologist

Korean/Scottish Church Partnership Seeks to Transform Famous Missionary from Historical Figure to Contemporary Missiologist

Korean Christian pilgrims visiting Missionary John Ross sites in Scotland will receive free copies of a modern language translation of Ross’ book, Mission Methods in Manchuria, thanks to a partnership between Scottish churches and Voice of the Martyrs Korea. Ross, a 19th Century Scottish missionary to China, is regarded as a father of the Korean ...

VOICE OF THE MARTYRS KOREA PRESSURES MALAYSIA FOR TRUTH ABOUT ABDUCTED PASTOR THROUGH ONLINE PETITION

VOICE OF THE MARTYRS KOREA PRESSURES MALAYSIA FOR TRUTH ABOUT ABDUCTED PASTOR THROUGH ONLINE PETITION

Almost three years after the suspicious disappearance of Malaysian Pastor Raymond Koh, Voice of the Martyrs Korea is encouraging Korean Christians to support his family by joining with Christians around the world to sign a petition to pressure the Malaysian government to uncover the truth. On February 13, 2017, Pastor Koh’s car was surrounded and ...