(December 1) A commencement ceremony, complete with caps, gowns, a graduation march, and a speech from a noted missiologist, was held today for three North Korean defectors graduating from Voice of the Martyrs Korea’s Underground University (UU). VOMK Underground University Graduates Ceremony (December 1) A commencement ceremony, complete with caps, gowns, a graduation march, and ...
The homes of more than 350 Iraqi Christians in the Mosul area are now being illegally sold and occupied by Muslim residents, according to Iraqi television network al Sumaria. The Iraqi Christians were forced to flee to refugee camps in 2014 after the Mosul area was taken by IS/Daesh. Now, according to al Sumaria, Muslims ...
An estimated 20,000 Muslim immigrants to Europe have come to Christ since the beginning of 2015. That’s the conclusion drawn by Dr. Duane Alexander Miller, associate professor at the Protestant Faculty of Theology at Madrid (UEBE). Dr. Miller wrote a journal article about Muslim conversion to Christianity on a global scale that will be released ...
Last month, Voice of the Martyrs Korea partner Pastor Bob Fu told Congress that China is working with state sanctioned Christian church networks (the Three Self Patriotic Movement and the Chinese Christian Council) to rewrite the Bible. This is part of China’s five-year plan to make Christianity more compatible with socialism. ‘차이나 에이드’ 제공 Voice of ...
(October 2018) This month, Kachin Christians in Myanmar faced persecution from both Myanmar’s state army and from the United Wa State army. Churches have been destroyed and replaced with Buddhist temples. Christians have been expelled from their homes. Humanitarian aid has been cut off. According to Uppsala University’s Conflict data program, China has a history ...
On November 4, Christians from more than 150 nations around the world will be participating in the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. For more than ten years, Christians around the world have set aside the first Sunday in November to pray for believers in more than 70 countries who are persecuted for ...
(Zhejiang, China) National Security agents confronted Pastor Yan Xiaojie of Shangjiang Church in Wenzhou, Zhejiang for supporting Christians in Henan province. These Christians are currently undergoing fierce persecution and Pastor Yan was one of the more than 345 signees to a petition decrying this persecution. Pastor Yan Xiaojie On September 19, Pastor Yan posted an ...
Christians in Central Asia are facing worship bans, arrest, and torture as Islamic nationalism becomes stronger in their countries. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea representative Foley Hyun Sook, Christians in Central Asia can be arrested for reading the Bible in public places (such as a bus or train), or for telling other people ...
(Photo taken in 2008) Villagers stand by the burning remains of their village. Late last month, Christians from the Kandhamal region of Odisha held a memorial service for those who died in the seven week massacre that occurred in the region ten years ago. After the murder of Hindu leader Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati, false rumours ...
(September 18) A confidential order from the Chinese government to regional officials was recently discovered by Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its China ministry partner China Aid. This order details the ways that officials could “resist the Korean Christian infiltration” and “consolidate the foundation [of Christianity] by ruling [the Chinese Church]” in their region. ...
