September 6th marked the 200th day since Leah Sharibu, a Christian Nigerian schoolgirl, was kidnapped from her school by Boko Haram. In February, Leah Sharibu was one of the 110 girls who were taken from Dapchi town by a Boko Haram faction known as the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP). Leah Sharibu According to Voice ...
(Zhengzhou, Henan—Aug. 31, 2018) A pastor penned a letter yesterday decrying the persecution of churches in China’s central Henan province, which is undergoing a fierce suppression of the Christian faith. A Henan church forced to display the Chinese flag. (Photo courtesy of ChinaAid) Recently, Pastor Shen Xianfeng has visited some of these churches, of which he notes ...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea board chair Hyun Sook Foley and CEO Pastor Eric Foley recently returned from the Middle East after leading an August training event in which they taught persecuted Middle Eastern Christians lessons from the North Korean Underground Church. This training event was hosted by Voice of the Martyrs Korea’s Middle Eastern ...
On July 17, Eritrea released 35 Christians (11 women and 24 men) from prison, causing speculation as to whether this event could signal a change in the country’s persecution of Christians, According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea board chair Hyun Sook Foley, however, while the release of any Christian prisoners is a cause for ...
Starting August 15th, the government of Nepal will enforce a law which prohibits conversion to Christianity. This “anti-conversion” law was established last year to prevent conversions to Christianity in the former Hindu kingdom and is only now being implemented. “Only a small minority of Nepal is Christian, but this minority is slowly and steadily growing,” ...
(July 12, 2018) A church in Kyrgyzstan that is home to many former Muslims has been ordered to cease its Sunday worship. A local source told World Watch Monitor that services at the church, which is led by a convert from Islam, have been interrupted twice in the last few months by a group of ...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea is hosting a free training event on how to evangelize Muslim refugees. The event, to be held at the Voice of the Martyrs Korea office on Monday August 13 at 7:30PM, will be led by Pastor Tom Doyle, best-selling author of eight books and full-time missionary to the Middle East ...
MISSIONARY TO THE MIDDLE EAST SAYS,"THERE WILL BE YEMENIS IN HEAVEN DUE TO KOREAN TREATMENT OF REFUGEES."A recent influx of Yemeni refugees to South Korea has sparked questions of how asylum seekers from the Middle East should be handled. Best-selling author on Muslim evangelism and Voice of the Martyrs Korea’s ministry partner, Pastor Tom Doyle, ...
CHINESE CHRISTIAN COUPLE CRIMINALLY DETAINED AFTER SHARING FAITH AND PROTESTING ABORTION(Heshan, Guangdong – June 7, 2018) Voice of the Martyrs Korea reports that police in China’s southern Guangdong province criminally detained a Christian couple after they shared their faith in a local park and advocated against abortion on Friday. 광둥성 허산(Heshan)의 ‘침례교회’ 목사인 량쯔량(Liang Ziliang ...
June marked the completion of nine years in prison for Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman. In June 2009, Asia Bibi was accused of blaspheming the prophet Mohammad and sentenced to death by hanging. Now, nine years later, Asia Bibi is still in prison and Christians around the world continue to appeal for her release. ...
