2 Timothy 2:9 proclaims, “The word of God is not bound.” Many try to bind it, but the word of God always breaks free! Today, in more than 70 countries around the world, governments are attempting to “bind” the word. Few governments are seeking an outright ban on Christianity. Instead, they are seeking to reshape ...
SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF CHINESE CHRISTIAN ATTORNEY’S MARTYRDOM COMMEMORATED BY NEW VIDEO
Voice of the Martyrs Korea is marking the second anniversary of the martyrdom of Chinese Christian attorney Li Baiguang by releasing a video containing a scripture song of Isiah 35 that he wrote and sang as he would ride the bus for days on the way to the countryside to represent clients facing difficulties with ...
New 2020 guidelines strengthen Communist Party control over China’s churches and public schools
New guidelines are now going into effect 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" to go into effect February 1. Article 17 of that Order states: “Religious organizations must ...
What are you doing New Years Eve? Persecuted Christians are sharing their prayer requests with us in a 24 hour Facebook event
May I challenge you to ring in the New Year by praying for urgent prayer requests from actual persecuted Christians in 24 countries that will be posted on our VOMK Korean language, Chinese language, and Russian language Facebook pages hourly beginning at 6PM Korea time on New Year’s Eve? From 6PM on December 31 to ...
How Pastors Become Spies…and How to Stop It
Korean American pastor and former North Korean prisoner Kim Dong Chul admitted in an interview published this week that he had been spying for South Korea and the United States. By all accounts he was not a spy merely masquerading as a pastor. He was a pastor who was actively engaged in Christian ministry to ...
Are you sure you want a prophet’s reward?
In Matthew 10:41 Jesus says, “He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet receives a prophet’s reward.” A prophet’s reward. Our eyes and mind go right past that phrase without thinking too much about it. We hear “prophet’s reward” and think, “big reward”—something really good. So in our mind the passage becomes ...
“How Would I Respond to Persecution?” is not a hypothetical question
After hearing the story of Richard Wurmbrand or other Christians who have been tortured for Christ, we sometimes ask ourselves, “What would I do if I was in that situation? Would I be faithful?” But that is the wrong question because we actually are in that situation. It is the same principle as when we ...
Martyrdom precedes persecution, not the other way around
We must learn how the Bible tells stories of persecution and make sure our modern accounts reflect biblical theology. Unfortunately, these days many accounts of Christian persecution are told like news stories designed to advance the narrative that Christians are increasingly in danger and in need of the prayers of other Christians and the protection …
한국 VOM, 북한이 사용하는 선전용 영상을 통해 북한 기독교 순교자를 알게 되다 | VOICE OF THE MARTYRS KOREA LEARNS ABOUT NORTH KOREAN CHRISTIAN MARTYR FROM NORTH KOREAN PROPAGANDA FILM
한국어English북한이 사용하는 선전용 영상을 통해 북한 기독교 순교자를 알게 되다한국 VOM은 북한 정부가 만든 영상을 통해 이전에 알려지지 않았던 북한 기독교 순교자들에 관한 이야기를 알게 되었다. 이 영상은 북한에서 종교를 지지하는 자들을 어떻게 규정하고 종교 전파를 중단시키는가에 관한 내용으로 북한 안전보위부 반간첩투쟁 전람관이 북한사람들을 훈련하는 데 사용된 자료였다. 한국 VOM 대표인 현숙 폴리 박사는 이렇게 ...