The biggest worry today for North Korean women in Northeast China is not Coronavirus but starvation. A new outbreak of Coronavirus in Northeast China’s Jilin Province has led authorities there to restrict travel and institute additional control measures. The new measures make it nearly impossible for North Korean sex-trafficked women there to feed their families. Now even ...
Online/Offline Worship and the Future of Christian Persecution in the Free World
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 ...
한국 VOM, 중국의 기독교인 변호사 순교 2주기 기념 새 영상 공개
2018년 2월 26일, 중국 기독교인 리 바이광(Li Baiguang) 변호사가 순교했다. 한국 VOM(Voice of the Martyrs Korea)은 리 바이광 변호사 순교 2주기를 기념하며 새 영상을 공개했다. 이 영상에는 이사야서 35장을 노랫말로 곡을 지어, 중국 정부의 억압으로 고통당하는 주민을 변호하기 위해 며칠 동안 버스를 타고 시골길을 다니면서 부르던 리 바이광 변호사의 생전 음성이 담겨 있다. 한국 VOM ...
The Coronavirus shows the world what is in us
The church has always had an interesting history concerning plagues and viruses. It is not a history of self-preservation. As I wrote in my book, The Whole Life Offering: Hospitals owe their origin to the plethora of plagues and epidemics that struck the ancient world with alarming regularity and force. Observes author Rob Moll, “When ...
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 ...
Could church closures be a blessing for Chinese Christians?
Christians from a church in Shanghai asking not to be identified held their Sunday worship service on the street last week after authorities closed their church building. A video clip shows the church members singing in front of their building. The closure of the church building is part of an accelerating trend across China since ...
Today’s Most Effective North Korean Missionary: A 19th Century Scot
Here's a piece I wrote with Release International's Scotland Area Representative James Fraser following Dr. Foley's and my recent visit. Every year, hundreds of South Korean and Chinese tourists flock to Scotland. They come for the customary reasons: to see the beauty, the history, and the castles of this blessed land. But a steady stream ...
China Persecution Update: Children and the elderly as trained spies
It is difficult for Christians outside of China to get an accurate, updated, comprehensive, simple-but-not-oversimplified summary of the rapidly escalating persecution confronting Chinese Christians. Our VOMK team assembled this timely brief for you to share with your friends, family, and church. CHINA - CURRENT SITUATION: Under Xi Jinping’s dictatorship, China is carrying out various large-scale ...
중국 – 지역 경찰에게 심문받는 이창(Yichang)시 목회자들을 위해 기도해주세요
중국 – 정부에 등록되지 않은 교회 신자들이 성경을 가질 수 있도록 기도해주세요.