Posts Tagged: China

New Coronavirus outbreak in NE China puts NK sex-trafficked women at risk of starvation

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 ...

中国基督徒律师李柏光殉道两周年与他未公开的音频

中国基督徒律师李柏光殉道两周年与他未公开的音频

殉道者之声(南北韩)—— VOMK为纪念中国基督徒律师李白光殉难两周年,公布了一段视频,他乘坐巴士去往乡村地区为老百姓维权之前,把《圣经》以赛亚书35章录制成他自己的经文诗歌。 VOMK代表贤淑·弗利(Foley Hyun Sook)说: “李柏光是一位在国际上知名的中国人权律师,于2018年2月因可疑原因去世,享年49岁。中国政府对外宣称李柏光的去世是由于肝部疾病,可是他生前从不喝酒抽烟,我们和其他人在他去世前不久见到他时,他的健康状态良好。” 中国当局拒绝了国际组织验尸的要求,并快速对律师的遗体进行火化。贤淑代表指出,李律师并不是唯一一位死于所谓肝病疾病的中国人权律师。  图片取自 chinachange.org 李柏光律师2004年与贵州当地村民的合影。 VOMK的中国事工伙伴报告称,2017年10月,李柏光在浙江省被绑架,遭到殴打,威胁他放弃为被政府征用土地的农民维权。  李柏光是一位独特的公众人物,因为他同时帮助中国的地下基督徒与朝鲜的地下基督徒, 李柏光生前曾为VOMK在中国长白地区的事工伙伴——朝鲜族牧师韩忠烈牧师的家人做代理律师,韩忠烈牧师在2016年4月遭到暗杀殉道。  图片取自cnn.com 李柏光律师与时任美国总统的乔治·布什 李柏光由于受到布什总统的会见并与其他政治领袖的合影,而为人们所知。但实际上,李柏光关注于遭受迫害的底层人士,他经常不辞辛苦地搭乘几天的巴士车奔波于中国的各个地区为民众维权。因着他的大部分时间都花在旅途上,他会以唱歌的形式背记圣经的章节。因此我们把李柏光所编曲的圣经其中一首拿出来配上他的图片和文字,以纪念这位主内的弟兄,他爱神所爱,惜神所惜,饱受逼迫和忽视的人们。  观看VOMK制作的李柏光视频请点击此处:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&modestbranding=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&" class="__youtube_prefs__ no-lazyload" title="YouTube player" allow="fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy="1" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll="">

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 ...

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 ...