Final Postcard from China [Along the North Korean Border]
A North Korean boatman on the Yalu, one of the rivers that divides China and North Korea Dear Friends, I’ve spent my last week in […]
Read MoreA North Korean boatman on the Yalu, one of the rivers that divides China and North Korea Dear Friends, I’ve spent my last week in […]
Read MoreIt was early Sunday morning, the day after Christmas. Rasool and Maryam Abdolahi and their two children were sleeping peacefully. That all changed, however, in an instant. Without warning, plainclothes policemen broke through the front door of their Tehran apartment and stormed inside. As some of the police rummaged through their personal belongings searching for evidence of their faith, Rasool and Maryam were handcuffed and taken away—as their two children watched in horror.
Read MoreFood aid sent to help feed starving Christians in North Korea Dear Friends, Mal-Chin is one of the thousands of believers in North Korea whose […]
Read MoreDear Friends, We have just received this update from Intercessors Network: Burmese soldiers are systematically using forced labor, torture and rape to persecute majority-Christian residents […]
Read MoreSome of the persecuted Christians who live in remote villages in northern Laos Dear Friends, Laos, a nation that borders Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand, is […]
Read More"I will go!" With those words, Naomi made a commitment to lay down her life. She had just volunteered to join a secret team of evangelists who move throughout her homeland, sharing the gospel and helping desperate fellow citizens with basic necessities like food and medicine.
Read More"When he learned that I had been reading a booklet about a boy who found forgiveness through Jesus Christ, my father tied me to a pillar of our house and beat me with a stick. The next morning he lovingly told me, 'We Muslims should not read such books. They are haram [forbidden]. Because their books are so persuasive, we too will become Christians if we read them. What then will happen to our family? It will affect our whole life." Qississ' father, a Muslim Mullah in southern India, didn't realize how prophetic his words would prove to be as he lectured his eleven-year-old son.
Read MoreRenounce Jesus or starve. Those were the two options given to members of our spiritual family this summer in a small village in Laos.
Read MoreI felt as if I were in a spy movie. As I stood at a designated spot in a Chinese city near the border of North Korea, an unmarked vehicle pulled up. I slipped into the back seat, and the driver whisked me away through a maze of streets. When we reached our destination, I was ushered through a dark alley to the back door of a restaurant. Once inside, I was led to a hidden back room. There, Mrs. Joon was waiting for me. She was visibly apprehensive about our dinner meeting, but she knew that she would have to trust someone if her mission was to succeed.
Read MoreNorth Korean citizens left distraught and despondent by the grips of starvation Dear Friends, Hana had already helplessly watched her parents slowly succumb to starvation. […]
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