Mark Ellis
Mark Ellis worked in the commercial real estate industry before he answered a call into full-time Christian ministry. For 9 years, he served as Asst. Pastor at Church by the Sea in Laguna Beach. He began writing about the church around the world in 1999 with the assistance of Dan Wooding of ASSIST News. After a mission trip to the southern Philippines in 2004, God gave him the vision for the God Reports website, which supports and encourages Christian Missions. He also serves on the boards of Morning Star News and the Birtcher Family Foundation.
Catholic mission compound attacked
By Bella Agnello --
On Dec. 18, looters attacked Itang Catholic Mission in Ethiopia. The incident is a casualty of the longstanding conflict between the...
Pastor assaulted said police left him to die
As police looked on, a Hindu nationalist mob in India this month subjected a pastor to
dehumanizing brutality, damaging his hearing and trying to force...
India: Pastor forced to eat cow dung, drink sewer water
After accusing a pastor in the Dhenkanal district of Odisha, India, of forcefully converting
Hindus to Christianity, a group of Hindu nationalists forced him to...
Iran: Making money persecuting Christians
By Lynn Arias --
Iran has an open secret.
Persecuting Christians is a booming business in the Muslim-majority nation, and the country is earning large...
Nigeria: 177 kidnapped from three churches
Residents of a village in Kaduna state have confirmed to news outlet Truth Nigeria that 177 Christians were kidnapped from three churches on Sunday...
Chinese Communist Party arresting Christians across China
By Josh Hoang-Wilkes in Domino Theory
On the night of December 14, over 1,000 police officers surrounded Yayang Church in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. At 3 a.m. they burst into the church...
China: Six Christian leaders detained January 6
By Lynn Arias --
Chinese authorities detained leaders and members of the Early Rain Covenant Church in
China on Jan. 6 amid the nation’s continued persecution of Christians....
Iran: Christian convert sentenced to five years for her faith
By Lynn Arias --
Nayereh Arjaneh, a Christian convert living in Iran, began serving a five-year prison term on Dec. 23 because of her faith.
Christian converts are...
Muslim girl had encounter with Jesus, family kicked her out
The Muslim family of an 18-year-old Sudanese refugee in the northern border region of
South Sudan on Thursday evening (Jan. 8) expelled her from their...
Lisu Christian gets six months for house church gathering
By Ningmeng --
The Yuanmou County People’s Court in Chuxiong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, issued a verdict on December 18 last year in a case involving...