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.
Egypt: Man sentenced for murder of Coptic priest
By Nash’at Abul-Kheir --
On 13 January 2025, the Court of Cassation, Egypt’s highest judiciary authority, approved
the death sentence delivered by the Alexandria Criminal Court...
Pakistan: 20 Christians remain imprisoned
An International Christian Concern (ICC) analysis of data from the United States Commission on Religious Freedom (USCIRF) found that 20 Christians have remained behind...
Is misogyny and sexual abuse embedded within Islamic culture?
By Michael Ashcraft –
Mosab Hassan Yousef was raped at age 6. He never told anyone because he grew up in a culture that “would...
The threat to Christians in Southeast Asia
Although Christian persecution is pervasive in Brunei, Laos, the Maldives, Malaysia,
Myanmar, and Indonesia, the enormous suffering endured by Christ followers in these countries is...
Millions at risk of starvation in Myanmar/Burma
According to U.N. research, roughly 2 million people in Myanmar are at risk of starvation in the coming months. A raging conflict between the...
He followed Jesus for 17 days, then his Muslim family killed...
A Muslim teacher at an Islamic school in eastern Uganda who became a Christian on Oct. 4 was killed on Oct. 21, area sources...
Evangelist receives 10-year prison sentence
Christian convert has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges including engaging
in “propaganda” by “propagating Christianity”, according to an Iranian Christian news...
Muslim security guard rapes six-year-old at school
Earlier this month, a 6-year-old girl was raped by a Muslim security guard at her school in Lahore, Pakistan.
The girl is from Faisla town B...
Help the Persecuted launches urgent appeal to respond to Lebanon war
As the war in the Middle East continues to escalate, Christian ministry Help The Persecuted is launching an urgent appeal to enable their team...
Climate change conference held in country attacking Christians
The COP29 climate change conference started November 11th in Azerbaijan, a country known for its recent ethnic cleansing of Armenian Christians.
The U.N. conference is...