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.
Kidnapped pastor and daughter still missing after ransom payment
The whereabouts of a pastor and his daughter kidnapped in northwestern Nigeria were
unknown after their captors threatened to kill them even after receiving a...
New believer a profile in courage
Maryam Jalili was 40 years old when she became a Christian, and by then had already been through so much.
At the age of just...
Chinese agents in US try to bribe IRS to go after...
In May 2023, “Bitter Winter” reported that Chinese agents in the United States had been caught while trying to bribe an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent...
ISIS rising again in Syria
By The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) --
Deir Ezzor province: SOHR sources have reported that members of ISIS cells attacked, with machineguns,...
When rape is used as an instrument of persecution
By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow --
Rape as a form of Christian persecution is a grave human rights violation and an egregious act of...
Ransom demanded for abducted pastor
Islamic terror group Boko Haram recently shared on social media a video of Pastor Paul Musa pleading for his life as an armed, masked...
Authorities arrest six Christians in Laos
Pastor Mum and five other church members, Mr Liang (40), Mr Pa (24), Ms Laen (50), Ms Lan (23) and Ms Khoon (28) were...
The women who work in the brick kilns in Pakistan
Amid the steady hum of chatter exists a silent symphony of suffering where women toil day
and night to meet not only their brick quota,...
Tourist lynched and burned alive for alleged blasphemy
By Massimo Introvigne --
After the case of Christian Nazir Gil Masih, lynched in Sargodha on May 25 after he was falsely accused of having burned...
Police install camera outside pastor’s mom’s house to monitor activities
By Pastor John Cao --
CHANGSHA CITY, China -- On June 4th, the police detained me for over 20 hours without
reason. Today, June 6th, they...