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.
Iran: Twelve-year-old girl given 75 lashes for surprising offense
By Sandra Marroquín —
Only 9 years old, Aynaz Cyrus was arrested for singing publicly in Iran. She was put in handcuffs and hauled off...
Woman sentenced to death after forwarding message on social media critical...
By Caleb Campos –
After allegedly insulting the prophet Muhammad on WhatsApp, Shagufta Kiran, a mother of four, was sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy...
Pastor & wife killed by Islamist mob after conversions
In Eastern Uganda, an Islamist mob killed Pastor Weere Mukisa, his wife Annet Namugaya, and their two young daughters, Judith, 7, and Sylvia, 4,...
Hundreds of churches burned in Europe
By Yvette Harding –
Hundreds of churches have been burned down, vandalized or graffitied in France and other Western European nations, but the alarming trend...
Christian man falsely accused, shot by neighbors
By Sandra Marroquín –
A Christian Pakistani man accused of burning one of Islam’s holy books was shot by his neighbors. He died later in...
UN slams Pakistan for human rights abuses
Authorities in Pakistan have failed to curb a range of human rights violations, including a sharp increase in blasphemy-related violence, the UN Human Rights...
Terrorists kill seven Christians in central Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday (Oct. 1), attacked a predominantly Christian village in central
Nigeria, killing seven people, area residents said.
The herdsmen raided Egwuma village, Agatu...
Egyptian martyrs honored at museum
The Coptic Museum in Old Cairo has marked the Coptic New Year 1741 AM, celebrated on 11 September, with a temporary exhibition themed “Knight...
Pastor gets prison for ‘unlawful conversions’
Despite being granted bail, a pastor working for a missionary organization in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh was convicted on Wednesday on...
More countries censoring Christians, putting them on trial for exercising free...
As more countries begin to censor free speech, an alarming trend is emerging, one where many Christian voices may be drowned out or muted...