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.
Hospital founded by American missionaries demolished
A hospital founded by American missionaries 100 years ago and confiscated following the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979 has been demolished after...
Founding member of church dies in prison
Reverend Ghirmay Araya, a founding member of the Full Gospel Church in Eritrea, has died
after spending almost three years in a maximum-security facility.
Reverend Araya...
Ex-drug dealer became evangelist, attacked for following Jesus
At 21, Mehfri enrolled in a Bible school in Indonesia with no intention of studying the Bible. Although he had grown up in a...
The reality of persecution in Mexico
By Linda Burkle, Ph.D., ICC Fellow --
In November 2023, I had the privilege of attending and speaking at an evangelical pastor’s conference in Oaxaca, a...
This worship song becoming anthem of persecuted church
A man stands outside the house, keeping watch for attackers. Music drifts from the open
windows. People inside the home sit on plastic chairs, standing...
Christian woman thrown into hay cutting machine denied justice
Saima Bibi was serving tea to guests at her quarters in Punjab Province, Pakistan when her
Muslim employer dragged her outside and pushed her towards...
Iran: 60 yr old woman in prison for leading house church...
Sixty-year-old Christian prisoner of conscience Mina Khajavi is reported to be struggling
with pain and unable to access the medical care she requires inside Tehran’s...
Chinese Bible distributor sentenced to 5 Years in prison
In 2021, Chinese authorities arrested 10 Christians for selling and distributing Bibles in Hohhot, the capital city of Inner Mongolia — an autonomous region...
Egypt: Attackers who burned Christian homes to be prosecuted
By Nader Shukry --
The perpetrators and instigators of recent attacks against Copts in two villages in Minya, some 250km south of Cairo, have been...
Pastor arrested by electric company for complaining about rates
More people fled Cuba in 2022 than ever before in the country’s 64-year history as a communist regime. According to U.S. government data, 250,000...