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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.

Ex-drug dealer became evangelist, attacked for following Jesus

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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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...

Terrorists kill 28 in three Christian villages

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Fulani herdsmen killed 28 Christians from April 20 to April 22 in an area of Benue state, Nigeria, residents said. “Some groups of Muslim Fulanis...

Christian family forced off farmland they leased

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Police in Pakistan are refusing to arrest Muslims who attacked a Christian family and seized their farm land, and officers also damaged property, sources said. Shahnaz...