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.
Nigeria: Pastor, 50 others killed at farmers market
Residents of Kasuwan Daji awoke Sunday morning, preparing for burials after armed men
attacked the town’s weekly market, killing more than 50 people, including a...
Christmas drone strike killed 11 believers
A Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) drone strike on Dec. 25 killed at least 11 Christians on
their way to Christmas celebrations in South Kordofan state,...
Nigeria: Fourteen killed in terror attacks
Fourteen people are dead, and four are missing after suspected Boko Haram attacked three villages Monday night in the Hong local government area of...
Muslims block Christians from celebrating Christmas
As police looked on, Muslims in West Java Province, Indonesia on Dec. 14 formed a human
wall to block Christians from attending a Christmas service,...
Nicaragua bans Bibles at border crossings
According to a report by the local media outlet CentroAmérica360, notices were posted at bus terminals in Costa Rica warning travelers that they could...
Muslims demand closure of Christian church
Muslims in West Java Province, Indonesia are demanding closure of a Catholic church,
claiming that its renovations for Christmas lack permission, sources said.
A group of...
Authorities investigate church summercamp
According to information released by the Enyu Church in Shaoyang, local authorities have
recently launched a large-scale investigation into a church-run summer camp. The report...
India: Two missionaries cited under anti-conversion law
Police in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan recently registered the first case under the state’s recently enacted anti-conversion legislation against two missionaries. The...
These eight Christians endure decades of imprisonment
By Lynn Arias --
Eight Christians have languished in prison cells in the eastern African nation of Eritrea for between 18 and 21 years for...
Pastor’s wife at Zion Church arrested
Multiple informed sources revealed that police in Beihai City, Guangxi Province, detained Su Ziming, wife of Zion Church pastor Wang Lin, on Thursday (November...