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.
Non-lethal aid urged in Burma conflict
The people of Burma have faced a brutal campaign by the military junta that has taken thousands of lives, forced millions to flee, and...
Thirty Christians ambushed and kidnapped at gunpoint
Terrorists on Saturday (Oct. 7) kidnapped more than 30 Christians in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, residents said.
The assailants ambushed and took the Christians away...
Muslim radicals protest Miss Universe because she is a Christian
Muslim radicals and the government itself may prevent Erica Robin, who won Miss Pakistan Universe, to compete in November’s Global Miss Universe.
by Massimo Introvigne
We...
Christians evicted after house church banned
Leaders and members of Guangzhou Huajing Christian Church have been forced to move. Some were evicted after just arriving in the area. Officials also...
Christian doctor fired over pronoun use
A Christian doctor in the U.K. recently appealed his case after being fired for refusing to use transgender pronouns. Dr. David Mackereth held that...
Pakistan to churches: Hire private guards, we can’t protect you
After bloody assaults to dozens of churches, Karachi police has found a solution for the Christians: “Deploy private security guards.”
by Massimo Introvigne
August was one...
Iranian-Armenian pastor sentenced to prison for ‘disturbing’ teachings
As Iran’s president was flying to New York this morning, an Iranian-Armenian pastor was handing himself in to prison in Tehran to begin a...
The Hidden Plight of Pakistan’s Christians
When we think of humanitarian concerns, typically, we think of Africa, the Middle East, and areas of Southeast Asia. Pakistan is a nation that...
90% of Christians killed last year were from this country
Of the 5,500 Christians who were killed last year because of their faith, 90 percent were Nigerian, according to Crux and the International Society for...
Seminary student attacked by terrorists, burned to death
Assailants in an area of Nigeria where Fulani terrorists have operated freely burned a Catholic seminary student to death Thursday night (Sept. 7) in...