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.
What caused imprisoned Iranian Christian to dance in his cell?
Farshid Fathi, an Iranian Christian who went to prison for his faith, recently talked about his persecution on SAT-7 PARS’ program New Identity.
Farshid was...
Peaceful pro-life protesters found guilty, sent to jail
A jury on August 29th found five pro-life activists guilty of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and conspiracy against...
Christian woman tortured nine hours, stoned to death
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the body of a citizen woman in her fifties was found on Tuesday the 9th of...
Indonesia: Newly constructed church destroyed by radical mob
The Pentecostal Missionary Church in Kabil Village, Indonesia, was recently destroyed by a radical mob that was protesting its construction in a majority-Muslim area.
Church...
Under death threats, court rules Muslim free to become Christian
Mary Olowe*, an 18-year-old Christian convert in Nigeria, successfully secured a court order protecting her from members of her family who threatened to kill...
Christians attacked in Delhi during Sunday service
On Sunday, August 20, when members of the Christian community were praying at the Siyyon Prarthna Bhawan in Delhi’s
Tahirpur area, individuals allegedly entered the...
Nigerian pastor kidnapped in attack near Niger border
Armed terrorists on 17 August kidnapped a pastor and two members of his congregation in a Nigerian village near the
country’s border with Niger Republic.
At...
Help the Persecuted provides immediate support to Christians under attack in...
Christians in several communities in Pakistan have come under attack from angry mobs this week after two teenagers were accused of allegedly desecrating a...
Dozens of homes and churches torched in Pakistan
By Michael Ashcraft —
Some 25 churches and 75 homes of Christians were burned in Pakistan by Muslim mobs incensed over alleged acts of blasphemy...
Neighbors build wall blocking road to new church
After finally finishing construction on their church building, the congregation of the Indonesian Pentecostal Church in Sungai Bahar, Muaro Jambi, suddenly faced a new problem....