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.
‘We found Bibles and hymn books covered in blood’
MONUSCO, the United Nations’ mission to the DRC, issued a release Monday accusing the
Islamic State group-backed ADF terror group of killing at least 52...
Authorities close Christian prayer house in Indonesia, evict evangelist
On Aug. 2, local authorities in Purbayani Village, Caringin District, Garut Regency, Indonesia, permanently closed the Immanuel Prayer House, a part of Bethel Tabernacle...
Former sheikh beaten, loses family after vision of Christ
A Muslim who put his faith in Christ after receiving a vision in a mosque in Uganda was
hospitalized after relatives beat him, demolished his...
Plea from Afghan Christians in neighbor country
The ministry SAT-7, which beams Christian programming via satellite into the Middle Eastand North Africa, has received an urgent plea from a group of...
Vietnam: Power cut to home holding Catholic mass, three arrested
A Catholic home church was raided by Vietnamese police during Mass at around 8:30pm on
11 August in Thái Nguyn province, northern Vietnam.
A group of...
India: Pastors beaten in custody with batons and sticks
Five of six pastors jailed in central-eastern India on July 20 after false allegations of forcible
conversion were assaulted in custody so severely they have...
Most populous countries persecuting Christians
Four of the five most populous countries in the world share a disturbing reality: Christians
are systematically and harshly persecuted within their borders.
China (1.41 billion...
Nigeria: Fulani militia terrorists kill 17 Christians
Fulani militia terrorists killed a Christian woman in a village in Plateau state, Nigeria on August 4, the latest of 17 Christians slain in...
Chinese pastor barred from leaving country to visit family in US
By Ningmeng --
Pastor John Cao, a native of Hunan who was imprisoned for seven years, shared bittersweet news on social media yesterday (July 27)....
Pakistan: Christian man dies after years of neglect in prison
Nabeel Masih, a 25-year-old Christian from Lahore, died on July 31 after years of neglect, abuse, and lack of crucial medical care.
At 16, while...