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.
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...
Muslims storm prayer house, two children hurt
As police officers looked on, a group of Muslims on Sunday (July 27) stormed a prayer
house in Indonesia, injuring two children, sources said.
The Muslims...
Lawmaker offers $12K bounty for violently attacking Christian leaders
India’s Catholic bishops this week strongly condemned law enforcement for failing to prosecute a state legislator who publicly offered up to $12,663 USD (1.1...
Pastors targeted and harassed in Cuba
Pastor Maikel Pupu Velázquez vanished about 14 hours after delivering epilepsy medication to an acquaintance’s granddaughter on July 9 in Cuba.
Velázquez delivered the medicine...