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.
Ministry helps refugees fleeing violence in Syria
By Nile Hosni --
From January 20 to February 13, the Free Burma Rangers (FBR) ministry delivered medical care to 906 patients across 21 different...
Amidst persecution, full Bible translated after 60 years
After six decades of faithful work across two generations of one family in missions, the Bible has been fully translated into the Ngalik language...
Stand with Afghan Christians facing forced return to Taliban terror
Christian ministry Help The Persecuted is calling on people around the world to sign their petition and stand with hundreds of Afghan Christian refugees...
Pastor given choice: Live as a Muslim or die as a...
The sharp blade of a machete cut the ropes that tied Pastor Ojih’s feet together. Rough
hands jerked him to his feet from the ground...
Twenty-one martyrs fondly remembered
“The 21”. The term has come to denote 21 martyrs, 20 Egyptians and one Ghanaian, martyred in 2015 in Libya. Their story has stunned...
How teen started over after leaving Islam
Two years ago, 18-year-old Deborah took her courageous first steps toward leaving the strict Islam she had been raised in.
Inspired by the messages of love, forgiveness,...
Attorneys arrested as trial begins
By Ningmeng --
April 17, 2025, was the trial date for Pastor Wang Xiaoguang and his wife, Pastor Yang Rongli, of the Linfen Golden Lampstand...
Australia: new law prohibits prayer about gender identity
On April 4, the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) began enforcing a new law criminalizing anti-conversion therapy, which now includes praying with...
Remembering my brother, martyred at 24 in Iran
(An extract from a recent BBC recording from British-Iranian bishop Guli Francis-
Dehqani, daughter of the first Persian bishop of Iran and sister of a martyr of...
Iran executed 900 last year
Iran’s repressive regime executed more than 900 people in 2024 and handed down “scores of death sentences for religious-based charges,” according to a March...