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For decades now, Christians have hoped and prayed that change would come soon to reclusive North Korea. Generations of missionaries have prepared for the opening of the nation to the […]

It was Sunday, a blazing hot day in a large city somewhere along the Silkroad. We had arrived in the early hours of the morning, and we had barely slept

For hours we have been driving through rugged mountains and dusty hills. Although not normally a fan of SUVs, this time I am glad we are driving in a big,

The worldwide church of Jesus Christ has a side that remains a deep mystery to me, even after many years of ministry in different countries. This mystery is that the

I sat down with a Chinese missionary working in the Middle East. For over a decade she has worked in a closed Muslim nation. A grandma now, she works mainly

One of the countries along the Silk Road is Tajikistan. It is a landlocked country in Central Asia, bordering Afghanistan, China, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is one of the nations

The Back to Jerusalem mission movement may be close to a 100 years old, but in some ways it is still in its infancy. Just as missionaries got ready to

The international mission movement has long been dominated by a Western approach to teamwork, leadership and family values. The Chinese mission movement takes their own approach to certain things, which

Women in Afghanistan have no voice. Even quite literally, their voices are not allowed to be heard in public. The official reason is that hearing a female voice might tempt

Today is a special day for the BTJ Bible lab. For the first time, people from outside are going to join the efforts of making covert Bibles for areas with

With the wars in the Middle East raging, we can easily be tempted to join in the chorus of political voices discussing the pros and cos of military action, or

Mission is not a white, Western endeavour. But it often seems like it is. Even as numbers of missionaries from the West have fallen and numbers from the Global South

Europe has a strong legacy of missionary work and despite its many failures, God has used the European church to take the gospel to the furthest corners of the earth,

Jesus is still hanging out with questionable women. They pop up again and again in the gospel stories – the sinful women who were hanging around Jesus. In the ultra-conservative

Many people struggle to believe the stories coming out of the Chinese house churches, because they just seem too unlikely. There are so many stories of miracles and healings, if

Our Back to Jerusalem partners do not only support believers who are hungry for the Word of God. They also support believers who are literally starving. In Iran, international sanctions

Bad news for women and girls in Iran. The government is finding new ways of making sure they comply with a strict Islamic dress-code. It is combining technological advances with

When it comes to Bibles for China, there are some frequently asked questions. We will try to answer a few in this post. Christians in the West have been supporting

Recently, we reported on the situation of the Chinese house churches as they reflected on the past five years of increased surveillance, Covid restrictions and persecution. One of the network

Last week, Christians in India suffered another setback. The ruling party of prime minister Modi (BJP) won the elections in New Delhi, the capital city of India, with a strong

My friend showed me a picture on her phone. Two Sudanese teenage boys were smiling as they held a bowling ball. They played the game for the first time in

Since its founding, North Korea has had one main goal and that is reunification with South Korea. After many decades of propaganda geared towards the goal of reunification, 2024 was

The changes AI is bringing to the world can feel quite overwhelming. Almost like a flood, sweeping us off our feet and taking us to places we don’t want to

Earthly power is fleeting, no-one knows this better than dictators. Authoritarianism is a risk-factor for persecution, as becomes clear when we see the world watch list with the countries where

The vast, remote mountain region of Tibet is one of the hardest to reach for the gospel and missionaries are pleading with us to pray for a breakthrough. The Tibetans

Recently, we were able to gather with a number of representatives from house churches in China and hear from several more. The communication with those who could not travel was

Putting numbers on persecution is always a precarious business and it is good to keep in mind that there is much we do not know. Still, it is helpful to

Andrew Brunson was one of the speakers at the VOP, sharing his story of imprisonment in Turkey for the gospel. In a previous article I shared how he experienced the

At our recent VOP conference, Andrew Brunson was one of the speakers. He was the only speaker from a Western country, but what qualified him to share about persecution was

Since the Taliban took power, many of us in the West have grown numb to the endless stream of bad news coming from Afghanistan. Perhaps the most heart-breaking reports were