Author Archive for: Bethany

MESQUITE, Texas — “All the things I’ve learned, I’ve had to relearn them again from the persecuted church.” That’s what Eugene Bach, who has a doctoral degree, told listeners at the Dallas-area Voices of the Persecuted Church Conference in late October. Bach, who goes by a pseudonym because of his ongoing work in China, has authored or co-authored over a dozen books, including two from

MESQUITE, Texas — Naghmeh Panahi immigrated to America with her family as a young Muslim girl and began following Jesus at age 9, to the horror of her parents. (They later became Christians as well through reading the same Bible they’d taken away from her.) Panahi would return to Iran as an adult. At the Voices of the Persecuted Church Conference near

MESQUITE, Texas — “If I don’t bow down, will I die?” Esther Chang, speaking through a translator, relayed what her thoughts had been as North Korean government officials brought her to a statue of a North Korean leader to bow before it. The Chinese missionary to North Korea and six other Christians from around the world spoke to a group

MESQUITE, Texas — “You have to give forth great light in this time,” Brother Yun, a man who says he miraculously walked out of a maximum-security prison in China, told The Stream in an interview at the Voices of the Persecuted Church conference. Several hundred people from around the nation and the world filled a meeting room near Dallas, Texas, October 22-23

The world has watched as the war many hoped would never happen, happened overnight. There are reports of thousands of refugees leaving Ukraine into neighbouring nations to find safety for their families. Our BTJ office in Poland reported that at the writing of this article, more than 30,000 refugees have crossed the border into Poland to flee the conflict. Right

Most of our readers will be aware of the growing church in Iran, the miracles that are happening there and the challenges converts from Islam face. We continue to pray for them, as we work to help the young church with Bibles and support their efforts in disaster relief. However, the country of Iran faces many challenges, which also greatly

If you visit the city of Canterbury in England, you will find some interesting remnants of an ancient healthcare system. There is a herb garden, which was used in medieval times by the monks of the nearby monastery. They would use their knowledge of herbal remedies to help relieve the suffering of the sick, long before the development of modern

Iran was one of the first countries to experience a large number of Covid cases. It has also been one of the severest affected countries since. Their fifth and highest wave of Covid infections is just now beginning to subside, and there has hardly been a break in between. Iran is 11th worldwide for numbers of deaths, but even government

If you are in the Idaho area, we would love to see you! We will be sharing things at our meetings in Idaho this week, that we are not able to share online. Come and join us as we share about the latest project updates in China, North Korea, Iran, and Afghanistan. Everyone is welcome. You do not want to

Recently, we took a team to Iraq for a Vision Casting Trip. One of the people we were blessed to have with us, who chose to join us on the trip, was Heidi from the US. Here is her experience… How do you expect most people to react when you tell them “I’m going to Iraq to serve”?  Well, I