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Missionaries travel a lot. Christians who have a vision for missions travel a lot. That is why this article is a bit of a warning – be careful what you post on the internet while you are still in the host country. This is a common warning that BTJ gives to our guests who travel with us in unreached nations.

Prayers are needed for a BTJ missionary family that had their home broken into over the weekend and all of their financial support stolen. BTJ missionaries are often living in extremely remote areas, preaching the Gospel to unreached tribes. Due to their rural location, professional banking services are often not available, meaning that their annual support has to be kept

If there has ever been proof that Kim Jong Un may no longer be alive and someone else is secretly running the country, it is this – the leader of North Korea just issued a rare apology for the death of a South Korean official. Of course the leader of North Korea is not dead, but the world is seriously

People have called the year 2020 the worst year in recent memory. Some have even said that if 2020 were a drink it would taste like a milkshake – made from a colonoscopy bag. But good things can come from disastrous times. For instance, did you know that in Chinese the word used for “crisis”, weiji (危机), is the same

For over 100 years, the USA has sent more missionaries into the world to preach the Gospel than any other country, but could those days be coming to an end? BTJ recently did a podcast together with Dr. George Barna, director of research at the Cultural Research Center at the Arizona Christian University, and his research found that only 2%

“The crowd wanted to stone the woman to death as per their law. But Jesus said, ‘Let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone.’ Hearing this, they slipped away one by one. When the crowd disappeared, Jesus stoned the sinner to death saying, ‘I too am a sinner. But if the law could only be executed by

South Korea’s Defense Ministry said that a 47-year-old official with the Oceans and Fisheries ministry has been shot to death. His body was burned by the North Korean military after disappearing from an inspection boat off the western border island of Yeonpyeong on Monday. South Korea has condemned the event as “an act of brutality” and called for those responsible

A massive ceremony was held in Kumchon County, North Korea, last week where families hit by heavy winds and rain were given new homes. The new housing community is being praised as a socialists fairy tale village where everyone is given a new home. It is a tract of new yellow homes that are made of concrete and are said

After more than six months of blocking foreigners from China, there is finally some good news – the border is opening back up to foreigners.  The new border opening only applies to foreigners with valid Chinese residency visas. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced that foreigners with residency permits are allowed back into the country if their permits are still

New evidence suggests that the Chinese government is pushing more than 500,000 Tibetans into labor camps. According to a Reuters investigation, China is rounding up hundreds of thousands of Tibetans and sending them to harsh labor camps similar to that which we have seen in Xinjiang for the last couple of years. In Xinjiang alone, at least one million people