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Articles from the latest VOICE Magazine
ETHIOPIA: Facing persecution in a Christian country
Converts to Christ in Ethiopia can face hostility from both family and community. A Release International partner is helping to look after them.
PAKISTAN: Secret believers passionate about sharing the gospel
On a recent trip to Pakistan we met converts to Christianity who after dramatic encounters with God are trying to live out their new-found faith in a …
INDIA: Is this the end of religious tolerance in the subcontinent?
Church pastors are paying a high price for sharing the gospel as the persecution of Christians spreads across the Indian subcontinent.
Articles from previous VOICE Magazines
Please find below an archive of articles from previous editions of VOICE Magazine.
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I feel no bitterness
After suffering horrendous injuries in a bomb attack, one Indonesian Christian had the opportunity to meet face to face with former terrorists. Her st…
Doing Church in a warzone
The conflict in Ukraine has created a hunger for the gospel as well as strengthening the church. Here three pastors, whose identities must be protecte…
A glorious church rising from the ashes of persecution
A Release International fact-finding team recently returned from Nigeria, where reports suggest more Christians are being killed for their faith than …
Are you up for the battle?
Co-ordinating prayer for persecuted Christians is a vital part of our ministry Prayer is key to our relationship with God yet can often be one of the …
Standing firm amid the devastation
Christians are still reaching out with hope and help in a nation on the brink, writes Laura Hayes Despite the ongoing chaos in Burkina Faso, Christian…
Persecution Trends Report – 2023
AFRICA NIGERIA ‘Nigeria, from every indication, is at a pivotal point in its history,’ said our partner. ‘The election in 2023 will …
CHINA: Looking the tiger in the eye
Tom Hardie meets courageous Christians who have challenged the Chinese state yet known God’s amazing provision in the midst of their suffering. …
What hope for the church in Nigeria?
In a special interview, our partner Hassan John explains what the future holds for Christians in areas where killing has reached genocidal levels; how…
NORTH KOREA: ‘Let us worship God’
‘Let us worship God.‘ Faced with the death penalty these are the last words of Christians to their captors A group of North Koreans who me…
‘We have left but we haven’t arrived’
Despite forsaking everything to follow Christ many Somali believers find the church in their new homelands unwelcoming and distrustful. However, thank…
No Despair! Ukrainian Christians’ message of hope
Four months on from the Russian invasion we caught up with our partner Pavel*, who is based in Ukraine, to find out how believers are responding to th…
Existential threat to Nigeria’s vulnerable Christians
Fearless believers in Nigeria are paying the ultimate price for sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, reports Kenneth Harrod Reverend Ibrahim Isa has wo…