Author Archives: Pastor Foley

About Pastor Foley

The Reverend Dr. Eric Foley is CEO and Co-Founder, with his wife Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, of Voice of the Martyrs Korea, supporting the work of persecuted Christians in North Korea and around the world and spreading their discipleship practices worldwide. He is the former International Ambassador for the International Christian Association, the global fellowship of Voice of the Martyrs sister ministries. Pastor Foley is a much sought after speaker, analyst, and project consultant on the North Korean underground church, North Korean defectors, and underground church discipleship. He and Dr. Foley oversee a far-flung staff across Asia that is working to help North Koreans and Christians everywhere grow to fullness in Christ. He earned the Doctor of Management at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland, Ohio.

For Chinese Christians, persecution doesn’t stop when they leave China

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Pastor Foley

13 Christians who have left China for the United States over the past 10 years due to persecution from Chinese authorities participated in a Bible-based trauma recovery workshop in Midland, Texas on October 27 provided by Voice of the Martyrs … Continue reading →

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China: Couple who met through persecution is separated by persecution, then reunited

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Pastor Foley

Hao Guiru’s fiancée is a Christian from Guangdong province. She was so attracted to Hao Guiru’s devotion to his Christian faith that she moved 1,500 kilometers to Chengdu in Sichuan Province to date him. But as Voice of the Martyrs … Continue reading →

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The Christian faith is always a journey into weakness

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Pastor Foley

For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him. Philippians 1:29 In Philippians 1:29, Paul says that we have been given TWO privileges: First, of course, … Continue reading →

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