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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.

First Rule Of Ransoming: Always Ransom The One Who Is Most Captive, Namely, The Captor

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Pastor Foley

Three Scriptures receive virtually no attention in the study of the Work of Mercy of ransoming the captive and yet are indispensable to it. The first is 1 Timothy 1:12-16 (ESV), where Paul doxologizes: 12 I thank him who has given me … Continue reading →

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The Only Currency That’s Accepted Where Sin And Death Are Involved Is Divine Life

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Pastor Foley

Keep in mind as you read the sentence that follows that I get paid to travel around the world teaching Christian ministries how to raise money: When it comes to ransoming the captive, money is part of the problem, not … Continue reading →

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Here’s Why You Should Never Rescue People From Prison Or Brothels By Paying Off Their Captors

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Pastor Foley

These days, the most natural connotation of the phrase “ransoming the captive” involves well-meaning Christians raising money to pay off governments, gangs, pimps, and prison guards to release their unjustly-held victims, typically either sex-trafficked women or Christians imprisoned for their … Continue reading →

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