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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.

NK workers: “We may find God more than others because our situation is difficult”

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Pastor Foley

Knowledge of the outside world opened the door to despair. Knowledge of God opened the door to hope. That is the conclusion Dr. Hyun Sook Foley draws regarding the current situation of North Koreans working abroad, based on letters released … Continue reading →

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Russia: Evangelical believers paid a rising “tax on faithfulness” in 2022

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Pastor Foley

Evangelical believers paid a “tax on faithfulness” in 2022, and that tax is increasing, according to persecution watchdog Voice of the Martyrs Korea. “Across the Russian Federation in 2022, basic Christian activities—gathering for worship, distributing Bibles and Christian literature, and … Continue reading →

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China: “Gospel warrior”, arrested more than 100 times, is arrested again

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Pastor Foley

To Chinese authorities, Chen Wensheng is a troublemaker who was actually less trouble when he was just a drug addict on the street years ago. But to Chinese Christians, Chen Wensheng is a powerful street evangelist who even after 10 … Continue reading →

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