One Saint
  • Home
  • Jesus Said
    • Matthew
    • Mark
    • Luke
    • John
    • Acts
    • I Corinthians
    • II Corinthians
    • Revelation
  • OS Blog
  • Library
  • MP3s
    • Mystery Babylon
    • Pastors, Ministers and Priests
    • Run from the Devil
    • Miscellaneous Teachings
  • Music
    • One Saint on YouTube
    • Music of Heaven
    • Handel's Messiah
    • Miscellaneous Music >
      • Musical Library I
      • Musical Library II
      • Musical Library III
      • Musical Library IV
      • Musical Library V
      • Musical Library VI
      • Musical Library VII
      • Musical Library VIII
      • Musical Library IX
      • Musical Library X
      • Musical Library XI
      • Musical Library XII
      • Musical Library XIII
      • Musical Library XIV
      • Musical Library XV
      • Musical Library XVI
      • Musical Library XVII
  • Video
    • DR S M Lockridge, Full Sermon
    • Enoch
    • Gospel Of Luke
    • Greatest Biblical Archaeological Discoveries Of All Time
    • King Solomon
    • Leonard Ravenhill
    • One Saint
    • Rabbi Jonathan Cahn
    • Revelation, The Book
    • Roger Morneau
    • Ruth
    • Sermon On The Mount
    • That's My King!
    • The Bride, The Beast & Babylon
    • The Jesus Movie
  • Blog Archive
    • David
    • Askakido
    • Eschatology
    • Annie
    • All Saints
    • One Saint
    • Crown of Life
    • Prayer
  • Links

North Korean Missionary Arrested Sunday

2/19/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture




International Christian Concern

2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW #241
Washington, D.C. 20006
www.persecution.org
  |  E-mail: [email protected]

Media Contact: Ryan Morgan, Regional Manager for Southeast Asia [email protected]





FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


North Korea on Arrested Missionary: 'We have made no decision as to what we will do with him'
Wife Asks for Prayer After Husband Was Detained on Sunday 

02/19/2014
North Korea

International Christian Concern

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Australian missionary John Short, 75, was arrested by North Korean authorities on Sunday in the nation's capital, Pyongyang. John, a career missionary based in Hong Kong, was traveling to the reclusive nation with a tour group and was carrying Christian literature translated into Korean.

In an interview this morning with ICC, John's wife, Karen, revealed that the Beijing-based tour company John had been traveling with had initially made contact with North Korean authorities on Monday and inquired about his whereabouts. The North Korean authorities reportedly responded, saying, "It's a very serious charge we have against him. He's carrying illegal materials and we have made no decision as to what we will do with him."  Karen says this was the last time the North Korean authorities could be reached by the Beijing-based tour company.

North Korea is widely regarded as the world's worst persecutor of Christians, with as many as 50,000 North Korean Christians believed to be imprisoned in concentration like camps around the country where starvation and arbitrary executions are common. A landmark United Nations report on Monday condemned North Korea for "crimes against humanity" and specifically noted that "severe punishments are inflicted on people caught practicing Christianity." In November, ICC reported that several Christians had been publicly executed in cities across North Korea for the "illegal possession of Bibles."

Referring to the tremendous amount of attention the case has been receiving after news broke of her husband's arrest earlier today, Karen told ICC, "It's been quite grueling. Nothing compared to what I imagine John is going through though. I'm being held up by the Lord's people in prayer. I really am. I'm so thankful."

In a separate interview with Reuters, Karen also said that John is unflinching about his Christian beliefs and had even read his Bible openly in front of North Korean officials on a previous trip to the country. "He won't be intimidated by the Communists," she said.  "He's courageous. This is my husband's character."

Originally from Barmera in southern Australia, John moved to Hong Kong in 1964. He and his wife, Karen, raised three sons in Hong Kong while running a Christian bookstore called the Christian Book Room. John now joins Kenneth Bae, an American missionary detained in North Korea on Nov. 4th, 2012, as the second foreign missionary to be detained by the regime in recent years.

Ryan Morgan, International Christian Concern's Regional Manager for Southeast Asia, said, "I was terribly saddened to hear the news this morning that John had been taken into custody by the North Korean authorities. I had the great pleasure of meeting John and Karen last year in Hong Kong and got a very real sense of their genuine love for the people of China and North Korea. It is so rare to meet anyone who has dedicated more than 40 years of their life to bringing hope and healing to a people not their own. John, Karen, and their family will be in our constant prayers as we take every step possible to advocate for his release. We also take this time to remember the hundreds of thousands of Christians in North Korea who must practice their faith in absolute secrecy and for the thousands more facing unimaginable horrors while imprisoned by the regime in concentration camps."    

For interviews, contact Ryan Morgan, Regional Manager for Southeast Asia:   [email protected]

# # #

You are free to disseminate this news story. We request that you reference ICC (International Christian Concern) and include our web address, www.persecution.org. ICC is a Washington-DC based human rights organization that exists to help persecuted Christians worldwide. ICC provides Awareness, Advocacy, and Assistance to the worldwide persecuted Church.  For additional information or for an interview, contact ICC at 800-422-5441.

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.


    Crown of Life Blog

    Picture
    The Martyrdom of ST Stephen, Pietro da Cortona, 1660

    News and Information about
    Persecuted Christians from all around the
    World

    Persecuted saints benefit most from your heartfelt and earnest prayer.

    Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial;
    for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him
    .
    James 1:12

    'Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the
    devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so
    that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
    Revelation 2:10

    New American Standard Bible 
    (NASB)

    Copyright © 
    1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971,
    1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
    by
    The Lockman Foundation


    Picture

    HOW TO READ A PERSECUTION NEWS STORY

    Trials make the promise sweet;
    Trials give new life to prayer;
    Trials bring me to His feet,
    Lay me low, and keep me there.


    "God often takes away our comforts and our privileges in order to make us better Christians. He trains His soldiers not in tents of ease and luxury, but by turning them out and subjecting them to forced marches and hard service. He makes them ford through streams, and swim through rivers, and climb mountains, and walk many long miles with heavy backpacks of sorrow. Well, Christian, may this not account for the troubles through which you are passing? Is the Lord bringing out your graces and making them grow? Is it for this reason He contends with you?"

    Read Why Do I Face Trials?,
    by Alistair Begg, Truth for Life Daily, at One Place

    Christian persecution is just a phenomenon in the
    Middle East.

    Christians aren’t greatly
    impacted by persecution.

    Whatever persecution there is, the damage is superficial - more a loss of multicultural diversity than anything else.

    Christians supposedly bring persecution upon themselves by proselytizing.

    Persecution couldn’t
    happen here.

    Please read 5 Myths about Persecution of Christians, by
    Kristin Wright, at Religion Today.


    Share



    email the webmaster

    RSS Feed


    Archives

    January 2018
    November 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012