The above Photo published by CBN News on 12 May, 2020 shows one of the creative ways Christian Ministries are sending Gospel messages to North Koreans.
North Korea is the most dangerous place on earth to be a Christian, according to Open Doors, which studies and reports on Christian persecution worldwide.
If a Christian has a Bible in this East Asian country, or part of one, it will be carefully hidden and only read when the believer is sure they are alone, according to Open Doors.
In some cases, Open Doors reports, believers will memorize a book and then destroy the copy to minimize the risk of being found with ‘illegal materials.’
Further more, most Christians do not even tell their own children about their faith until they are older teenagers ‘for fear that they may let something slip.’
“When someone is discovered to be a Christian in North Korea, they will be arrested and imprisoned in one of North Korea’s terrible labor camps, or even killed on the spot; their families to the third generation share their fate as well,” Open doors reports.
American pastor Eric Foley told Fox News despite the risks, demand for Bibles is strong within North Korea.
“We can’t send missionaries to North Korea. But the Gospel is getting in creatively,” The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) told CBN News on Monday.
One of the things VOM does is attaches Bibles to helium-filled balloons and then floats those balloons across the border into North Korea.
The balloons sometimes include tracts, or testimonies about Christ, written by other North Korean Christians – some of whom managed to flee to South Korea or other countries.
VOM says that the balloons have GPS trackers so they can tell where they landed, which helps determine the chances it was picked up by a citizen.
