Mark Ellis
Mark Ellis worked in the commercial real estate industry before he answered a call into full-time Christian ministry. For 9 years, he served as Asst. Pastor at Church by the Sea in Laguna Beach. He began writing about the church around the world in 1999 with the assistance of Dan Wooding of ASSIST News. After a mission trip to the southern Philippines in 2004, God gave him the vision for the God Reports website, which supports and encourages Christian Missions. He also serves on the boards of Morning Star News and the Birtcher Family Foundation.
Algeria: Church grows 50-fold in 10 years
The world’s largest Arab country, once home to the Phoenicians, Romans, Ottomans, and French is now home to a
growing number of Christian believers, despite...
The day a reporter of little faith met a boxer of...
At first, L.A. Times reporter Dylan Hernandez was shocked by the size of the breakfast gathering arranged by Filipino
boxer and senator Manny Pacquiao. Then...
Christian mom let son decide his religion; he chose Islam, joined...
Canadian mom Christianne Boudreau let her son Damian explore other faiths as he grew up in Calgary, Alberta.
“I have always been a firm believer...
After missionary plane crashed in Bering Sea off Alaska, God brought...
They called it the “Miracle on the Hudson” when Captain Sully Sullenberger landed his US Airways flight on a
placidly flowing Hudson River in 2009...
Angels protected pioneer missionaries in Tibet
When Russell Morse and his wife Gertrude first went into “the closed land” of Tibet in the 1920s, they traveled on pack animals and...
Midwife at Auschwitz delivered 3,000 babies, watched infanticide
This Polish midwife was ordered to murder all the babies she delivered at Auschwitz. With God’s help she was able
to rescue a few from...
Van Gogh film, ‘At Eternity’s Gate,’ unknowingly displays Christian themes
Filmmaker Julian Schnabel’s immersive film about the final years of Vincent Van Gogh’s life portrays the artist’s
descent into madness, even as his artistic achievements...
Brazil: American missionary falsely accused of genocide caught in fight over...
An American missionary in Brazil is under investigation and may be charged by authorities with genocide for
making illegal contact with a remote indigenous tribe,...
Female backpackers beheaded in Morocco may have been attacked by terrorists
Two Scandinavian women tourists found dead in Morocco may have been attacked by terrorists, authorities are now
saying.
The bodies of Louisa Jespersen, 24, from Norway,...
Faith and obedience: Rick Warren’s bald tire story
When Pastor Rick Warren and his wife, Kay, first launched Saddleback Church, they faced some lean times
financially, but one man’s obedience touched their hearts...
