Church in North Korea Exists but Deeply Underground
There are Christians in North Korea but congregations are typically made up of two or three people from the same family, Fox News reports. The North Korean church exists, but it has had to go deeply underground: under the Kim Jong Un regime, believers – and their families - may face the death penalty or detention if their faith is discovered.
Talking to Fox News about the danger for Christians in North Korea, Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) spokesman Todd Nettleton said the regime teaches that its leaders are divine beings, not just political or authoritarian figures. “So Christianity isn't just a 'foreign' religion or a different philosophical lens through which to look at the world," Nettleton said. "It's treason! If 'Jesus is Lord,' then by definition, Kim Jong Un isn't. That idea is so dangerous to the regime that it simply cannot be allowed to spread inside North Korea."...