It was reported in November that one of the most oppressed Christian groups prays for Christians in the ‘free’ world due to their enslavement and lack of reliance on God.
One of the first things Eric Foley, the co-founder of Seoul USA, learned about the North Korean underground church is that it is not a group to be pitied. About ten years ago Foley asked a member of the underground church how he could pray for them. He recalls the North Korean’s response: ‘You, pray for us? We pray for you… because South Korean and American churches believe challenges in the Christian faith are solved by money, freedom, and politics. It’s only when all you have is God do you realise God is all you need.’
Foley estimates about 100,000 Christians live in North Korea, with about a third of them in concentration camps. Unlike the Chinese underground church, North Korean Christians can’t risk gathering together because spies are everywhere. Instead, they worship in their own household or in the common areas, like while walking down the road out of earshot.
