Earlier today, Todd Nettleton, who is the Director of Media Development for The Voice of the Martyrs, joined Moody Radio broadcaster, Chris Fabry, about this years International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church and his recent trip to Nepal.

When the boy in the hotel finally spotted the visiting “businessman,” he ran to him and grabbed his hand. The startled visitor tried to pull away but soon realized that the boy was making the sign of the cross on his palm silently with his finger. The man, a missionary who had prayed to make contact with the church, looked down into the face of the rail-thin boy and immediately understood the message: “The church is alive in North Korea!”

Within two days of inter-faith peace effort, suspected Islamic extremist attacks.

In this weeks persecution podcast Todd and Dory share prayer updates for the countries of Indonesia, Iran, Tanzania, and Colombia.

CBN News filed a new report concerning the latest Christian persecution happening in Nigeria. Please pray for the safety of Christians in Nigeria and especially for the Lord to touch and to transform the hearts of Boko Haram who are terrorizing the Christians in Nigeria.

A few days after Pastor Youcef was miraculously released from prison, his attorney was arrested and imprisoned for his work in defending and supporting Pastor Youcef. As of today, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, Youcef's attorney, has been in prison for thirty three days. He is serving a nine year sentence!

There is no doubt that antisemitism and Christian persecution is on the rise in our world. One place where both have increased is in Israel. The following video news is courtesy of CBN News. Please watch and pray for the Middle East.