Iranians are incredibly open to the gospel message of Jesus' love and forgiveness. Many are disillusioned with the oppression of Islam and are desperate for the truth.

Today I wanted to give you an update on our letter writing campaign for Gao Zhisheng who is serving time in a China prison for defending Christians and for being a Christian. A few weeks ago we asked you to help us reach a goal of 5000 letters written to Gao, and I'm happy to share with you today that, as of the time of this writing, 5010 letters have been written!

On the March 12th edition of In the Market with Janet Parshall, Todd Nettleton from The Voice of the Martyrs USA, updated Janet and her audience about the plight of persecuted Christians around the world.

Compass Direct is reporting another incident that took place in Pakistan, the same place where Asia Bibi is currently in prison for her faith, that another woman has been charged with blasphemy for refusing to deny Christ and turn to Islam.

Nigeria (MNN) ? A school, a police station, and banks are the latest targets of the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram. More than 300 people have been killed since the beginning of the year. These attacks have Christians fearing for their lives since the terrorist group declared war on Christians.

Jeremiah Logara never knew resignation, only determination. The Muslim soldiers had arrested six boys from his church and falsely accused them of being spies. When Jeremiah, their pastor, tried explaining that the boys were Christians, not spies, the soldiers decided to arrest him too.

One of the things we strive to do on this blog is to encourage you and spur you on to share how important it is to pray for persecuted Christians and also give you tools to share with others about the persecuted church.

This weeks Persecution Podcast is now available for your listening pleasure.

We are happy to share with you all that the efforts of The American Center for Law & Justice have made to bring awareness about Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani and his situation is reaping over a million tweets with over one million tweeting about Pastor Youcef every single day.