Middle East (MNN) ? Christian Solidarity International (CSI) issued a Genocide Warning last week for endangered religious minorities in the Islamic Middle East.

O God, accept all my sufferings, my tiredness, my humiliations, my tears, my nostalgia, my being hungry, my suffering of cold, all the bitterness accumulated in my soul. Dear Lord, have pity also on those who persecute and torture us day and night. Grant them, too, the divine grace of knowing the sweetness and happiness of your love.

ISTANBUL, December 9 (CDN) — A large-scale Al Qaeda plot to bomb “all the churches in Ankara,” as well as the Turkish Parliament and U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital, was made public today. In an exclusive splashed across the front page of the daily Taraf newspaper, contents of an official indictment against 11 alleged Al Qaeda militants arrested in July revealed the homegrown terrorist cell’s alleged plans to attack Ankara’s churches as well as their Christian clergy. Prepared and filed by the Special Prosecutor’s Office in Ankara, the 50-page indictment outlined the militants’ revised “jihad” strategy to begin focusing their attacks against Turkey before waging war against the United States and other countries. “It is more advantageous to wage jihad against Turkey than the United States,” documents seized in the July 14 raid near Ankara reportedly declared. “Let’s blow the Parliament into the sky!” Quoting from deciphered CDs and other materials, the indictment noted that the extremists reportedly referred to Turkey as a “war zone,” labeling the Turkish government as “apostates” and calling the Turkish state “Satan.” Among the CDs, detailed maps, sketches and building diagrams, police also discovered lists of the names and home addresses of Christian clergy and other church workers residing in Ankara. The news took Christian leaders in Ankara by total surprise, according to one Turkish Christian leader in Ankara.

This week we have another wonderful podcast to encourage you. Todd and Dory share some important updates from the mission field. Click here to listen to this nine minute show.

Thank you all for praying for this weeks prayer requests. Please share them with your friends, family and church. Your prayers do make a difference. God bless you.

This story is courtesy of Mission Network News and highlights a growing trend happening concerning conflicts between what Christian ministries can and cannot do. This specifically deals with a homosexual leader in the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship club, who wanted to stay in the practice of a homosexual relationship, which violates the clubs rules. As a result, the club has now been suspended from campus. Please pray for those involved in Christian ministries on our college campuses.

A few days ago we shared with you that the Voice of the Martyrs is having a sale on our Holiday Heroes Collection of books and one of the books in the Holiday Heroes collection is The Story of Saint Nicholas: More Than Reindeer and a Red Suit.

Yesterday we received a very encouraging email from a reader and supporter of The Voice of the Martyrs and we wanted to share it with you.

The rampage threatens the frail security of Iraq’s dwindling Christian population, sources said. After mullah Mala Ismail Osman Sindi’s sermon claiming there was moral corruption in massage parlors in the northern town of Zakho on Friday (Dec. 2), a group of young men attacked and burned shops in the town, most of them Christian-owned. The businesses included liquor stores, hotels, a beauty salon and a massage parlor, according to Ankawa News. “The interesting thing with this incident is the place where it happened,” Archdeacon Emanuel Youkhana of the Assyrian Church of the East said. “KRG [the Kurdish Regional Government] is, for the most part, safe and secure, and all inhabitants enjoy prosperity and security, until now at least. The future is, by all means, bleak for the Christians and other minorities living there.” Some of the assailants waved banners stating, “There Is No God but Allah,” according to Ankawa News. Sources said local authorities were slow in responding, resulting in heavy financial losses.

Iran (MNN) ? It's been months since Iranian husband and wife Arash Kermajani and Arezoo Teymouri were released from prison, but the couple continues to faces danger and harassment.