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Today Gospel for Asia has a press release confirming that Christian persecution has continued to increase in Orissa India since Christmas. The most recent persecution has happened this month.

Today is one of my favorite days of the week because every Wednesday we try to bring to you some items for prayer, and you and I both know that God answers our prayers. Just yesterday we posted an answer to prayer - so let's do it again friends!

See your prayers and letters via our Prisoner Alert program really do work!

Somalia (MNN) ? Four Christian teachers were shot and killed in Somalia, reports Voice of the Martyrs Canada.

“With the flames of love’s fire that Jesus kindled in my heart, I caused the ice of Siberia to melt. Hallelujah!”

I would like to personally invite all of our readers to follow us on Twitter. If you don't have a Twitter account, it is very easy to make one, simply go to www.twitter.com and set up an account for yourself.

Imagine being a Christian in America and being arrested for simply printing bibles or Christian material. This is an awful story on so many levels, but the reason I'm sharing it is because not only is the husband of this precious family suffering, but so is the whole family. A previous report from the Mission Network News will give you some background from before.