As of the time of this blog post, I am thrilled to let you know that we have 100,464 people who have agreed to email on Gao's behalf, and 37,533 people who have signed the petition to help free Gao.

I wanted to share with you this gem of an article I found written by By Steve Zalusky at the Daily Herald. I found it inspiring, and I hope you do too. Read the full article here.

Two years ago one of the most heard stories of persecution was what happened in Malatya, Turkey when young Muslims murdered three Christians in a Christian publishing office.

Today I wanted to introduce you to The Voice of the Martyrs Be A Voice Network.

OneNewsNow is reporting that North Korean exiles are receiving help and training to return to the communist nation so they can spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I've been thinking a lot today about how the church in America could get more motivated and gain a greater understanding of what the suffering church goes through. So how about an underground church day for your church?

Recently I was on Twitter and one of the people I follow and who also follows me, mentioned that he uses the Voice of the Martyrs map that we send out every year in our monthly magazine. He told me he uses it as a tradition in his family and so I asked him to tell us about it. Listen to how Scott Welch teaches his kids about the persecuted church. Please leave us your comments below.A Family Tradition by Scott WelchRead Scott's blog - Our Sovereign Joy

If you're like me then you love hearing testimonies from people who travel and do God's work. Today I want to share with you some comments from a nurse who visited India a few weeks before the terrorist attacks that took place there last year. Here's part of what she says,

Contact: Katherine Cason, 267-210-8278, [email protected]; Washington, D.C.: Jenny McCloy, 202-213-0506, [email protected]; both with China Aid Association www.ChinaAid.org, www.MonitorChina.org