Compass Direct has posted a story today that makes me want to cry. Honestly, as I have sat here for about 20 minutes now I just have to say that I am amazed at the faith of other believers in Jesus Christ. We really have it easy here in America, to be a Christian. We have amazing freedom in this country and I think most of us have no clue how free we are.

Pastor Wang, a leader of the Liangren Church, has reportedly been threatened with exile and denied the right to meet with his lawyers. He now faces new charges of “hindering the administration of credit cards.” Pastor Wang insists the criminal charges were brought against him because of his Christian faith.

Each clickety-clack of the train wheels bounced the Vietnamese Christian woman’s frail body painfully on the hard wooden seat. But she was on a mission.

Here's another case of a politically correct administrator going crazy about prayer at graduation, and yet in this case, the "prayer" that was banned wasn't even a prayer, it was a poem entitled The Graduation Prayer by popular poet and greeting card author, Helen Steiner Rice. According to The York Dispatch, Aaron Mackley, the Senior Class President wanted to read the Rice poem, but was told they could not because it was a prayer.

As you know there are various forms of persecution that Christians suffer all over the world. We've covered just this week, rape, being bound by chains, beheading, pressure from family members to convert and now today we add to the list intimidation and slander of Christians on Facebook.

If you're new to the ministry of The Voice of the Martyrs one of the things I want to share with you is a little bit of the history of VOM.

Uzbekistan (MNN) ? Ethnic tension may not be the root cause of the violence that has erupted in Kyrgyzstan over the past week. According to the United Nations, attacks may have been "organized by outsiders," who spread rumors of Uzbeks attacking Kyrgyz and capitalized on ethnic tensions.