Today I wanted to offer you some scripture to meditate upon and ask you to consider praying for our brothers and sisters in bonds and under persecution. Remember this was written by the Apostle Paul who himself was persecuted through beatings, imprisonment and ultimately martyred.

XINJIANG--On March 22nd, 5:00 PM (local time), two Christian women (one native to Kuche, Xinjiang) were arrested for passing out Christian gospel flyers on the streets in Akesu, Xinjiang. Kuche Police joined forces with local Akesu authorities to arrest the two women. The police were not in uniform and provided no legal documents, violating standard legal procedures for the arrests. The two women were detained and interrogated by police for about two hours. Both were released at 7:00 PM (local).

GUJRANWALA, Pakistan, March 24 (CDN) — Police in Alipur have arrested a Christian woman on a baseless accusation of “blaspheming” the prophet of Islam and tried to keep rights groups from discovering the detention, a Christian leader said.

Last week we shared with you about the town Gilbert in Arizona that banned home bible studies. Thanks to the Alliance Defense Fund and their work on this case, it appears that the bible study can now take place.

A few days ago the BBC reported on a brief phone call that Gao's brother had with Gao Zhisheng. Please click here to visit the BBC website to watch the video.

Rival merchants threatened to kill potato seller if refused to convert to Islam.