One of the stories that broke this week was that the World Council of Churches actually stated that Church in North Korea actually has freedom.

We are so thankful for WorldNetDaily for covering Christian persecution on a frequent basis and especially today for highlighting one of our prisoners we have been talking about for months.

When was the last time you heard a prisoner say to those who would let them out, that unless they let everyone go who was arrested with them, that they would not leave? Pretty amazing isn't it, and yet this is exactly what happened in China recently when a group of Christians were arrested, according to reports from our friends at China Aid.

Compass Direct is reporting on a violent attack of a Christian pastor in India who was beaten unconscious and had part of his ear chewed off.

This story broke last week over at The Christian Post and I wanted you to see it even though it's a few days old. Basically, we have a Coptic Christian father who rescued his daughter who is six months pregnant, from her Muslim husband. The dad has been fined, arrested, abused for rescuing his daughter, who converted to Islam after she was married.

Last week Maryam and Marzieh, who are two Iranian converts to Christianity and who are currently in prison, received some good news. According to various news reports, including Elam, a ministry to Iranian Christians, Maryam and Marzieh were taken to court where they were acquitted of one of the three charges that they have against them.

On Oct. 14, Asia Bibi appeared in court, in Sheikhupura, Pakistan and spent some time with her family before the court appearance.

In A.D. 286, the 6,666 men of the Theban Legion were ordered by Emperor Maximus to march to Gaul and to assist him against the rebels of Burgundy. Every member of this division was a devout Christian.