Our friends from Compass Direct have this story today from Bangladesh. Please take a few minutes today to pray for this precious family.

For days, the Communist guards would beat the imprisoned pastor, help him gain strength with good food, and then beat him again. He was to be systematically beaten to death, but not a quick death. They wanted him to suffer.

Mark and Mary Sue discuss Vietnam and new violence in India. Mary Sue speaks with a VOM Partner from Colombia.

If you are like me, then you are looking for a few unique Christmas gifts to give to your friends and family this year. So I thought that I'd help you out a little bit with some new gift ideas for you.

I want you to know that after reading the following article, you may feel a heavy heart like I do. As an overwhelmingly blessed Christian in America, I personally cannot even begin to know how these Christian brothers and sisters of mine are dealing with the intense persecution happening in India.

Today I am very happy to report a little good news from our friends at Compass Direct concerning a few Christian women who won their right to appeal because their father had converted to Islam. Please keep on praying for this situation also, because it's not over, until it's over.

If you're like me, then you probably enjoy the work of Chuck Colson because he's a great thinker and he understands the problems with Christian persecution around the world.