This week in our nine minute podcast, Dory and David share prayer updates for China, Israel, Egypt, and Vietnam.

China—Police Raid Baptismal Service China Aid Association

Members of the Shouwang house church continue to face harassment from Beijing authorities. Most recently, security officials denied the church’s student group access to two sports facilities in Beijing. The 1,000-plus members of the Shouwang Church have been meeting outdoors for 14 months, in protest against officials who have prevented them from purchasing or renting facilities for a worship space.

A few days ago, our friends at China Aid, shared a wonderful piece about Bob Fu being honored with an honorary doctorate from Midwest University, as well as a nice write up concerning the event that took place at Midwest University that China Aid Association and the Institute for Faith and Public Policy co-sponsored on Friday (June 22). The event was titled “Christianity, Culture and the Future of China”.

Yesterday we shared with you a story from Compass Direct about to Vietnamese churches being destroyed in Vietnam and today we have a similar story coming out of Sudan.

The Voice of the Martyrs Be-A-Voice-Network has just updated our network with the latest prayer bulletin, which focuses on believers in Malaysia. Here's hour the bulletin begins:

LOS ANGELES, June 27 (CDN) — Vietnamese officials in Muong Cha district, Dien Bien Province, destroyed two new church buildings of ethnic minority Hmong Christians this month and threatened to tear down a third. The Ho He Church, erected in April by the unregistered Vietnam Good News Mission, was demolished on June 17. The Phan Ho Church of the registered Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) was destroyed on June 13, 2012. The church threatened with demolition, The Cong Church, also belongs to the Vietnam Good News Mission. These congregations of 500 to 600 people, which began as house churches, had long outgrown even the largest home, so the Hmong had sacrificed and worked to erect wooden worship buildings. As local police, paramilitary forces and other authorities descended on the church buildings by the dozens, the Christians could only watch with deep sadness and frustration as the houses of worship were reduced to rubble and government promises about freedom of religion were again broken, area sources said. Full story at Compass Direct.

Ronald Reagan has been quoted as saying, "Trust, but verify". This is exactly the thought I have as I've been reading the news about Egypt's new President, Mohamed Morsi, who has now reportedly appointed a Christian as his Vice President.

Today I would like to share with you this persecution quotable.

The following news is courtesy of our friends at China Aid. Please pray for this family and for the woman who has lost her irreplacable baby.