Recently, Todd Nettleton visited The Christian Broadcasting Network to discuss the growing problem of heresy within the church. Listen in as he offers important solutions to this ever growing problem.

Four Protestants in Turkmenistan were arrested and fined in late February after police discovered Bibles in their possession. Although the judge initially refused to hear the case against the four Christians, citing a lack of evidence, she later changed her position and fined them for “violation of the law on religious organizations.”

If you haven't visited our Kids of Courage website recently, I'd like to encourage you go click here and go check it out. The website is loaded with a lot of extremely valuable information to help parents educate their children about Christian persecution, in an age appropriate manner.

It's been some time since I've asked you to consider praying for a specific restricted nation, and since April is right around the corner, I thought now would be a good time to ask you to consider picking one or a few restricted nations on our Restricted Nations page and praying for them during April.

Many of you are familiar with Gao Zhisheng, a prisoner in China, who we have been advocating for since he was taken captive. If you're not acquainted with his case, you may learn about him at www.freegao.com and also sign the petition to help him.

Every month The Voice of the Martyrs posts special content on our Media page that corresponds to the monthly newsletter. April is right around the corner and the following material is posted because it ties back to the theme in April's newsletter of Scars of Faith. As you consider the video and the suffering taking place in Egypt, please pray for our brothers and sisters who are living under these circumstances.

Many of you know that Laos is one of The Voice of the Martyrs restricted nations and because it's a nation that is restricted, we can expect stories like the one I'm going to share with you today.

Nigeria (MNN) ? A shootout in northeast Nigeria Sunday claimed six lives, three of them members of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, suspected of cultivating links with Al Qaeda.

Last week we challenged you to join us in helping us write 12,000 letters to Pastor Youcef who is in prison and has received a death sentence for being a follower of Jesus Christ. This week I am happy to share that 113 more letters have been written to Pastor Youcef and I'm convinced we can reach our goal.