Imprisoned Afghan Christian Said Musa has recently been released from prison. Compass Direct News reported that Said left the country Feb. 21, 2011, after being released days earlier. Said was arrested May 31, 2010, after a TV station broadcast video showing Afghan Christians being baptized and worshiping. Turning from Islam is a capital offense in Afghanistan.

Compass Direct is covering another horrible story coming out of Egypt concerning more people who were shot by the Egyptian military. Even though we are not seeing as much on television about the unrest in Egypt, please remember to pray for that nation.

Yesterday Todd Nettleton from The Voice of the Martyrs spoke to Mission Network News about the recent turmoil in Iraq.

North Korea: A brother in Christ shares his knowledge on North Korea, and the danger of being a Christian in this hostile country.

Recently the world was focused on Egypt and the Coptic Christians over there, and now that all of the protesting has died down, the media isn't giving Egypt much attention.

ATLANTA, February 25 (CDN) — The murder of a prominent pastor in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, this week has focused attention on that country’s alarming murder rate and the regular threats that Christian workers there receive. Pastor Carlos Roberto Marroquín, 41, was shot to death by two assailants as he walked his two Schnauzer dogs in the Colonia Aurora neighborhood near his house on Monday.

Susannah Wesley was born in 1668, in England, when the state church and government crushed any form of Christian worship or education not controlled by them. This determined Christian woman began programs of Christian education for adults in her kitchen and daily with her children.

Yesterday China Aid reported that Pastor Bike had been detained by Henan Police while he was preaching at a worship service.

Mission Network News is reporting today about recent events where Gospel of Asia is ministering that have led to thousands of homes being burnt down and the lives of Christians being disrupted.