It was getting late, and the Soviet officer had beaten and tortured Paulus for many hours. “We are not going to torture you anymore,” he said, smiling brutally when the Christian looked up. “We will send you instead to Siberia, where the snow never melts. It is a place of great suffering. You and your family will fit in well.”

The Voice of the Martyrs' Todd Nettleton was a guest earlier this week on Moody Radio's In the Market with Janet Parshall.

Khalid was one of the more than 78 Christians killed in the suicide bombings at All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan on Sept. 22, 2013. A portion of Kahlid's story was included in VOM's January newsletter. More of his story is below, as recounted to VOM workers by Khalid's wife, Shakeela Bibi:

Saba Pervez was one of more than 87 Christians killed in the suicide bombings at All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan on Sept. 22, 2013. A portion of her story was told in VOM's January newsletter. Here is more of her story, as told to VOM workers by her sister, Sumble:

This week on the Persecution Blog we have been reposting the most-viewed posts of 2013, starting with #5 on Monday and counting down to today, when we share the most-viewed post of the entire year.

This week on the Persecution Blog we are reposting the most-viewed posts of 2013, starting with #5 on Monday and counting down to 2013's most-viewed post tomorrow.

This week on the Persecution Blog we will be reposting the most-viewed posts of 2013, with #3 today and counting down to last year's most-viewed post on Friday.

This week on the Persecution Blog we will be re-posting the most viewed posts of 2013, continuing with #4 today and counting down to last year's most viewed post on Friday.

This week on the Persecution Blog we will be re-posting the most viewed posts of 2013, starting with #5 today and counting down to last year's most viewed post on Friday.

“But I am not a Communist. You must believe me,” pleaded Pastor Im when the United Nations regained the occupied territory in September of 1950. The North Korean Communist soldiers had kept Im locked in an isolated prison cell for two years for preaching to others about Christ and for refusing to change his sermons into pro-Marxist propaganda.