Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh were bold evangelists in Iran, sharing their faith and distributing Bibles in that Islamic nation.

The news this morning reported the death toll from the most recent attack in Baghdad has risen to 292 people. On July 2, ISIS targeted a Shia Muslim area during the Islamic month of Ramadan. An explosive-laden truck blew up outside a crowded shopping center.

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:9 (ESV)

Merv Knight is one of the longest-serving members of VOM’s worldwide family, having met VOM founder Richard Wurmbrand on the first day of August in 1969. Merv, the co-founder of VOM Australia, shares this week stories of the Wurmbrands, how they ministered both under persecution and after coming to the free world, and some of the challenges they faced launching a ministry to serve persecuted believers around the world.

The Voice of the Martyrs is one of several ministries cooperating together in an effort to encourage American Christians to pray for Muslims during Ramadan, Islam's holy month where Muslims fast and pray in an effort to earn Allah's approval.

The Voice of the Martyrs is one of several ministries cooperating together in an effort to encourage American Christians to pray for Muslims during Ramadan, Islam's holy month where Muslims fast and pray in an effort to earn Allah's approval.

Editor’s Note: Miriam Eva is a volunteer with VOM. She traveled to the Middle East on a short-term basis with another mission organization that has a focus on the Muslim world. Though VOM works in the Middle East, we do not lead volunteers on trips there. However, we can connect you to good partner organizations that do. Let us know if you are interested.