In the last few years the Lord has really blessed the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church as we have seen more and more churches get involved. We have also been blessed to see a growth in the understanding of what is happening to Christians worldwide, which is why I wanted to share with you our new video for the IDOP 2012.

“I enquired about the possession of the Christian spirit, and the reply came … that it was the Holy Spirit. Well, at any cost I didn’t want to be robbed of this new life and hence started learning Christianity.”

In other parts of the country, the pressure has increased to the point where people are fleeing in droves. They represent an increasing number of the country's 8 million Coptic Christians were already feeling increasingly cornered.

Last Friday, late in the afternoon, we posted our latest Persecution Podcast. This is about a 35 minute episode and features some special things besides our normal prayer requests.

To Dinh Trung has put hundreds of miles on his bicycle, traveling bumpy dirt roads to minister to the K’Ho tribe. This is one of sixty tribes in Vietnam that the government forbids visitors to evangelize. As he entered the village on April 4, 1995, police suddenly pulled him off his bicycle and started to beat him. They videotaped him and ridiculed him in front of the villagers.

Middle East (MNN) ? Protests across the Middle East and North Africa about an anti-Islamic video, bombings in Somalia, attacks on American Embassies in Egypt and Libya on 9/11, and violence in France to protest an anti-Islamic cartoon. Is this unrest positive or negative when it comes to sharing Christ?

A few days ago our Be-A-Voice-Network released a new prayer bulletin for our precious sister in Christ, Rimsha Masih, who is a teenager with Down Syndrome that was recently released from prison because she was accused of blasphemy.

The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of news concerning the anti-Muslim film that is being blamed for all of the protests in the Middle East. Today, CBN News gave another short report on one man, in Pakistan, who is now in hiding because he refused to shut down his business. I cannot confirm if this Pakistan business owner is a Christian.

The following news is courtesy of Mission Network News and Open Doors, please take a few minutes to pray for our dear brother in Christ and his family.