On a rooftop in Cairo recently, I sat down with Dick Brogden to learn more about how God is at work in the Middle East. Dick oversees workers in many countries in the region and has unique insights into the miraculous, history-shaping wave of ministry happening there now.

This Sunday churches around the world will be praying for our persecuted brothers and sisters as part of the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Many of those churches will share the story of Suta, a story that reminds us to pray not only for persecuted Christians, but for their persecutors as well.

What is it like to minister on the front lines in Colombia, areas where FARC guerrillas attack churches and threaten pastors? Here's a look inside Colombia, which also gives insights into how VOM stands with these brave gospel workers.

In VOM's free monthly newsletter last February, we wrote about a church in India that was facing persecution.

VOM workers recently returned from a visit to Inner Mongolia, where they met Christians working and serving in spite of persecution. Watch to find out more about the Christians of that region, and how the VOM purchase of a van expanded the reach of the ministry of a bold front-line worker.

One of the ways The Voice of the Martyrs ministers to pastors in hostile and restricted nations is providing opportunities for fellowship, encouragement and training at Pastors Conferences. Our staff filed this video report of a recent pastors conference held for pastors working in the "Red Zones" of Colombia.

What does it mean to follow Christ in Tibet?

When his wife, Cheng Jie, was sent to prison because the kindergarten she managed used Christian materials to teach the children, Pastor Du Hong Bo was left alone to raise the couple’s two children.

The focus for VOM's free monthly newsletter in June is Christians facing persecution in Africa, with stories from Niger, Uganda and Kenya.