A few days ago I wrote a post called Be Raped or Convert in which I wanted to help bring you all closer to the personal suffering some women go through as a result of their faith in Jesus Christ. Sadly, today we have this story from Compass Direct today, which tells us their story of persecution, including rape.

You may remember a few days ago I mentioned that we need to keep both the Israeli's and citizens of Gaza in prayer, and especially ask the Lord to protect and be with the Christians that are under fire there. Thankfully, today I have an update for you. This is from Christianity Today's blog. And if you click over there you can read two lengthy comments from people on the scene.

In Communist Romania, churches were closed and pastors arrested as part of a seven-year drive to “eliminate the nations of all superstition.”

It has been a long time since I have mentioned our weekly prayer news email. And since I know you all pray, this is a great way to keep up with the most current needs of the persecuted church.

by Dan Wooding from ASSIST News Service

Earlier this week I was contacted by one of our wonderful persecution bloggers and I wanted to share with you a post that he wrote. This is from the blog Makarios which is written by Alan Leonard.

I would like to thank the E-Justice blog for including the Persecution Blog, as number 34, on their list of 50 blogs that deal with Human rights. What a great honor. Thanks Laura.

The title of this post is taken from the title of an article written by Judith Evans who is a British columnist from The Guardian - Born Again in the USA:The strange tale of a Muslim Palestinian sniper turned Christian missionary