Christians Living in Extremist Hotspots Need Your Prayers

VOM's Todd Nettleton was a guest yesterday on The Eric Metaxas Show, which airs nationally on Salem Radio. The two discussed the history of VOM and the life and impact of VOM's founders, Pastor Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand. Metaxas identified Richard Wurmbrand's book, Tortured For Christ, as one of the books that had most impacted his spiritual life.

Balloon launches are one of the key ways VOM is delivering Bibles into North Korea. This week on VOM Radio, Dr. Eric Foley shares how weather balloon and GPS technology are even allowing us to pinpoint where the Bibles are landing. Recently North Korean government press also confirmed the delivery of these Bibles, and threatened to turn South Korea into a 'sea of fire' if the balloon launches continued.

To be concise: a lot. I learned a lot.

Happy New Year! This week on the Persecution Blog we have been looking back at the top six most-read stories of 2015, based on the posts that created the most traffic throughout the year.

Happy New Year! This week on the Persecution Blog we have been looking back at the top six most-read stories of 2015, based on the posts that created the most traffic throughout the year.

This week on the Persecution Blog we are looking back at the top six most-read stories of 2015, based on the posts that created the most traffic throughout the year.

Many American children are looking forward to the arrival of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, bearing presents for good little boys and girls. But most of those celebrating don't know that there is a real man behind the story of Santa Claus, and that real man was a Christian persecuted because of his faith and actions.

Radical Muslims are using the Arabic letter “n” for nasara (Nazarene) to mark the homes of Christians in Iraq, Syria and other nations. Christians in America are choosing the same symbol to show our solidarity with bold believers in the Middle East, making the commitment, “I will not let them suffer in silence. I will not let them serve alone.”

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.