The following news is from our friends at Compass Direct. To read the full story, click here.

A church that does not remember its persecuted brethren is no church at all.

If you are anything like me then you are REJOICING over the RELEASE of these precious Indonesian Sunday School Teachers today!

It has been quite some time since we have had our Friday blog round up so I thought that today I would share with you some of the posts that have been sent to me in the last few weeks. Special thanks to those of you who are participating. We appreciate you very much.

Our good friends at Compass Direct have been following a lot of the recent news coming from India concerning Christian persecution. Here are only a few of the recent stories. Please make sure to check out the Compass Direct website for more news.

This video is elequent in conveying why we need to stand for righteousness and pray for our persecuted family in Jesus Christ.

One of my favorite things in the whole world is partnering with Bibles Unbound. If you want to have a very simple ministry that you can do each month either alone, with your family or your church group, then you should join Bibles Unbound.

It's that time of the month again...time to write VOM's prisoner using Prisoner Alert.com

In spite of the painful reflections and memories, I have no time for bitterness. My life is filled with too much happiness, too many loving, caring people to allow myself to be devoured by the cancer of hate. I rejoice. I sing. I laugh. I celebrate, because I know that my God reigns supreme over all the forces of evil and destruction Satan has ever devised. And best of all—my God reigns supreme in me!

The Voice of the Martyrs Canada is reporting that an evangelist is recovering in Ethiopia after being poisoned. Voice of the Martyrs-Canada reports that the man became extremely sick after eating food from the prison he was being held in. Local Christians believe this was done deliberately by Muslim authorities who collaborate with local Muslims. This comes just a little more than a month after two Christians were killed when Muslims bombed a tent they were gathered in. Pray for the man's full recovery and safety as he continues his work.