Today I received an email from Ministry Today and in this email was an exciting article about news of how the underground church is prospering and growing.

This week Mark, Todd and Mary Sue talk about China, India and Nepal. Also Mark and Todd talk about VOM’s joining the Twitter-verse.

Sadly one of the breaking news stories that has been all over the news today is the story of two United States journalists who have been sentenced to 12 years in a labor camp in North Korea.

On May 21 five newly converted Christians were arrested in Karaj, Iran after plain clothes security officers raided a house church where they had gathered for a Bible study, according to Farsi Christian Network News (FCNN).

“I never knew what these prisoners were singing until I became a Christian.”

Police ridicule Christian mother for kidnapping complaint; others demand money, labor.

There is a lot of commentary on the President's speech and here is a very interesting article, from the Assyrian International News Agency, and also posted at National Review online.

Yesterday I shared with you my brief thoughts concerning President Obama's speech and him not addressing Christian persecution, in a place that is literally a hotbed of Christian persecution, and today I wanted to point you to Todd Nettleton's response to President Obama's speech in Cairo.