On Jan. 3, a judge told Shoaib Assadullah he had one week to renounce Christ or he would be sentence to death or face up to 20 years in prison. Shoaib was arrested on Oct. 21, 2010 when he gave a man a Bible in Mazar-e-Sharif, the fourth largest city in this war-torn country. The man reported the gesture to the authorities and he was arrested. Since then Shoaib has been imprisoned in northern Afghanistan anxiously awaiting his faith.

Every year our friends at Open Doors release their list of top nations that persecute Christians. This year is no exception with, once again, North Korea topping the list as the world's worst country to live in as a Christian.

Bomb explodes as Christians leave New Year’s Eve Mass. LOS ANGELES, January 3 (CDN) —

Today I wanted to give you a quick update on Asia Bibi and let you know that Asia is still in prison awaiting the decision of the Pakistan government about whether or not she will be freed or put to death by hanging, for allegedly blaspheming Islam's prophet Mohammed.

“But I am not a Communist. You must believe me,” pleaded Pastor Im when the United Nations regained the occupied territory in September of 1950. The North Korean Communist soldiers had kept Im locked in an isolated prison cell for two years for preaching to others about Christ and for refusing to change his sermons into pro-Marxist propaganda.