Do you know what your name means? Years ago I really didn't like my name much because I had no idea what it meant. My mother told me she named me after a character on the Dick Van Dyke show in 1968, because the guy was funny. However, that didn't matter to me, until I found out what Stacy meant.

One place you can always go to hear about the persecution of Christians and the work of The Voice of the Martyrs is to Janet Parshall's radio program called Janet Parshall's America.

One of the most famous sayings in the Holy Bible is found in Matthew 5:10, "Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

One of my blog buddies, Hal Paxton, who follows the persecuted church at his blog The Great Separation, tipped me off to this following story that included Voice of the Martyrs.

One of the easiest ways to minister to someone who is a genuine martyr is to pray for them and also to write them a note of encouragement. And I am so happy to tell you about one of my favorite ministries within the ministry of VOM - it's their Prisoner Alert.

Yesterday I mentioned a testimony from this great book Tortured for Christ. Today I wanted to share with you another very important piece of information concerning the title of the ministry of The Voice of the Martyrs.

Have you ever had a garage sale? I think everyone at some time in their life, especially if you live in America, has at a the very least driven by one. I used to get dragged to garage sales pretty routinely as a child. My mother would drag me kicking and screaming (not quite screaming...) almost every Saturday and believe it or not, she found a lot of my clothes there. Well, I have great news - you no longer have to go to garage sales. Instead, why not use an Action Pack?

In order to begin to get an understanding of how Voice of the Martyrs came to be, I have to introduce you to the Founder of VOM, Richard & Sabina Wurmbrand.

Not to long ago I was privileged to meet up with some people who worked for the Voice of the Martyrs booth at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Anaheim, California. The picture to the left is a picture of their booth and you can see that the words that stand out say, "Get Involved" - this is what the underlying purpose of VOM is all about.