We hope your kids will have lots of time for outdoor fun and activities this summer. When there is need for indoor fun, VOM’s Torchlighters DVD series provides a great alternative for kids ages 8-12. This set of 9 DVDs for $60 will inspire and teach your kids through the stories of Jim Elliot, Gladys Aylward, John Bunyan, Perpetua, Eric Liddell, William Booth, Amy Carmichael, Richard Wurmbrand and William Tyndale.

Yesterday, Janet Parshall from Moody Radio, interviewed Todd Nettleton about the latest concerning Christian persecution around the world.

At least 17 Christians were killed in simultaneous attacks on two churches near the Somali border on Sunday, July 1. A group of masked assailants launched grenades and opened fire with assault rifles on a Roman Catholic church and an African Inland Church located about two miles apart in Garissa, Kenya. In addition to the 17 killed, more than 40 people were wounded in the attacks.

After the Soviet Communists took over Romania, they hunted Germans as Nazi sympathizers. Anutza Moise decided to provide a hiding place to the very men who had hated her for being a Jew and a Christian. When she offered to help hide these men from the Communists, they couldn’t believe that her offer was genuine.

As you consider going to your house of worship this weekend, please watch this video report from The Voice of the Martyrs and remember your spiritual family who is and has suffered much for the gospel of Jesus Christ.

If you haven't visited our VOM Bookstore lately, I wanted to tell you that right now one of our Current Features is a book about Richard Wurmbrand called Richard Wurmbrand: The Man and His Work by Merv Knight.

If you are a member of our Be-A-Voice-Network than you may have already received our latest notice about Asia Bibi, but in the event you are not a member, I wanted to share with you part of the email that was sent.

Yesterday we shared with you the news Fox News reported about the horrible tragedy that took place over the weekend in Kenya. Today, our friends at Mission Network News have an update. Sadly, the death toll has increased to 18 and more than 60 were wounded, not the 40 we reported yesterday. Please pray for Kenya today.

I love the media and the reason I love the media is because the gospel of Jesus Christ is preached through out the whole world via various different media outlets.

Iranian officials recently closed one of only four remaining churches in Tehran that offered Farsi-language services. On June 5, the Revolutionary Guard’s intelligence branch ordered an Assemblies of God (AOG) church to cease all activities and threatened to confiscate church facilities if the church did not comply.