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    Walking Corpses

    VOM workers say Christians in northern Nigeria are facing unprecedented trials and fierce persecution.

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    Persecution Protest

    Pakistani Christians protested a March 9 attack on the Joseph Town neighborhood near Lahore that displaced at least 175...

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    Arrest Details Revealed

    Farshid Fathi, an Iranian Christian pastor, is beginning the third year of a six-year prison sentence...

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  • In Suffering: The Secret of Joy

    If you read through very many of VOM’s newsletters, there are sometimes heartbreaking stories — ones that can be difficult to read because of the pain these dear Christians had to endure....  View Story

  • Evangelism: Weed Duty

    As a child, I’d often be put on “weed duty” in my family’s garden. I disliked the work. It was back-breaking, dirty, and tiring. Little did I know that later in life God would...  View Story

  • Pakistan: Persecution Protest

    Pakistani Christians protested a March 9 attack on the Joseph Town neighborhood near Lahore that displaced at least 175 families. They demanded better protection from the government against their...  View Story

  • Evangelism: Take the First Step

    Has it ever occurred to you that Muslims might be as afraid of you as you are of them? An Arab Muslim woman studying in the United States confided in me that her family was worried about her living...  View Story

  • Nepal: 'Pricking My Heart'

    When a Christian brother we’ll call “Bilal” died last spring in a small Nepali city, it was important to his family that his body be buried. For Nepali Christians, burial is not...  View Story

  • Nigeria: Walking Corpses

    VOM workers say Christians in northern Nigeria are facing unprecedented trials and fierce persecution. It was therefore a special privilege for VOM workers to distribute the gift of 37 bicycles, 15...  View Story

  • Iran: Arrest Details Revealed

    Farshid Fathi, an Iranian Christian pastor, is beginning the third year of a six-year prison sentence on a conviction of “being chief-director of foreign organizations in Iran and gathering...  View Story

  • Colombia: Rebels Kill Widow

    Four months ago, National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas demanded that Alicia Castilla leave her home in Arauca, in northeastern Colombia. On the evening of Jan. 7, during a visit from the...  View Story

  • Uzbekistan: Vacation Raid

    Police raided a group of 80 Christians in Uzbekistan on Dec. 1 while they were vacationing at the Simurg resort in the Bostanlyk District of Uzbekistan. The raid occurred during a meeting at which...  View Story

  • Indonesia: Jail for Sharing Jesus

    Ribur was beaten and locked in jail for 60 days because she talked about Jesus. Ribur grew up in a Christian family in Indonesia, and during high school she became interested in mission work. After...  View Story

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