http://thesealed.com/blog The Lord Is Coming Soon, It's Not Time To Waste Fri, 18 May 2012 16:58:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NTA3 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NTA3#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 16:58:55 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NTA3 Pastor Steven Khoury from Holy Land Missions in Jerusalem has received a 30-day notice of eviction from the owner of the building where his church currently worships. “The pressure from the Muslim community is so strong that the landlord is given no other choice but to do this,” Khoury wrote in a letter to The Voice of the Martyrs. “With just 30 days left to move a church community, another Band-Aid solution of renting a place...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/israel-christian-church-evicted/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NTA2 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NTA2#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:49:18 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NTA2 The main defense attorney for Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who remains on death row, was himself sentenced to nine years in jail after being accused of acting against national security. Human rights lawyer and defense attorney Mohammad Ali Dadkhah learned of his prison sentence while defending another client in court. Dadkhah is also banned from teaching or practicing law for 10 years. Dadkhah provides legal services free of charge, and,...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/iran-youcefs-lawyer-jailed/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NTA1 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NTA1#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 14:42:10 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NTA1 Extremists killed 19 Christians, including two professors, as they worshiped on the grounds of Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria, on Sunday, April 22. An additional 22 people were injured. Christians from two churches, the Chapel of Victory and the St. Stephen Catholic Church, were meeting at the university when unidentified gunmen attacked them at about 9 a.m. The attackers hurled small, homemade explosives into the crowd of worshipers and...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/nigeria-university-attacked/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NTA0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NTA0#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 19:40:46 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NTA0 Khmu Christian Bounchan Kanthavong spent 13 years and eight months in prison in Laos for his faith. He was released earlier this year. Before he came to faith in Christ, Bounchan was an assistant district governor for the communists. In 1965, Bounchan had been a soldier in Laos. He eventually became the assistant of an important official. He first encountered Christians when he was sent to study politics in Tha Gnong in 1975. At the time, he...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/bounchan-imprisoned-for-christ/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDk5 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDk5#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 19:49:08 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDk5 Dildar Yousaf, the Pakistani Christian arrested and charged with blasphemy for saving his 8-year-old nephew from Muslim attackers, was acquitted March 26 after prosecutors failed to produce any evidence against him. “I was produced in court three times during the case proceedings, but not one accuser ever turned up at the hearings,” Yousaf told Compass Direct News. “You cannot imagine my joy when the prison officials told me...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/pakistan-yousaf-acquitted/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDk3 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDk3#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:43:48 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDk3 The Voice of the Martyrs recently helped a Christian couple in Pakistan facing financial difficulty and threats from their Muslim family. “Aasim” and his wife, “Saba,” have had a hard life. In 2009, Aasim broke both legs and his right arm in an accident, leaving him unable to work. His wife worked to support their family. They have had to move three times to avoid Saba’s Muslim family, who have been looking for them...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/pakistan-vom-helps-family/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDk2 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDk2#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:32:53 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDk2 In VOM’s work we often think of I Cor. 12:26, which tells us that if one part of Christ’s Body suffers, the other parts feel that pain as well. VOM staff members usually think of this verse in relation to our persecuted brothers and sisters. But in the past 10 days we have been suffering, and so many within the Body of Christ have reached out to support us. Every member of the staff at The Voice of the Martyrs has been encouraged and...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/vom-statement-of-thanks/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDk1 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDk1#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:47:28 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDk1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Dear Friend: My name may be unfamiliar to you, but I have served VOM as Chief Operating Officer for nearly 13 years and have served as both COO and President for the past five years. In addition, I served as a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter pilot in Vietnam and retired with the rank of Colonel. I am humbled and honored to serve at VOM. My first overseas trip with VOM was as part of a ministry team delivering Christmas...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/james-e-dau-letter-from-the-president/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDk0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDk0#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:27:15 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDk0 Today is the five-year anniversary of the martyrdom of three very special men. On April 18, 2007, Necati Aydin, Ugur Yuksel and Tilmann Geske were brutally murdered at a Christian publishing house in Malatya, a city in southeastern Turkey. Five young Islamists bound and tortured the two Turkish Christians and one German Christian before killing them at the Zirve Publishing House. Five suspects, Emre Gunaydin, Salih Guler, Cuma Ozdemir, Hamit...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/turkey-five-years-later/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDkz http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDkz#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:22:26 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDkz April 20, 2012 The Voice of the Martyrs statement concerning the death of Tom White: The events of the last week are tragic. On Wednesday we learned that Tom White, VOM’s executive director, had died. Allegations were made to authorities this week that Tom had inappropriate contact with a young girl. Rather than face those allegations, and all of the resulting fallout for his family and this ministry and himself, Tom appears to have chosen...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/tom-white-1947-2012/feed/ 0