China Aid Association released its 2013 Persecution report today, which states that government persecution against Christians in China had risen 38.82 percent since 2012 based on six categories.

Christianity Today and Leadership Journal are dedicating two years and six cities to the topics of vocation and calling in their first-ever series of live events. Titled LJ Live: Redeeming Work, the series’ inaugural gathering is March 13, 2014 in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. Kingdom Calling author Amy Sherman is Chicago’s featured speaker and Futureville author and Leadership Journal executive editor Skye Jethani will serve as host.

After struggles in getting the governmental permission needed to fully open the Vessels of Mercy Clinic, the Lord has given us favor and, with donor support, we are hoping to open the doors to the community within the next couple of months here in Honduras.

As a Jewish person, I can tell you that the word baptism conjures up horrible images for my people. From the early years of Catholicism, Jews were forced to be baptized as Christians. Sometimes it was under the threat of death. Other times the consequences of not being baptized was “merely” being thrown out of your home and country.

Four churches in Indonesia remain closed two months after local officials yielded to the demands of protesting Muslim hardliners.

In its continuing partnership with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), Church of God USA Missions is encouraging local pastors and members to show the video THE CROSS with Dr. Billy Graham sometime during Passion Week, 2014.

The 12th annual North American Wolof Connection Network Conference will be held on April 24-27 at Union Church, 3 Elm Street, in the Rockville section of Vernon. The theme will be “Breaking the Bonds,” focusing on bringing freedom, hope and peace to the Wolof people of West Africa. Anyone ministering to unreached people, especially to Muslims, will benefit by attending.

My wife and I raised four daughters—without shotguns in the house!—and three of them have already married. We love our sons-in-law, and it’s obvious God handpicked each of them to match our daughters’ temperaments and personality.

The global persecution of Christians has gone from bad to worse, said U.S. Rep. Chris Smith at a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday.