An Iranian Christian who was beaten and had equipment from her sewing shop destroyed has been told by a judge in that Middle Eastern nation that she has no recourse because she is guilty of evangelism.
The woman ran a tailoring business and volunteered to teach three girls how to sew. During their conversations, she talked [...]

One of Pittsylvania County’s most significant roles in American history is that of a birthplace of religious freedom. Before the American Revolution the Anglican Church was tax-supported, and “dissenting” Christian groups were discouraged and often persecuted.
Because of the depth of Baptist sentiment in Pittsylvania, it is understandable that this county became home to the [...]

Any chance of this happening to you when you evangelize in America? I think not… at least not until the next presidential elections… Here are a few of the lesser known Christian martyrs from previous centuries:
Vitalus, A.D. 99— He was buried alive in Ravena, Italy for his faith.
Wolfgang Binder of Scharding, 1571— He was beheaded [...]

WORLD magazine reporter Priya Abraham wrote about these atrocities from North Korea.

In one prison, a warden hung a Christian man upside down and ordered him to deny his beliefs. Eventually the warden stabbed at him and pushed him to the ground, ordering 6,000 prisoners to trample him to death.
Eight prisoners stayed silent when told [...]

Has this happened to you yet while preaching the Gospel in our free country?
The second time Romanus preached the living God, the Lord Jesus Christ His well-beloved Son, and eternal life through faith in His blood, Asclepiades commanded the tormentors to strike Romanus on the mouth, that his teeth be knocked out, so that [...]

A Christian was sentenced to death. Before being executed, he was allowed to see his wife. His last words to his wife were, “You must know that I die loving those who kill me. They don’t know what they do and my last request of you is to love them, too. Don’t have bitterness in [...]

Vietnam, 1991- Le Thi Loi’s husband, a Christian pastor, was executed in a rice field after being accused of subversion against the government, tried and found guilty.

After his death, the government sent her a bill for her husband’s execution, the court “trial,” the coffin, the burial, and the bullet that killed him. The total was [...]

Would you be able to stand if this happened to you? Are you even able to stand now and face a dirty look for sharing your faith?
This happened in Northern Nigeria, 1992:
Muslims in Kaduna, Nigeria, went on a rampage against Christians. Two pastors and their families were killed, along with 300 laymen. The fanatics severed [...]

Still afraid to share your faith? These people weren’t.
The tyrants and organs of Satan were not contented with death only, to bereave the life from the body. The kinds of death were diverse, and no less horrible than diverse. Whatsoever the cruelness of man’s invention could devise for the punishment of man’s body, was practiced [...]

Too afraid to share your faith with the ungodly?
Anne Askew was imprisoned and greatly tortured for her faith. Placed on a cruel rack, her joints and bones were pulled out of place. She fainted from the pain, but when she regained consciousness, she preached for two hours to her tormentors. On the day of [...]

Lebannon, 1991— Mary Khoury was 17 when Damour, her village in Lebanon, was raided by Muslim fanatics who were bent on converting everyone to Islam by force. She and her parents were given one choice: “If you do not become a Muslim you will be shot.”
Mary knew Jesus had been given a similar choice: [...]

I suspect that this hasn’t happened to you yet while standing for your faith…
In the town of Potiskum, a Christian believer, Azibuike, was stoned and macheted almost to death by Muslims. Another Christian was beheaded. His head was then placed on a stick and carried around the town by a Muslim who repeatedly shouted, “Allah [...]

Is there a threat of this ever happening to you when you talk about Jesus?

This is an excerpt from Richard Wurmbrand’s book, “Tortured for Christ.”
Handcuffs, which had sharp nails on the insides, were put on our wrists. If we were totally still, they didn’t cut us. But in bitterly cold cells, when we shook with [...]

Has this happened to you for handing out a Gospel tract or Bible lately?
Five evangelists were arrested in the Maldives for spreading, “religious propaganda of the Christian religion” along the roads of Male. According to a VOM News source, the five men had translated the Bible into their language and were distributing copies throughout the [...]

This is an excerpt from an article written by Tom White, Director of The Voice of the Martyrs:
A few weeks ago, I was in a country where Christians were forced off their property for evangelizing. One man’s arm was cut off. Others were beaten or killed. One hundred twenty of these believers came to a [...]

For years, Pastor Kim and 27 of his flock of Korean saints had lived in hand-dug tunnels beneath the earth. Then as the communists were building a road, they discovered the Christians living underground.
The officials brought them out before a crowd of 30,000 in the village of Gok San for a public trial and execution. [...]

“If you believe in God, you go to Heaven when you die. If you don’t, you go to North Korea.”
Pastor Lee, a former prisoner of North Korea

There is a spiritual war taking place in North Korea as our enemy seeks to destroy the souls of North Korea’s citizens. Millions have starved to death in the [...]

This begins a weekly column honoring those who were not afraid to share their faith.
A pastor by the name of Florescu was tortured with red-hot iron pokers and with knives. He was beaten very badly. Then starving rats were driven into his cell through a large pipe. He could not sleep, but had to defend [...]