Romans 8:31-39

According to Voice of the Martyrs, ''An Iranian convert to Christianity was kidnapped last week from his home in northeastern Iran and stabbed to death, his bleeding body thrown in front of his home a few hours later. Ghorban Tori, 50, was pastoring an independent house church of convert Christians. . .Within hours of the November 22 murder, local secret police arrived at the home of the martyred pastor searching for Bibles and other banned Christian books in the Farsi language. By the end of the following day, the secret police had also raided the houses of all other known Christian believers in the city. . .during the past eight days representatives of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) have arrested and severely tortured 10 other Christians in several cities, including Tehran. . .The murder of Tori came just days after Iran’s new hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called an open meeting with the nations 30 provincial governors. During the session, an Iranian source told Compass that Ahmadinejad had declared the government needed to put a stop to the burgeoning movement of house churches across Iran. 'I will stop Christianity in this country'Ahmadinejad reportedly vowed. . .'' Read the full story here