"Former Taliban hostages Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer talk about the risks they took, the imprisonment they suffered, and their hopes to return to 'the hardest place on Earth.'"

"Excerpts from Prisoners of Hope, the book by Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer with Stacy Mattingly"

Government says Jonathan Miles was in country illegally, but Light to the Nations founder denies accusation.

Now two on death row, five appealing life sentences

What you can do to help persecuted Christians in India

"This must be one of the happiest moments of my whole life, says widowed missionary Gracia Burnham"

Wounded survivor Gracia Burnham returns to Kansas after 376 days in jungle captivity

"Family and friends remember the talented pilot, mechanic, and missionary to missionaries"

"An interview with Doug Burnham, brother of Martin Burnham"

Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry speak about Martin and Gracia Burnham

"Top communists, despite their denials, endorse arrest and torture of Chinese Christians by the thousands."

A decade-old ethnic church blooms despite government suspicion.

Violence on Lombok Island may hasten government intervention

Eyewitness reports of repression and revival.

How the developing world is changing the face of Christianity.

How the developing world is changing the face of Christianity.