Yuri Pak was released from prison Saturday 17 June. Yuri a teacher, dean of a high school and a local church leader was sentenced to two years in prison, after being convicted of making a false emergency-services call. In April 2015, someone used Yuri’s mobile
The Eritrean government has stepped up its campaign against Christians, arresting almost a hundred followers of Christ in recent weeks. The arrests came as believers in the repressive East African country marked ten years since government officials placed the Eritrean Orthodox Patriarch, Abune Antonios, under
Al-Shabaab militants walked into Fafi Primary School, 95 km from Garissa, and shot dead a Christian teacher, Elly Oloo Ojiema ─ right in front of his pupils. They kidnapped another Christian teacher, Joseph Kamau, and a Muslim colleague who tried to protect him. The Muslim
KAZAKHSTAN Pray for President Nursultan Nazarbayev. #365prayer
Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also. Hebrews 13:3
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 john 4:11
Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the Lord his God, Psalm 146:5.
AFGHANISTAN Pray for Bible translation work and Christian broadcasting that share God’s Word in Pashtu and Dari. #365prayer
Imprisoned as a threat to the state, Pastor Kashkumbaev had every reason to feel discouraged. But a pointed question from a Christian brother changed his perspective, leading to a powerful work of God in a Kazakhstani prison. “You will serve 10 years of hard time,”
MALAYSIA Pray for a new initiative to reach the capital city, Kuala Lumpur, with the Gospel. #365prayer
Late in 2015 Petr Jasek went to Sudan on behalf of Voice of the Martyrs to serve hurting people in the name of Jesus Christ. He was arrested then charged with conspiring against the Sudanese government. “They started to slap to my face, I was
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Pray that those who are persecuting Christians will come to know Jesus. #365prayer
NIGER Pray that God will minister to believers in isolated areas and that they will grow in spiritual maturity.#365prayer
KAZAKHSTAN Pray for Yklas Kabduakasov, who was sent to prison camp for evangelism and distributing Bibles. #365prayer
COLOMBIA Pray that many FARC soldiers will come to know God and stop persecuting followers of Jesus. #365prayer
Two women working for a Swedish mission, known as Operation Mercy, were targeted by unknown attackers at their guest house in Kabul on 20 May. A German national and her Afghan guard were tragically killed, while a woman from Finland was kidnapped. All the mission’s
Suzan went missing last week, as she walked to the church where she works in Egypt. Local Christians fear the 22-year-old has been kidnapped – just like two other young women who vanished from the same Cairo suburb just days before. Women in Al Khosous,
After almost three years in captivity, an Iraqi Christian girl abducted by the Islamic State in August 2014 has finally been reunited with her parents. Christina Abada, who is about to celebrate her sixth birthday, was welcomed home last week. Locals say she was released
VIETNAM Pray that God will provide for the needs of Christians evicted from their villages and sustain their faith. #365prayer
Ranavalona I, the queen of Madagascar, hated the Christians in her kingdom. Her complaints against them were many: they despised her idols, they were always praying, They always went to church, and their women were chaste. She sent officers to gather all those suspected of
