Weekly Prayer Updates

A Christian convert has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges including engaging in “propaganda” by “propagating Christianity”, according to an Iranian Christian news site. The co...

An 18-year-old Catholic woman in Pakistan said police have refused to arrest a Muslim who abducted and raped her at gunpoint last week. Imaan Khurrum of Punjab Province told a Christian news channe...

Vague policies such as laws forbidding the conversion of Hindus have passed in several Indian states, and the push for a similar federal law has gained support. These state anti-conversion laws have l...

On 30 October a local group of Muslim extremists killed an evangelist in eastern Uganda after he and another Christian refused to convert to Islam. After three days of a scheduled six-day evangelis...

As Musa was serving as an imam in his village in East Africa, he kept hearing about his son, Saad, preaching the gospel throughout the village. Saad’s bold witness angered other local Muslim leaders...

Most Burman tribal members are Buddhist, while the Chin and Karen people groups identify as Christian. Churches in Myanmar are growing despite widespread persecution by the government and the Buddhist...

On 22 October we reported the recent arrest of Pastor John Cao and preacher Chang Hao after they held a baptismal service for 13 members of Hao’s congregation. After the baptism, about 20 police off...

Pakistan’s blasphemy laws mean Christians are at constant risk of being falsely accused of blaspheming Islam, the Koran or Mohammed, and they receive harsh punishments when convicted. Christians hav...

Benin is a small country bordering western Nigeria. It is the birthplace of voodoo, and Christianity is viewed by many in the north as a threat to their traditional beliefs. Christianity is considered...