Weekly Prayer Updates

Ma Yan, a Christian pastor from Zhenxiong, Yunnan Province, was charged and tried on 10 February for “organising illegal gatherings” in relation to a gathering of no more than ten Christians in th...

Mahamat, a Muslim background believer living in northern Cameroon, was imprisoned by his parents for his Christian faith but later rescued. Mahamat was studying to become a teacher of the Koran whe...

The Islamic Revolution of 1979 created the world’s only Shiite Islamic theocracy and profoundly changed every aspect of life in Iran. Today, many of those who committed their lives to Islam are fill...

On 30 July, an amendment to Uttar Pradesh's anti-conversion legislation was passed in an effort to strengthen the state's existing laws. In particular, major changes were made to the severity of punis...

On Christmas Day, a prosecutor’s office in the Tibet Autonomous Region filed criminal charges against 10 Christians from the Chinese house church, All Ranges Church. This is the latest case in a nat...

Nigeria is divided almost evenly between Muslims, who dominate in the north, and Christians, who dominate in the south. Based in the north, Boko Haram is affiliated with al-Qaida and has also aligned ...

In a town in Somalia’s Lower Juba Region, 35-year-old Abdulai Ramadan suffered an attack on 20 January after his wife became furious that he had held a Bible study with other secret Christians. R...

Yomi Adetula, a respected 54-year-old church leader in Ogun state, Nigeria, was shot during a morning service on Sunday, 19 January, by gunmen reportedly affiliated with a cult group targeting Christi...

In the early 2000s, many unregistered churches enjoyed some freedom from government intrusion and harassment, despite their illegal status. However, in recent years restrictive religious regulations a...