Weekly Prayer Updates

Sixty percent of Laotians consider themselves to be Buddhists, but most practise a syncretistic version of Buddhism mixed with tribal animism. Four percent are Christians. Most believers are persecute...

Prayer is requested for Mehran Shamloui, 37, who was arrested by Iranian security on his arrival in Mashhad after being deported from Türkiye on 3 July. He had been apprehended in Istanbul while atte...

A legislator belonging to the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the party ruling Maharashtra state in India, put out a bounty on evangelists who allegedly visit villages for proselytisat...

On 11 June, Elishba Adnan, 14, was taken from her home by a 26-year-old Muslim, Babar Mukhtar. Learning of his daughter's disappearance, her father, Adnan Masih, immediately filed a report with the Ci...

A 31-year-old Somali mother of three children is struggling to survive after her Muslim relatives drove her from their home and threatened to kill her for accepting Christ, she said. On Christmas E...

A Christian wedding celebration in Raipur in India’s Chhattisgarh State was violently disrupted on 11 June when a mob attacked the wedding host and guests. The attack resulted in injuries, proper...

Residents of Benue state are devastated once again, following the recent massacre of over 100 people in a predominantly Christian village on 13 June. Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu spoke out aga...

A suicide bomber detonated himself during worship on Sunday, 22 June, inside Mar Elyas Greek Orthodox Church in the Dwelia neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria. The attack resulted in the deaths of at ...

Churches in occupied areas of eastern Ukraine continue to experience ongoing opposition from Russian-installed authorities. For Christians within the region, this has led to harsh restrictions on plac...