Weekly Prayer Updates

Vietnam has a repressive communist government that actively restricts Christian worship in many ways. While Christian worship is technically legal, the government views Christians and churches as a th...

On 24 September, Branch 21 of the Appeal Court of Tehran acquitted pastor Anooshavan Avedian, 62 of the charge of “propaganda contrary to and disturbing to the holy religion of Islam”, and ordered...

In Northern Nigeria, where Christian-Muslim tensions run deep, a young man named Salisu Bala made a decision that made his family want to kill him. Bala, 32, an independent artisan from Angwan Rogo...

A pastor and several members of his church were physically attacked on 8 September when Hindu nationalists raided a worship service in Bhubaneswar, Odisha State. The Christians were accused of forcibl...

On 19 September, a special court in Islamabad, operating under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), sentenced Christian woman Shagufta Kiran to death after being convicted of sharing blasph...

In a concerning incident that has raised serious questions about the treatment of religious minorities, a Christian man in Faisalabad was allegedly forced by police to swear on the Bible in order to h...

Around 83% of Uzbeks are Sunni Muslims. Two percent are Christians. Many are irreligious as a result of suffering under decades of atheistic communist rule prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. The g...

Our partner, Voice of the Martyrs Korea (VOMK), said search and seizures by Chinese officials are on the increase for churches serving North Korean sex-trafficked women. “The Chinese government�...

In November 2023, community leaders of San Isidro Arenal, a town located within Oaxaca State, mandated that Roman Catholicism would be the only religion permitted in their community. Following this de...