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. Some in Laos, particularl...

Chang Hao is a house church preacher in Zhenxiong, Yunnan Province. Because of his Christian faith, as well as his frequent advocacy for social justice issues, he has been interrogated by police sever...

Iranian Christians request prayer for Milad Goodarzi whose home in Karaj was raided on 11 December by four members of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence. Milad was arrested and has been taken to an ...

Several residents reject the construction of the Gamaliel Christian School in Parepare City, South Sulawesi. The locals pushed for construction to stop, alleging the school did not have the correct pe...

An appeal court has sentenced Pastor Youssef Ourahmane, the vice president of the EPA (Église Protestante d’ Algérie), to one year in prison and a fine of 100.000 DZD (approximately $1,11...

About 80% of Indians are Hindus, and more than 10% are Muslims. India is also the birthplace of Buddhism. Hindu nationalist informants live in nearly every village and report on the activities of C...

On 13 February 2017, a group of men on motorbikes and in four-wheel drives abducted Pastor Raymond Koh. His wife, Susanna, and their children have not heard from him since, though Susanna has conti...

Gunmen abducted more than 100 people from the Mutunji community in Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria on the weekend for not paying a 'tax' imposed by the bandits. A leader in the community was also k...

There is a small, visible Christian community in Nepal, but believers experience opposition from extremist Hindus as well as Muslim, Buddhist and Marxist groups. Christians face false accusations, har...