Weekly Prayer Updates

Some governments in Central Asia have outlawed all ministry to children. Nevertheless, Christians in the region remain committed to teaching young people about the Bible and Jesus Christ. In recent...

Eleven Christian women evangelists from Hyderabad, along with seven other local Christian men and women, were arrested and arraigned on false charges of trying to forcefully convert school children in...

In a Muslim-dominated area of Southeast Asia governed by Sharia law, the gospel message continues to spread. The law dictates that every girl and woman must cover their head with a hijab in public; if...

More than 60% of Sierra Leoneans are Muslims and nearly 13% are Christians. Despite identifying publicly with a particular religion, an estimated 90% of Sierra Leoneans are aligned with secret societi...

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...