Weekly Prayer Updates

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...

Farhan Masih, a mentally disabled Christian man, has been charged with blasphemy and terrorism-related offences in Sahiwal, Pakistan. The First Information Report (FIR) incriminating him was registere...

Recently, a 14-year-old Christian girl was reportedly abducted by five men outside her home in Sialkot, Punjab province, Pakistan. Sharif Masih said he fears the kidnappers may try to forcibly conv...

Our front-line workers in Vietnam have been informed that a recent decree in relation to church registration is being used by local authorities in an attempt to halt church growth. They write to us sa...

A Christian woman in central India suffered a miscarriage this month after relatives who practise their traditional tribal religion beat her and strangled her, sources said. The 25-year-old Kunika ...