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Our Nigerian family is living in the constant fear of not knowing: “Will we be attacked at our next church gathering? Will our village be set on fire? Will we be kidnapped?” Just the threat of violence is enough to steal joy and snuff out peace. Our great God, we come before you and plead for...

In widely circulated videos that have become viral in India, a mob of 300 Hindu fundamentalists suddenly descended on a Christian community, violently shouting hateful slogans and roughing up believers. "All hail lord ram!" they yelled as they stormed into the compound, proclaiming allegiance to...

Imagine living in a place so violent there are no more Christians to be found. That's what believers in Burkina Faso are facing. More than one million people have been displaced within the country, 200,000 of them just in the first 3 months of 2021. Almost two thirds of them are children, many...

Friends, Abbas is a Christian convert who has lived in Saudi Arabia for his entire life. His sister was forced to leave Saudi Arabia after her family discovered that she had become a Christian - and they begun to abuse her. He helped his sister and her children flee the country, but now her...

Friends, earlier this month we asked you to pray for 8 Christians who were abducted while traveling on a bus in Kaduna State in northern Nigeria. We are thankful to share that these believers have been freed! No-one is sure why the believers were released, but we praise God for the good news. It...

Please pray with me for believers in Bangladesh who are experiencing great hardship at the hands of their persectors . Friends, as we recently shared, religious leaders from the capital city, Dhaka - along with local religious leaders in western Bangladesh - are going house to house, telling...