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Will you please pray with us today for an Iranian believer who is being summoned to court for a second time after already serving one year prison sentence? Rokhsareh (Mahrokh) Ghanbari served four months of a one year prison sentence before Iran released many prisoners in March 2020 due to the...

We have reports that two villages on Kenya's northeast coast were attacked by what appears to be Islamic extremists who align themselves with terrorist group al-Shabab. In the two attacks, seven people were brutally killed, and a number of huts were torched and burned down. The attacks carried...

David is an indigenous believer who lives in the remote mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Columbia. He grew up as the son of a religious leader whose animist tribe worships the spirits of their ancestors. But David always questioned his religion and miraculously was able...

Friends, a family in Central Asia needs your prayers right now. The whole family was raised Muslim, but several adult brothers and sisters converted to become followers of Jesus. As they shared their new faith with their village, some of the villagers believed. And following their hearts, each...

Heartbreaking! This is an actual photo of a Christian family's home as it burned down - after villagers set it on fire. On December 10, they lost their home and everything they owned. In northern Vietnam, Moos and his family of six became the first believers in their village in 2018...

In Indonesia, the situation for Christians has been deteriorating, with Indonesian society taking on a more conservative Islamic character. In many homes, Christian converts are increasingly verbally abused and isolated by their Muslim families. Over the last several years, Christians have...

Friends, meet and pray for Rani in Nepal today. She took the risky step of leaving Hinduism when she saw the strong faith of a local Christian couple suffering with leprosy. Seeing their trust in God ignited a spark. Though Rani was the only believer in her family she felt no pressure from them...

One part of the persecution story sometimes overlooked is the ongoing trauma from attacks that can emotionally and spiritually cripple believers. In places like Nigeria, deadly attacks and sexual violence happen almost daily. Recognising the dire need, in 2019 Open Doors opened the Shalom...

Priyantha Diyawadanage, a 48 year old Sri Lankan was just doing his job. The factory manager, husband and father of two children was asked to clean an area of the plant where he worked in Pakistan. And so, as a first step, he took posters off the wall. He didn't realize the impact of his...

Priyantha Diyawadanage, a 48 year old Sri Lankan was just doing his job. The factory manager, husband and father of two children was asked to clean an area of the plant where he worked in Pakistan. And so, as a first step, he took posters off the wall. He didn't realize the impact of his...

Nothing struck the visiting pastor as unusual when he arrived at Sameera's house. He enjoyed a meal with the family, prayed with them and stepped out of the house....to find a mob led by a Buddhist monk waiting for him. "This is a Buddhist village," the monk said. "Don't come back!" Sameera...

Friends, will you pray ferently with us for our sisters and brothers in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC)? We have a difficult report to share that shows the horror of what's happening to Christians there. On November 25, the body of Pastor Issac Muhindo Baraka, who led a church in North...

Lucio and Rufina Jimenez's family in the state of Hidalgo includes 12 people - from a 90 year old mother don to a baby due to be born any time. Last year, the family refused to participate in local religious customs because they follow Jesus. And that's when the trouble began. A few months ago...

The raid came at 5am, when the house church pastor and his family were asleep. Authorities tore his home apart looking for materials of a religious nature contrary to Islam. Then they moved on to the homes of other house church believers. A few days later, the search moved to a high school...

Over the last few months, we've shared multiple reports about the escalating violence against Christians in India, especially believers in Chattisgarh State. Today we have a report of hope and triumph from our Indian sisters and brothers. In a series of outrageous street attacks, Christian...

"Stop worshipping and close the doors of your churches, or risk ferocious attacks!" That's the gist of the letters a group of bandits in northern Nigeria has written to the Christian community in Zamfara State. Some churches have even now been listed for attack between now and the end of...

Mozambique hugs the coast in far southeastern Africa. Though over half the population is considered Christian, persecution is extremely high in the northern area of the country. There, Islamic extremists - including the Islamic State group - have looted and destroyed many churches, Christian...

Imagine life on the run, taking everything you can and fleeing your home, just to make sure your kids weren't killed. That's what life is like everyday for Christians in parts of Burkina Faso. This fall, 147 Christians - including children, elderly people, and eight pregnant women - fled from...

Twenty years ago, 30 Christian families were evicted from their indigenous community in Columbia, simply because they believed in Jesus. It was a harsh punishment. But they found a place where they could rebuild, raise some crops and live their lives openly according to their faith. They even...

When Pabitra Regmi married, she and her husband were the only Christians in the house they shared with their in-laws. Because of this, Pabrita was mentally and verbally abused by them. Eventually, the couple and their three children left the home due to the constant family pressure. "I was...