08.23.2025

Please pray for a Catholic community in Vietnam, whose church service was recently raided

On the evening of 11 August, a group of around 20 Catholics, including children, were celebrating Mass. 

Former Ugandan Sheikh Beaten, Home Demolished After Converting to Christianity

A Muslim who said he abandoned Islam and “put his faith in Christ” after experiencing a vision in a mosque in eastern Uganda has been hospitalized after relatives beat him, demolished his home, and abducted his wife and six children, Christians said Wednesday.

LEAD Ministries Demands Justice for Murdered Christian Laborer in Pakistan (Worthy News Investigation)

Christian activists are demanding justice after a farm worker was shot dead in Pakistan’s Punjab province, allegedly by men linked to a Muslim landowner, in a killing that underscores ongoing attacks against religious minorities in the Islamic nation.

Report shows thousands of Christians killed in Nigeria this year

A new report reveals over 7,000 Nigerian Christians have been killed by Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen Islamists in the first 220 days of 2025.

Islamist Influence Growing in Pakistan, Report Says

Muslim extremists pressure judiciary and public officials.

Attacks leave Druze, Christian minorities vulnerable in Syria

Tensions in Syria are rising, and the Druze – one of the country’s smallest minorities – are caught in the middle.

Eritrea Pressured To Release 7 Church Leaders Jailed For Decades (Worthy News In-Depth)

Christian advocacy groups are intensifying calls for Eritrea to release seven church leaders who have been held without trial for more than two decades.

RUSSIA: Council of Churches Baptist communities banned

Courts in Russia have prohibited the activities of several Council of
Churches Baptist communities because of their refusal to seek any form of
state registration. 

Look for spiritual not political change in Iran

It’s been nearly two months since the Israel-Iran ceasefire took effect. 

Prayers for India while awaiting the CPC list

Despite the creation and execution of oppressive anti-conversion laws being established in India over the last two years, the U.S. State Department has not added India to its Countries of Particular Concern list.

Prayer House Closed, Evangelist Expelled in Indonesia

Officials and Muslim clerics indefinitely halt church’s activities.

Prisons in Pakistan Mistreat Christians, other Minorities, Study Says

Abuse and discrimination documented in new report.

Tension rising between Syria’s government and the Kurdish-led SDF

 Integrate or separate? The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) control much of northeast Syria. 

Believers from a Muslim background offer hope to suffering Sudan

Torture and disease are among the latest woes plaguing Sudan, yet the Lord is at work.

ICC Global Digest: Disrupted Dreams

Persecuted believers are not forsaken

A new report outlines how India, China, Indonesia, and Pakistan, four of the world’s five most populous countries, systematically persecute Christians.

Haiti’s gangs: “Beyond the reach of law, not the reach of the Gospel”

Recently, an Irish missionary and eight others — including a three-year-old child — were kidnapped from an orphanage compound. 

Christian Mother, Baby Locked in Room in Somalia

Muslim relatives demand she return to Islam.

Former Sheikh Beaten, Loses Family after Vision of Christ

Christian in Uganda hospitalized for one week.

Justice Elusive 2 Years after Attacks on Christians in Pakistan

Demonstrators call for government to act.