08-22-2026

Christian Mother Seriously Injured in Attack in Somalia

Former member of fellowship directs Muslim assailants to Bible study.

Thousands of Indonesians displaced by 7.7-magnitude quake; dozens killed

From celebration to devastation, Indonesia’s Independence Day was overshadowed as a 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked the eastern part of the country.

Christians Massacred In Nigeria As Middle Belt Violence Deepens

More evidence has emerged of massacres targeting predominantly Christian communities in central Nigeria, with local officials saying at least 25 people were killed in an overnight attack on a village in Plateau State.

Peace accord seeks to bridge Nigeria’s religious divides

More than 50 Christian and Muslim leaders have signed a peace accord in Nigeria. 

Mob violence is decreasing in Pakistan. What’s the state of persecution now?

Mob attacks and blasphemy accusations appear to be on the decline in Pakistan. 

Pastor, Six Christians Disappear After Police Raid in China’s “Jerusalem”

A prominent house church pastor and six other Christians have disappeared after being detained by police in Wenzhou, a major Christian center in eastern China often called the “Jerusalem of China.”

Pakistan: Stolen Girls (Part 5)

This is the final installment of our email reporting on our new publication, Stolen Girls, which seeks to document patterns of forced conversion, abduction, child marriage, and sexual violence affecting minority girls in Pakistan, and to highlight the legal gaps and institutional failures that allow these abuses to continue. 

BELARUS: Criminal cases against exiled religious freedom defenders

Police investigators have launched at least two criminal cases in 2026
against religious freedom defenders who live outside Belarus. Police
launched criminal cases in January against Protestant Christian Sergiy
Melyanets and in April against Orthodox Christian Natallia Vasilevich.

China: Pastor John Cao’s cancer is spreading — will you help bring him home to his family?

Together We Can Help Bring John Cao Home

Deadly earthquakes strike Indonesia. Christians step in to help the scattered response

Only 12 hours separated two massive, deadly earthquakes in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province.

Strategic prayer points as blackouts and shortages grip the people of Cuba

After more than six months of a fuel blockade imposed by the United States, people in Cuba faces shortages not only of electricity, food, water, and basic daily supplies, but also of hope. 

US Christian Missionary Freed After Nine Months In Islamist Militant Captivity

Kevin Rideout, an American missionary pilot kidnapped by suspected Islamist militants in Niger’s capital, Niamey, in October last year, has been released and is in U.S. custody, U.S. President Donald J. Trump confirmed Friday.

Violence Against Christians, Churches Rising Across Europe, Monitor Says (Worthy News In-Depth)

Concerns are mounting over increasing violence against Christians and churches across Europe after dozens of churches, religious symbols and worshipers were targeted in July, including cases involving bodily waste, arson and the stabbing of a woman praying in an Irish Catholic church.

URGENT please sign this letter regarding former Ambassador Morse Tan, being held in South Korea

Former Trump Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, Morse Tan - is figuratively being "buried" in South Korea by being barred from coming home for two months and now being indicted for exercising his freedom of speech in Washington over a year ago.

Details Given of Acquittal of Killing of Christian Couple in Pakistan

Supreme Court cites gaps in prosecution's case.

God answers prayers: missionary Kevin Rideout released after nine months of captivity

There is major reason to praise God today, as missionary pilot Kevin Rideout has been released after nine months of captivity. 

India Church Leader Arrested Over Facebook Comment As Christians Voice Concern

An elderly Christian leader has been detained in India for allegedly offending the religious sentiments of the Asian nation’s Hindu majority on social media.

Pakistan Christians Reel From Blasphemy Cases, Mob Violence And Abuse (Worthy News Focus)

Members of Pakistan’s Christian minority were reeling Friday after numerous violent incidents over faith and what they say were false allegations of blasphemy against Islam, the majority religion in the Asian nation.