Middle East: Married couple needs new country
Rama and Joseph fled Syria because of family threats due to their marriage. Rama is a convert from Islam, while Joseph is from a Christian background. Their marriage is considered illegal in Syria. Rama's family complained to a police officer who beat Joseph and...
Iraq: Convert requests prayer
Youhanna converted to Christianity several years ago, after which his wife and children left him. His family beat him severely many times. He was imprisoned in an attempt to force him to return to Islam. Eventually he moved from his area of Iraq to Iraqi Kurdistan....
Iran: Prison sentences for Christian converts reduced
Iranian Christians request prayer for three Christian converts whose prison sentences have been reduced on appeal. On 25 August at a hearing in Karaj, the convictions against Christian converts Amin Khaki, Milad Goudarzi and Alireza Nourmohammadi were upheld, but...
Turkey: Banned Expatriate Christians appeal to European Court
Foreign Christians issued with security designations by the Turkish Interior Ministry request prayer as they submit applications to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). In recent years, Turkish Authorities have designated approximately 75 expatriate Christians...
Somaliland: Christians released
On 5 August a regional court in Hargeisa, Somaliland, dismissed all the charges against Mohamed and Hamdi, who have been held since January on charges of “apostasy” and “spreading Christianity.” The couple, and others similarly charged, were released immediately. ...
Libya: hearing to evacuate church building postponed
On 26 July a court hearing regarding the building used by the Union Church of Tripoli was adjourned until 23 August. Christians in Libya request continued prayer as an order of eviction from the current premises seems immanent. The Landlord has indicated interest...
Israel: Messianic believers being harassed
The Gur Hasidim, strictly observant religious Jews, have been targeting Messianic believers in Arad, South Israel. Recently, graffiti was written on the pavement directly outside the home of Messianic believers, saying that “the mission” – their term for Messianic...
Iran: Christian convert starts 10-month prison sentence
On 27 July Hamed Ashouri turned himself in to begin his prison sentence for "propaganda against the regime" at Karaj Central Prison. In a short video he made before going to prison Hamed said, “I'm thankful for the persecution and thank God that Jesus Christ counted...
Libya: Church facing eviction
The Union Church of Tripoli requests prayer for a 26 July court hearing regarding possible eviction from their current premises. The hearing had been expected to be at the end of August. Established by expatriate Christians in 1962, the Union Church is one of five...
Algeria: More churches sealed by government
On 7 July three churches in the Oran area were sealed, bringing the number of sealed churches to 16. Christians in Algeria ask for prayer for the on-going campaign against the church that started in 2017. The three churches are the city church or Oran (L'Oratoire),...
Somaliland: Verdict still awaited
The verdict in the trial of Mohamed and Hamdi, charged with “apostasy” and “spreading Christianity,” and several other defendants, has still not been announced. This despite the judge communicating several times that a decision could be expected soon. As previously...
Iran: Imprisoned Christian convert requests prayer
Nasser Navard Goltapeh (59) a Christian convert serving a 10-year prison sentence requests prayer after his request for conditional release was refused. Nasser was arrested in June 2016 at a private gathering in Tehran, along with three foreign visitors. They were...