Iran: Christian prisoner requests prayer
Iranian Christian convert and prisoner, Nasser Navard Goltapeh, writes to fellow Christians and requests prayer. Philippians 1:12: "Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel." Nasser and three...
Iran: Early release for three Christian converts
Iranian Christians are very pleased that Asghar Salehi has been given early release from prison. It is expected fellow prisoners Mohammadreza Rezaei and A.T. will also be released soon. On 18 September 2018, Iranian intelligence agents raided the homes of Asghar,...
Israel: Messianic congregation harassed
Messianic Jews in Israel request prayer after potential trouble-makers took photographs inside the premises of Kehilat Hasdey Yeshua - a Messianic congregation in the Negev. Kehilat Hasdey Yeshua meets in a warehouse in the industrial part of the city of Arad, which...
Algeria: Court Orders Another Church to Close
Christians request prayer for a church in Ain Turk, near Oran, ordered to close by the administrative court of Oran on 20 January 2020. The church of “The House of Hope” was sealed by an executive order from the Governor of Oran in October 2017. On 10 June 2018 the...
Iran: Concerns about arrested Christian convert
Iranian Christians request prayer for Christian convert and activist Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi, who remains unaccounted for since her arrest in Tehran on 12 January. Fatemeh, or Mary as she likes to be known, was near Azadi Square in Tehran while protests were underway...
Iran: Christian convert receives three year prison sentence
Iranian Christians request prayer after Christian convert Ismaeil Maghrebinejad received a three-year prison sentence for “insulting Islamic sacred beliefs.” Ismaeil (65) was arrested in Shiraz on 25 January 2019 and charged initially with “propaganda against the...
Iran: Annual Report on Rights Violations Released
Middle East Concern, in collaboration with Open Doors International, Article 18 and CSW has released the 2019 report on violations of the rights of Christians in Iran. During 2019, Iranian Christians, along with other religious minorities, continued to suffer multiple...
Algeria: Another church closed by government
Algerian Christians request prayer for a church in the city of Oran after a court ordered its closure on 12 January 2020. Twelve churches affiliated with the EPA (Église Protestante d'Algérie), the umbrella organisation for Protestant churches, have been ordered...
Iran: Assyrian Christian to start prison sentence
Friends and family of Ramiel Bet Tamraz request prayer as he has been summoned to Evin Prison Tuesday (7 January) to serve a prison sentence. On 26 August 2016 Ramiel, a Christian from an ethnic Assyrian background, was arrested with four Christian convert friends...
Iran: three converts start their sentences in Eghlid prison
Iranian Christians request prayer for Asghar Salehi, Mohammadreza Rezaei and one other Christian convert from Fars Province, who are each serving six-month prison sentences on account of their faith and Christian activity. On 18 September 2018 Iranian intelligence...
Palestine: Update – Israel reconsiders restrictions on movements of Gazan Christians during Christmas
Christians in Israel and Palestine are grateful that the Israeli authorities have reconsidered a directive restricting Gazan Christians from visiting family and friends in the West Bank and Israel over the Christmas holiday season. Yesterday (22 December) the...
Palestine: Israel restricts movements of Gazan Christians during Christmas
Christians in Israel and Palestine request prayer after Israel issued a directive restricting Gazan Christians from visiting family and friends in the West Bank and Israel over the Christmas holiday season, citing security concerns. The coordinator of government...