Iran: Christian converts await court verdict
Iranian Christians request prayer for Christian converts in Rasht awaiting an imminent court verdict. On 14th June Yousef Nadarkhani, Mohammadreza Omidi, Yasser Mossayebzadeh and Saheb Fadaie were summoned to the 26th Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, where...
Israel: Christian schools expect resolution to funding crisis
Christians in Israel are hopeful that a long-running funding crisis for Christian schools will soon be resolved. The Christian schools in the Holy Land have a long tradition and serve an important role in society by offering education based on Christian principles to...
Iran: update on imprisoned Christians
Iranian Christians request prayer for Pastor Victor Bet Tamraz, Amin Afshar Naderi and Hadi Asgari. On the morning of Sunday 11th June there was a second hearing in the case against these three Christian men in Tehran. Pastor Victor and Amin were arrested on 26th...
Iran: update on imprisoned Christians
Iranian Christians request prayer for Pastor Victor Bet Tamraz (pictured) and Amin Nader Afshar. They and other Christians were arrested on 26th December 2014 at a Christmas celebration at Pastor Victor's home. In April 2017 Pastor Victor and Amin were informed that a...
Egypt: Christians killed in bus attack
Egyptian Christians request prayer after gunmen attacked a bus and other vehicles carrying Coptic Christians. According to a statement by the Governor of Minya, 28 are so far confirmed dead (including two children) and 23 have been wounded in the attack which took...
Algeria: update on Christian imprisoned for blasphemy
Algerian Christians request further prayer for Slimane Bouhafs, a Christian imprisoned for blasphemy in September 2016. On 8th May Slimane was transferred from Constantine Prison to Jijel Prison. This is the third prison in which Slimane has been detained. He was...
Palestine: killer of Christian identified
Palestinian Christians have requested prayer for the family of Rami Ayyad, the Christian bookshop manager murdered in 2007, as his killer’s identity has now been publicly confirmed. Rami was operating a Christian bookstore in Gaza and had received death threats. On...
Sudan: second church demolition this month
Christians in Sudan request prayer as the authorities' campaign to demolish churches continues. On Wednesday 17th May the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) building in Algadisia, Khartoum was demolished. This follows the demolition of the SCOC church in Soba Al Aradi...
Iran: court hearing for imprisoned Christians
Iranian Christians request prayer for two Christians, Victor Bet Tamraz (pictured) and Amin Nader Afshar, who have been summoned to a court hearing on Sunday 21st May. They were arrested on 26th December 2014 at a Christmas celebration at Pastor Victor’s home,...
Sudan: Christians released from prison
Christians in Sudan praise the Lord for the release today of Rev. Hassan Abduraheem Kodi Taour (pictured right) and Mr Abdulmonem Abdumawla from prison in Khartoum. They were arrested in December 2015 with Rev. Kuwa Shamal Abazmam Kurri (pictured left) and Mr Petr...
Sudan: church building demolished
Christians in Sudan request prayer against an ongoing campaign by Sudanese authorities to demolish church buildings which led to the demolition of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) in Soba Al Aradi on Sunday 7th May. During the demolition two church members were...
Israel: homes of Messianic believers attacked
Israeli Messianic believers request prayer following the targeting by ultra-Orthodox Jews of a new Messianic meeting centre and the homes of some congregants in Dimona, south Israel. According to Kehila News, Albert Knoester (an elder at Nachalat Yeshua congregation...