Iran: Verdicts for Christian converts 

Iran: Verdicts for Christian converts 

Iranian Christians request prayer for three Christian converts who have each received five-year prison sentences. On 26 June, Amin Khaki, Milad Goudarzi and Alireza Nourmohammadi were informed they have each been given the maximum prison sentence for “propaganda that...
Northern Cyprus: Christian worker summoned to court 

Northern Cyprus: Christian worker summoned to court 

Continued prayer is requested for Ryan Keating, who has a court hearing on 28 June to face a charge of illegally importing Bibles and books related to Christianity, and an additional charge of producing wine without a licence. On 27 January police and customs...
Iran: Verdicts for Christian converts 

Iran: Christian converts appear in court

Friends of Amin Khaki, Milad Goudarzi and Alireza Nourmohammadi request prayer following a 21 June hearing. The three are charged with “propaganda that educates in a deviant way contrary to the holy religion of Islam” under a recently amended version of Article 500 of...
Israel: Believers win High Court case

Israel: Believers win High Court case

Messianic believers in Israel are delighted with a 15 June Israeli Supreme Court ruling stating Messianic non-profit organisation “Yachad” was being unfairly discriminated against. In 2015 Yachad, associated with Tiferet Yeshua congregation, applied for status as a...
Algeria: Prison sentence suspended; Three churches ordered closed

Algeria: Prison sentence suspended; Three churches ordered closed

On 6 June, Pastor Rachid Seighir and his bookshop assistant, Nouh Hamimi, on appeal received one-year suspended sentences on a faith-related charge and were fined. Christians in Algeria request continued prayer for both, thanking God that the earlier prison sentences...
Iran: Pray for convert beginning prison sentence

Iran: Pray for convert beginning prison sentence

Iranian Christians request prayer for Christian convert Reza Zaeemi (40) from Karaj who turned himself in at Karaj Central Prison on 2 June to start serving a nine-month sentence. In November 2020, Reza was arrested by plainclothes security agents. He was blindfolded,...