Sep 24, 2020
Iranian Christian converts Sam Khosravi and Maryam Falahi request prayer, after the appeal court in Bushehr upheld a decision to deny them custody of their daughter Lydia. Sam and Maryam adopted Lydia from an orphanage as a three-month old baby in February...
Aug 19, 2020
The appeal of Pastor Victor Bet Tamraz (sentenced to ten years in prison) and his wife Shamiram Issavi Khabizeh (sentenced to five years in prison) has been denied. After many postponements, Pastor Victor was informed on 19 July that their appeal has been rejected....
Aug 17, 2020
Christians in Algeria ask for prayer for the church of Makouda, as an administrative court rejected a request to cancel the governor’s order to close the church. The Spring of Life church, is the second largest Protestant church in Algeria with about 700 members. It...
Aug 7, 2020
Iranian Christians request prayer for four Christian converts in Rasht who have been given heavy prison sentences for ‘actions against national security,’ ‘attending home churches’ and ‘spreading Zionist Christianity.’ On 1 August Ramin Hassanpour was sentenced to...
Jul 24, 2020
Iranian Christians request prayer as authorities are demanding exorbitant amounts for bail for the leader and members of a church group recently targeted by Iranian security. Joseph Shahbazian, 56, an Iranian-Armenian church group leader, was arrested on 30 June. He...
Jul 16, 2020
Prayer is requested for Christian convert Ismaeil Maghrebinejad (65) after, on appeal, one prison sentence was overturned, one was reduced and one was upheld. Ismaeil received three prison sentences following his violent arrest at home in Shiraz in January 2019. In...
