Algeria: Call for prayer regarding church closures
The EPA (“Eglise Protestante d’Algérie” – the Protestant Church of Algeria) has called for prayer with this message as the church commemorates a sad anniversary: Thursday, October 15, 2020, it will be one year since the crisis of arbitrary... read moreSomaliland: Couple in need of prayer
Being alerted of “suspicious activities,” police came to the house of a Christian couple on 21 September, arresting both after they found Christian materials. The couple have three children. At a 5 October press conference, a Somaliland police colonel stated that two... read more
Iran: Prayer for a Christian convert in exile
Friends of Christian convert Mohammad Reza (Youhan) Omidi request prayer as he serves a term of internal exile in Borazjan, in the south of Iran. Youhan was arrested in May 2016 (in Rasht, along with pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, Yousef’s wife Tina and two others) and... read more
Iran: Christian convert faces propaganda charge
Iranian Christians are thankful that a new charge against convert Ebrahim Firouzi has been rejected through lack of evidence and the case closed. In 2013, Ebrahim was arrested and sentenced to one year in prison and two years of internal exile in the remote town of... read more
Iran: Christian convert parents lose custody of child
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... read more
Iran: Appeal denied, Christian couple reaches safety
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.... read more
Algeria: Court orders church closure to remain in effect
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... read more
Iran: Christian converts in Rasht sentenced
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... read more
Iran: Excessive bail demanded for Christians
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... read more
Iran: Christian convert – prison sentences appealed
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... read more
Iraq: Displaced Christians in need of prayer
Christians in Iraq request prayer for Christian and Kurdish families impacted by Turkish bombardments of and incursions into Northern Iraq. About 80 families from the Zakho district fled the area bordering Turkey to the center of the district. Ten churches are... read more
Iran: Coordinated arrests of Christians
Iranian Christians request prayer after Revolutionary Guard agents arrested at least twelve Christians in three different cities. It is believed an informant gained Christians’ trust, infiltrated their network and helped Iranian security identify particular... read more