Iran: 10-year prison sentences for Christian converts in Rasht
Iranian Christians request prayer for Christian converts Yousef Nadarkhani, Mohammadreza Omidi, Yasser Mossayebzadeh and Saheb Fadaie, who have been given 10-year prison sentences for propagating house churches and promoting “Zionist Christianity”. Yousef and...
Turkey: state appropriation of church properties
Christians in Turkey request prayer after the state appropriation of approximately 100 churches, monasteries and cemeteries belonging to the Syriac community in the province of Mardin in the south-east of the country. On 23rd June 2017 the media outlet Agos reported...
Iran: Christians face long prison sentences
Iranian Christians request prayer for Pastor Victor Bet Tamraz (pictured), Amin Afshar Naderi and Hadi Asgari, who face long prison sentences. Following a hearing on 11th June Judge Ahmadzadeh issued his verdict on 3rd and 4th July. Pastor Victor was sentenced to 10...
Palestine: court hearing after attack on nuns
Christians in Palestine request prayer for nuns of the Coptic Orthodox church and convent in Bethlehem. On 11th July there will be a court hearing related to an attack on the nuns, who are involved in long-running property disputes. The Coptic Orthodox church has...
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...