Africa: over 22,000 killed by Islamist militants in a year
A new report has revealed that over 22,000 people, most of them Christians, have been killed by Islamist militants across Africa in the year to June 2025. This marks a 60% increase in…
Egypt: Christian convert freed after three-year imprisonment
Egyptian authorities have released Christian convert Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo, who spent three years in prison for discussing Christianity online. Abdo, a husband and father of five, fled Yemen after facing death threats for…
Iran: released from death sentence
Marziyeh Amirizadeh spent her first 33 years under a restrictive regime that curtailed freedoms following the 1979 revolution. Raised as a Muslim, she experienced a profound spiritual transformation after encountering God in a…
Saudi Arabia: church growth surges despite challenges
In Saudi Arabia, a nation historically closed to the Gospel, Christianity is growing faster than the global average. Despite strict bans on evangelism and the threat of severe punishment, including execution for apostasy,…
Colombia: hidden church in huts, mountains, coffee plantations
For many Christians, times, location and form vary greatly as they seek to worship God safely. On Sunday morning in a village in Colombia Gabriel, an indigenous Christian wakes up to prepare a…
UK, EU and UN solidarity with persecuted church
UK Christian politician Jeremy Hunt read Brother Andrew’s book ‘God’s Smuggler’ in his youth. This gave him a lifelong prayerful concern for the persecuted church. When he was appointed foreign minister, he looked…
IPC Calendar
Hindu World 15 Days of Prayer - 20 Oct - 3 Nov 2019 www.15daysprayer.com Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church – Sun 3 Nov 2019 https://www.frc.org/get.cfm?c=REMEMBER_PERSECUTED WEA General Assembly 2019 - 7-12…
Day of prayer for persecuted church
Join Christians around the world on Sunday 3 November, the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church - a global prayer meeting for our Christian brothers and sisters who witness for Christ…
China: pray for jailed pastor
In December around a hundred Chinese Christians from a church in Chengdu, including the pastor and his wife, were imprisoned on allegations of ‘inciting subversion of state power’ (see). In a public letter,…
Prince Charles praises Middle East Christians
Just days after the Archbishop of Canterbury called on the Government to do more to aid Christian communities in regions facing ‘imminent extinction’ (see), Prince Charles has praised their ‘extraordinary grace and capacity…
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