We call on all Christian women around the world to take at least 15 minutes every Tuesday morning to pray. We encourage you to mobilize as many women as possible to pray, individually or in groups. Take a few minutes to ponder & pray at each point of the guideline below & be open to [...]

The US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and Open Doors USA each publish a list of persecuting countries. The lists are not identical. Six of the top 12 according to Open Doors are listed in USCIRF’s list of 11 “Countries of Particular Concern.” The top 12 worst persecuting countries from the Open Doors list [...]

16 November is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP). The focus of IDOP 2008 is Secret Believers in the Muslim World. Many Muslim-background believers face discrimination in the workplace, rejection from society and harassment by the authorities. Some may face torture, imprisonment and even death. They are in great need of [...]

November we focus prayer on the least-reached peoples of the Central Asian region. Trade and Islam beat a path through the Silk Roads of the 11 countries of Central Asia, much of which could not be changed by 70 years of Soviet rule. Most of the languages here have been Turkish-based since the early days [...]

NEW DELHI, October 17 (AFP): At least 60 Christians have been killed over the past two months in eastern India in a brutal backlash to the murder of a revered Hindu holy man, a national bishops’ body said Friday. The figure is nearly double the official toll of 35 given by government authorities in the eastern state of Orissa. [...]

Scores of Christians have converted to Hinduism in Orissa’s Kandhamal district in the past few weeks to save their lives and properties, a government official admitted Friday. “We have received over 50 complaints where people alleged that Hindu villagers are forcing them to convert to Hinduism if want to save their lives and properties,” a senior district administration official [...]

In northern Vietnam at least 120 people are now confirmed to have died after floodwaters from southern China caused river levels to rise,further inundating a region lashed by heavy rains since Friday.  The government has warned that more downpours, flash floods and landslides could be in store in mountainous provinces in the country’s north-central region this week. [...]

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Remember to pray for the least-reached peoples of Central Asia this month as well as for the persecuted church, which includes many in this region including the Church in Iran. Today pray along with this Global Prayer Digest item for today on Praying for the Persian Church. You can subscribe to this daily email version of Global Prayer Digest, [...]

“The church in Iran is like a rose petal; the more you press it, the sweeter the perfume.” This quote, stated by Persian martyr Pastor Mehdi Dibaj, sums up what has been taking place in the Persian Iranian church since the 1979 Revolution. As the government continues its push to destroy anything Western, the Persian people are meeting in secret [...]