The Druze are a Middle Eastern people group who follow a unique religion with roots in Islam and mysticism. If a Druze person converts to Christianity, he or she may be met with hostility and violence from the Druze community. “Converts can lose everything — family, jobs, inheritance,” said a Front-Line Worker. Members of the Druze community attacked a Lebanese Druze family that had become followers of Christ. The beating was severe enough that the couple’s young son was hosp

A Christian man in northern Mozambique remains faithful to Christ after extreme torture. In 2019, Felizardo Lourenco, now 40, was captured by Islamic State insurgents in the region. While in captivity, Felizardo was tortured severely and set on fire when he would not renounce Christ. He required months of medical care after the attack and still has health complications. Because of Felizardo’s disfigurements, his wife left him. The global body of Christ helped Felizardo get me

In Oromia, Ethiopia, a local Islamic sheikh led an attack on a church that left nine Christians injured. On 13 September 2026, a group of Muslims led by the sheikh attacked Christians during their weekly worship service and injured nine of them, including a pregnant woman. A local missionary lost three front teeth, and all of the injured required hospital treatment. The condition of the unborn infant was still being monitored at the time of writing. The church was destroyed i

A Pakistani evangelist, his wife and two young children are homeless after local Muslims, angered by his Christian ministry, set fire to his home. Evangelist Salim Chaudhry regularly traveled throughout the area near his home village to share the Gospel. He also constructed a small church on land he owned. When he put a cross on top of the building, members of the community objected and began harassing his family, regularly calling them derogatory names. On 5 July 2026, someo

Source: International Christian Concern, Burma Research Institute, Voice of the Martyrs Canada Wives and children are often left behind in these situations. On the afternoon of 14 September while travelling to the village of Lamzang in Myanmar's Chin State, Rev. Dal Thawn Tuang was wounded by the gunshots of armed military forces and killed. According to reports, he had been shot a total of three times. The assistant pastor was returning home after conducting ministry activit

Peng, a 53-year-old widow and mother of four, sought spiritual refuge from the Christian God. She wanted to protect herself and her children from what she perceived as a curse on their family that had killed her husband and his father. As Peng grew in her understanding of Christ, she committed her life to him in May 2025. Within two weeks, the village chief and other community leaders began to berate her and repeatedly tried to get her to recant her faith in Jesus Christ. Add

Source: The Voice of the Martyrs USA, Voice of the Martyrs Australia Pastor Rakesh was returning home from his farm on 8 December 2025 when a stranger approached him and began asking questions. The man then demanded that Rakesh say “Jai Sri Ram”, a Hindu slogan used in worship. When Rakesh refused, the man became aggressive. That night, he filed a complaint alleging that Rakesh had tried to convert him to Christianity. Pastors and evangelists in India are frequently accused o

Away from the coast, North African nations often record the hottest temperatures on earth. A North African Christian perseveres in faith despite longstanding persecution from his family. When Waqar was a university student, he heard the Gospel and committed his life to Christ. This angered his father, who cut off financial support and kicked Waqar out of the home. He eventually allowed Waqar to return but withheld food and forced his son to live in a shed on the roof, even un

Source: Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Voice of the Martyrs Australia Sri Lanka’s High Court has sentenced 15 men to prison terms ranging from 200 to 260 years for their roles in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. The three-judge panel delivered its verdict on 22 September after a trial involving 24 defendants and 23 270 charges, including murder and conspiracy to commit terrorism. Nine men were acquitted. Among those convicted was Islamic cleric Naufer Moulavi, whom prosecuto

Lebanon was flooded with Syrian refugees like these boys during its civil war. Some refugees also fled religious persecution. A Christian refugee whose husband was killed by his family for converting to Christianity has been diagnosed with cancer. Nour became a widow after her Syrian husband’s father and brother attacked and murdered him upon learning he had come to faith in Christ. They also attacked Nour, but she survived and fled to Lebanon with her three young children. T