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INDIA: Christian Family Rejected by Village

In the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh State, India, Christians face increasing pressure and violence for following Christ. Hema; her...

ALGERIA: Churches Closed, Pastors Facing Increasing Pressure

Christians in Algeria report suffering from a systematic campaign of government persecution. Since the end of 2017, the government has...

MEXICO: Church Planting in the "Circle of Silence"

Aaron is one of many church planters advancing God’s kingdom in the “Circle of Silence,” an eight-state region in central Mexico of...

INDIA: Father and Young Daughter Injured in Hit-and-Run

Prakash, Sangeetha and their daughters, Lavanya (8) and Shalini (5), belong to a Hindu community in Karnataka State, India. Lavanya was...

ETHIOPIA: Church Building Destroyed

In September 2022, Muslim extremists attacked the Bokore Full Gospel church in southeastern Ethiopia. Islamists set it on fire,...

IRAN: Christian Convert Couple Acquitted

Homayoun Zhaveh and his wife Sara Ahmadi were first arrested in June 2019. In November 2020 Sara was sentenced to 11 years in prison for...

SRI LANKA: Family Land Confiscated for Buddhist Temple

Pastor Priyantha and his wife, Dinesha, planted a church in Sri Lanka in 2016. They faced severe opposition from Buddhist monks,...

TURKEY: Greater Interest in God's Word Amid Earthquake Tragedy

Within days of the earthquake that devastated eastern Turkiye on 6 February, Turkish Christians rushed from other parts of the country to...

GHANA: Young Man Disowned for Becoming a Christian

Ghana is a majority-Christian nation, but animistic beliefs are practiced in some areas. As a boy, Noah was chosen by his father to take...

UGANDA: New Christians Receive Vocational Training

In Uganda, thousands of Christian converts from Islam have been shunned by their communities and are unable to work in their former jobs....

INDONESIA: Sharing the Gospel on the Front-lines

For more than two decades, a mission training school has been holding classes in evangelism and church planting. Through the work of the...

MEXICO: Front-line Workers Warned to Stop Evangelizing

Mateo and Elena are church planters in Central Mexico. Their town is in a region known as the “Circle of Silence,” where Christians are...