Most Moroccan Muslims consider Christianity a religion only for foreigners. In early 2026, Christian translators in Morocco started printing full versions of the Bible in Darija, including the entire Old Testament, for the first time. Darija, the commonly spoken dialect of Arabic, is a mix of Berber, French, Spanish and Arabic and distinct from the Modern Standard Arabic used in written publications. “It shows how much local churches love God and his Word, and also care about

Villagers from the town of Kokoana, in far western Burkina Faso near Mali, request prayer after Islamists killed 21 people in an attack on 11 May 2026, in which Christian leaders were deliberately targeted. “The terrorists went to the home of Pastor Etienne Keïta and murdered him in front of his family,” said a Front-Line Worker. “They then proceeded to two neighbouring Christian households and killed the heads of those families as well.” Christians in Burkina Faso have been

The kidnapped 16-year-old in this photo is now safely back with her family. An abducted Christian girl has been rescued and reunited with her family. In January 2026, 16-year-old Reena was kidnapped while walking home with her sister. Family members later learned that a Muslim man claimed Reena had converted to Islam and married him. Read the article here. When a lawyer sought to obtain court approval for the minor to be returned to her family, the courts initially backed the

Pastor Lakshya was arrested under his state's repressive anti-conversion laws that target Christian ministers. Christians in western India have experienced ongoing persecution since the arrest of a faithful pastor on conversion charges. Pastor Lakshya and his family moved to a remote village to begin a church that, over three years, grew to include house fellowships in 12 nearby villages. In December 2025, police arrested Lakshya during a family celebration and jailed him for