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

A Muslim-background Believer is continuing his ministry and Bible translation efforts despite being separated from his family. Diallo Haruna was born into the Fulani tribal group and raised as a Muslim in Chad. He eventually placed his trust in Christ and attended a Bible school in neighbouring Nigeria. But when he returned to Chad in 2018, some radical Muslims abducted his wife and young daughter. Today, Diallo serves in translation work and asks people to pray for those eff

Source: The Voice of the Martyrs Korea, Church in Chains, Voice of the Martyrs Australia The trial of Korean missionary Park Tae Yeon was due to resume on 24 September in Khabarovsk, Russia, after a hearing on 1 September was postponed because the court-appointed interpreter failed to appear. However, it has now been delayed again and is expected to resume 8 October. Ms Park, who is nearly 70, was arrested on 15 January – one week before she was due to return to Korea and ret

Young people in conflict-ridden Myanmar are at risk of being conscripted into military service. On 30 November 2025, Kyaw Tun Aung, 22, was forcibly enlisted into military service under Myanmar's conscription law despite a provision exempting religious workers. The young man was raised in a Buddhist family but came to faith in Jesus Christ in April 2022. Following his conversion, he completed a degree in biblical studies and began serving the Lord fulltime. The authorities, h