Syria is littered with damaged or destroyed buildings from its long-running civil war. A former Kurdish soldier has been threatened for his ministry work after placing his faith in Christ. During the Syrian Civil War, Kochar developed an intense hatred for all Arabs, an emotion that grew as he witnessed fellow Kurdish soldiers and friends die. He also experienced a crisis in his Islamic beliefs as he could not understand why Allah would allow Muslims to fight and kill fellow

In December 2024, Adam Amdou, the adult son of a pastor, was kidnapped from his home and his whereabouts are still unknown. The abductors are members of an Islamist terrorist group who were angered that Adam’s father refused to obey their orders to stop his Christian ministry activities. Since Adam’s abduction, his family, including his father, his wife and his two children, have received no word on his condition. They do not know where he is or if he is alive. “His wife and

While flooded rivers and fields have made travel difficult in Pakistan, some Christian teams continue to carry on the important work of distributing Bibles there. Devastating floods have led to the deaths of more than 800 people and forced over 1 million Pakistanis to evacuate their homes and villages. “Please pray for them,” said a Front-Line Worker. “It is very difficult, and they need to know where they can go because of the many flooded areas and also because of ongoing s

Dan and Tee claimed their son's body but were not allowed to hold a Christian funeral. A Christian couple in a northern province of Laos continues to suffer painful persecution after the unresolved death of their son. On Sunday, 2 November, Khong, 22, missed the church service because he was searching for his stolen motorbike. He did not return, and two days later, his body was found in a nearby rice field. No cause of death has been determined. Khong’s parents, Dan and Tee,

Fewer than 300,000 Iraqi Christians remain in the country. Converts from Islam face harsh treatment from Islamic extremists. The whereabouts of a Christian convert arrested in Iraq remain unknown. Kazim became a follower of Christ while living abroad. His Iranian wife and their children eventually came to live with him, and they too became Christians. However, the family was unable to establish residency outside Iraq and feared returning to southern Iraq as converts to Christ

Source: Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Voice of the Martyrs Australia Photo Source: Christian Solidarity Worldwide Two churches, which are among the oldest Christian places of worship in Sudan, were targeted by vandals in broad daylight on 26 November, in what appears to be a coordinated attack. The vandals attacked the churches located in the centre of Port Sudan Market, opposite the police station and nearby official state administrative buildings. Members of The Sudan Eva

As Christian students are forced to participate in Buddhist practices in school, an upcoming retreat will encourage and strengthen their faith. In Bhutan, the king regards himself as a divinely appointed defender of Buddhism, and stringent laws are in place to restrict Christianity, forcing students to join Buddhist practices at school even when doing so is contrary to their faith in Christ. Pray that the upcoming retreat will give persecuted Christian students a reprieve fro

Despite repeated and ongoing attacks on churches from radical Islamist groups, evangelists continue spreading the Gospel throughout the country, most recently through solar-powered projectors. VOM USA Front-Line Workers delivered the projectors to show the JESUS film and other Christian resources and provided training for 16 outreach workers to operate the projectors. “All were very happy to receive these projectors,” said a Front-Line Worker. “And they were very happy to hav

A Pakastani Christian stands in the remains of one of the churches destroyed during the Jaranwala Islamic riots. On 27 August 2025, at 1:30 a.m., a group of armed men took a Christian family captive, threatened to bring blasphemy charges against the family and demanded the family pay more than $150,000 to prevent the accusations. They also threatened to destroy everything the Christians owned. “You will be the next Jaranwala,” the abductors said, referencing a riot in August

Source: International Christian Concern, ABC News, Voice of the Martyrs AU Photo Source: International Christian Concern More than 300 students and staff were abducted from a Catholic School in the Northern Region of Nigeria on Friday, 21 November. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Saturday, 22 November, estimates that 315 people were taken from St Mary’s School in Niger state on Friday, including 303 students and 12 teachers. It is one of the worst kidnappings in