Maintaining residency can be difficult for Christians who move to Arab nations. An Eritrean Christian evangelist living in the Middle East has successfully received his residency permit. In January 2025, VOM USA posted a request to iCommitToPray.com for Ishaq. His residency permit had expired, and he faced potential deportation to Eritrea, where Christians are regularly tortured and imprisoned, some for more than two decades without charge or trial. Later in the year, he was

On 7 April 2026, a group of Christians was injured while constructing a church building in western Ethiopia near the border with Sudan. A mob of Muslim extremists wielding machetes attacked the Christian men in an attempt to stop the construction of the church. The Christians had been warned not to build in the area but continued to do so, as Christians in that region do not have a place to gather. Though the men were wounded in the attack, the construction of the church cont

SOURCE: AsiaNews, VOM Australia, International Christian Concern, BBC, VOM Canada A church in Indonesia. Photo Source: VOMC For the second time in two years, the Tesalonika Christians Oikumene congregation in Teluknaga, Tangerang Regency, has encountered community opposition during Easter celebrations at their prayer house. The previous year, local officials sealed the building the day after Good Friday, forcing the Believers to rent an alternative location in order to hold t

Source: ChinaAid; Voice of the Martyrs Australia Pastor John Cao, who has long been engaged in missionary and humanitarian work in Southeast Asia and along China’s border regions, was recently urgently admitted to Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital due to a worsening condition. According to visits by Christians and multiple sources, Pastor Cao has been diagnosed with late-stage prostate cancer, a spinal tumour, with cancer cells having spread to his bone marrow. After complet

In Kyrgyzstan, sheep, goats and cattle outnumber people. A Christian woman reads her Bible while tending sheep to avoid persecution. Jibek is over 60 years old and the only follower of Christ in her family. Her daughters-in-law regularly mock and mistreat her because she left Islam. They have confiscated all her Christian books, including her Bible, and check her phone regularly to delete Bible apps. Jibek lives in a remote mountain area and looks for excuses to visit larger

The family of a new Christian is enduring unexplained health issues believed to be a demonic attack. Zaynab and her family fled violence in Iraq in 2017, and she became a follower of Christ through the kindness of Christians. But her former Sufi community has continually pressured Zaynab to revert. Members of the mystical Sufi community wanted Zaynab’s daughter to marry the son of a Sufi imam. Zaynab and her husband refused, and she believes the Sufis used witchcraft to cause

Christians in Indonesia face opposition and blockades by Muslim groups. In West Java, Indonesia, Muslim protesters demonstrated against a Christian worship service on 6 January 2026. The group, Ahlus Sunnah Defenders, carried banners, shouted slogans and blasted loudspeakers outside the venue, calling the worship service an effort to convert Muslims and spread “religious activities which deviate from the principal teachings of Islam.” With police protection, the church was al

A Muslim woman was beaten for visiting a church but has now placed her faith in Christ. Isata had never sewn before being enrolled in this Christian training program. Isata is from a town where her father is an imam and her brother is a local muezzin (someone who calls Muslims to prayer). Despite being raised in a strict Muslim home, she began to have dreams in which Jesus Christ appeared. After having this dream three times, she decided to visit a church, which angered her h

Many Sudanese have fled to Egypt to escape war, others persecution. A Sudanese refugee has been sentenced on false charges as retaliation for placing her faith in Christ. Around 1.5 million Sudanese live as refugees in Egypt, including Christians who have fled persecution. Among these is Maida, who became a Christ follower years ago and fled after her Muslim husband rejected her and took their children away as she feared for her safety. Recently, she learned that she has been

Li Guiwen, a Lisu Christian, spent six months in prison for hosting Christian gatherings in his home. On 2 August 2025, Li Guiwen, a Christian leader among the Lisu people group, was arrested for opening his home to other Christian villagers for prayer and worship. During the arrest, police confiscated Bibles, books, audio-visual materials and sheet music. Li Guiwen was found guilty of using an unapproved religious venue and conducting illegal religious activities and sentenc