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INDONESIA: Muslims Protest Church Construction
After a church in West Java province held a celebration to break ground for a new building, hundreds of Muslims came to protest the...
VOM South Africa
Sep 2, 2025


INDIA: Murderer of Missionary Family Freed from Prison
Graham Staines was an Australian missionary who had served leprosy patients in India since 1965. His sons were 10 and 6 at the time of...
VOM South Africa
Sep 2, 2025


IRAN: War Increases Risk, Also Opportunity
Front-Line Workers have reported that the risk of advancing the Gospel in Iran has increased since the Twelve-Day War in June of 2025 —...
VOM South Africa
Sep 2, 2025


UZBEKISTAN: Christians Forced from Family Homes
Front-line workers say that three families who left Islam and became followers of Christ have been forced from their homes. “It is common...
VOM South Africa
Aug 26, 2025


ETHIOPIA: Church Attack Forces Pastor and Wife into Hiding
Source: Steadfast Global, VOM Canada Pastor Paul, along with his wife Mary, has been faithfully ministering within a Muslim-majority...
VOM South Africa
Aug 26, 2025


SYRIA: Pastor and Family Members Killed Amid Fighting
A bullet riddled building in Syria. New fighting has broken out in the city of Suwayda. Khaled Mezher, a pastor, and at least 12 members...
VOM South Africa
Aug 26, 2025


DRC: More Than 40 Christians Killed During Prayer Meeting
Militants with the radical Islamist group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked a group of Christians in far northeastern Democratic...
VOM South Africa
Aug 19, 2025


LAOS: New Christian Faces Harassment in Hometown
A newly Christian woman is facing expulsion from her village because of her faith. ThaoSeng, 51, became a follower of Christ in 2024...
VOM South Africa
Aug 19, 2025


CHINA: Pastor John Cao Unable to Reunite with Family
Source: ChinaAid Pastor John Cao, 66, is from Changsha, Hunan. In his early years, he studied theology in the United States, where he...
VOM South Africa
Aug 19, 2025


SYRIA: Islamists Threaten Christians
Several Syrian churches have received threatening letters from anonymous Islamist groups that urge Muslims to attack Christians in a...
VOM South Africa
Aug 12, 2025
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