Two women have been abandoned by their families for their faith in Christ. Aziza is 17 years old and was kicked out of her home for placing her trust in Christ. A church allowed her to stay in their building for six months while she finished high school and helped her receive counseling. Aziza now hopes to attend college in the fall. Jibek, who is in her late 60s, was also opposed by her family when she became a Christian.
Read MoreA Burmese teen asks for prayer as she faces opposition from her Buddhist family members. Khin Myaut Noe, 16, became a Christian during childhood through the witness of her Christian mother despite her father’s strong Buddhist family connections. She lives with her father and two aunts and has helped care for her father since he became paralyzed two years ago. Her aunts strongly oppose Christianity and have forbidden her to attend worship services or participate in Christian activities.
Read MoreA Libyan court will soon consider appeals for 10 Christians sentenced to prison for three to five years. The group has been imprisoned since April 2025 after being found guilty of “insulting Islam,” “insulting religious sanctities and rituals using the internet” and other charges for living out their Christian faith. “Please stand with us in prayer for God’s mercy, strength for the brothers and a just outcome,” said a front-line worker.
Read MoreWhen Tanmay, a tribal Christian in western India, and his household gathered with another family to pray at his house, their meeting was disrupted by Hindu extremists who burned down his house and shop. All the family’s belongings were destroyed, and they had to move into Tanmay’s brother’s house. The global body of Christ is helping rebuild the house and store at the same location, and Tanmay expressed a bold desire to begin a fellowship at his new house despite the opposition he and his family have endured.
Read MoreA Christian woman continues to heal in the aftermath of Islamist captivity. In 2022, Islamist al-Shabab fighters attacked the community in northern Mozambique, killing and abducting several people, including Casilda Eliash, then 45. The militants demanded that the Christian captives convert to Islam. Casilda remained in captivity for two years, repeatedly beaten and subjected to sexual abuse. After escaping, Casilda’s husband divorced her because he considered her impure due to the abuse she had endured.
Read MoreA pastor has faithfully shared the gospel while imprisoned on false charges. Pastor Sang Te was arrested by Myanmar military authorities on Sept. 16, 2021, accused of having connections with resistance groups. Christian leaders insisted that Sang Te was not involved in armed activities but was simply serving Christ and helping people in need during a time of national suffering. Sang Te received a 23-year prison sentence and has now been in prison four years.
Read MoreCourageous Christians are finding ways to take Bibles to those in need despite the ongoing threat of Islamist attacks. Bible distribution is difficult in Burkina Faso, where many Bibles have been destroyed or lost when Christians have been forced to flee. One pastor who received Bibles said, “These precious gifts are a great relief for us. Indeed, many of the faithful have lost their belongings, including their Bibles.” Christian groups are also working to get audio Bibles into the hands of blind and illiterate members of the local body of Christ, including Christians like Abdoulaye Cherif.
Read MoreSeveral countries bordering Afghanistan – including Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan – have deported hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees back to their home country, including Christians who are interrogated upon their return. “Now that the Taliban has full control, when Christians are deported back to Afghanistan, they are heavily interrogated by Taliban seeking information about other Afghan Christians,” said a front-line worker. He added that the Taliban currently holds several Christians in prison. He requested prayer for the imprisoned Christians to be effective witnesses to their captors and for members of the Taliban to become curious about the gospel.
Read MoreFour Christians, including a former extremist, are in hiding after being harassed. As a young man, Mukesh joined a Hindu extremist group but became interested in dating a Christian woman who shared the gospel with him. After he placed his trust in Christ, they married and began a church that grew to more than 60 Christians. In 2025, Mukesh, his wife and two associates were returning home from a ministry trip when three vehicles followed them. The men in the vehicles were armed with bamboo sticks and forced the four to stop, accusing Mukesh of changing the religion of other men and harassing Mukesh’s wife.
Read MoreOn June 4, 2026, workmen under orders from the Iranian regime bulldozed the Evangelical Church of Mashhad, Iran, without explanation. The church was around 80 years old but had been closed by Iranian officials for more than two decades. Still, some Iranian Christians hoped that it would one day reopen, despite a 2012 government ban on Iranian churches holding any services in Farsi.
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