Radical Muslims in the West Bank have threatened to kill a Christian convert from Islam and his family, including his four children. After receiving the death threats, the man and his family fled from Bethlehem to hide in a larger city. They request prayer that Israeli authorities will allow them to stay. Another West Bank convert to Christianity was confronted by his parents and his village imam with an ultimatum: Return to Islam within a month or be imprisoned by local Palestinian officials.
Read MoreFront-line workers report there is a need for more workers in the harvest fields of Tunisa, especially for more women. “We need to have more sisters who are willing to work with women here,” he said. Tunisia is home to many people who have fled violence and insecurity in neighboring Libya.
Read MoreA former Muslim has been arrested and drugged against his will yet continues to share Christ with others. This man, who serves in the military in a Middle Eastern country, became a follower of Christ in 2024. Not long after his conversion, his own parents reported him to authorities, who arrested him. He spent a month in jail, and then the courts ordered that he be committed to a psychiatric hospital, where he is forced to take drugs that cloud his thinking.
Read MoreA Laotian couple has been rejected by their family after placing their faith in Christ. Yeaun and his wife, Vanhdee, became followers of Jesus Christ when their three-year-old daughter was healed after a Christian coworker recommended taking her to a church for prayer. They were afraid to follow his advice, but as they listened to an audio Bible the man had given them, they became convinced they should follow Christ. After they placed their trust in Christ, they attended a nearby church and listened to the Bible every day.
Read MoreForced deportations are placing Afghan Christians in danger. More than 1.4 million Afghans have been deported from Iran back to Afghanistan since the start of 2025, with as many as half a million sent back since the June 2025 war between Israel and Iran. “Some of those being forced back are Christians,” said a front-line worker. “They are Christians who already fled persecution in their home villages and fear what could happen to them when they return.” Many Christians will attempt to hide in Afghanistan’s larger cities, but without family support networks to help them, they urgently need assistance.
Read MoreForced deportations are placing Afghan Christians in danger. More than 1.4 million Afghans have been deported from Iran back to Afghanistan since the start of 2025, with as many as half a million sent back since the June 2025 war between Israel and Iran. “Some of those being forced back are Christians,” said a front-line worker. “They are Christians who already fled persecution in their home villages and fear what could happen to them when they return.” Many Christians will attempt to hide in Afghanistan’s larger cities, but without family support networks to help them, they urgently need assistance.
Read MoreOn July 30, 2025, Pastor Pu Jinshun, Elder Zhu Zhengwu and several co-workers from the Lingshan Church in Chuxiong, Yunnan, were arrested by local police and taken to a detention center. The specific charges have not been made public. In recent years, the church has been unable to use its purchased office building as a meeting place due to governmental pressure.
Read MoreChristians in northern Mozambique continue to suffer greatly due to ongoing attacks by the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS). In May 2025, several attacks occurred in Niassa province, an area that has not previously experienced Islamist violence. Front-line workers also report that 120 children have been kidnapped in Cabo Delgado by Islamists since the beginning of 2025.
Read MoreA Christian, his wife and their newborn daughter were killed by members of the man’s former terrorist group. Moustafa was a prominent leader in the group, and one night he snuck into a Christian meeting, intending to cause trouble. But as a Christian woman shared about God’s coming judgment, his heart was touched, and he became a follower of Christ. When he told his terrorist group about his new faith, they tried to burn him to death. He survived for three months, visited by many Islamist friends who became followers of Christ through his witness.
Read MoreThe support of Christians for a deceased believer’s family has drawn his children to Christ. When Jer Sua came to faith in Christ in 2023 at the age of 64, he was already sick, and he died on May 23, 2025. Though it is customary in Lao culture for villagers to collect money to help the deceased’s family, the village chief refused not only the collection but also denied him a burial plot in the cemetery. Because Jer Sua’s illness had depleted his family’s resources, they could not even prepare food for the funeral. However, Christians in the village came alongside the family, giving them rice and money.
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