Where Knowing Christ is Dangerous

Join us for 30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening, March 1-30. Come join our army as we pray for these closed nations, for persecuted Christians, for their persecutors and for seekers who don’t know how to find Christ. Enter your email below to receive the daily posts in time for your morning quiet timesContinue reading “Where Knowing Christ is Dangerous”

Catholics Attacked as Rebels Take Goma

Join us for 30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening, March 1-30. Order the war room prayer book for screen-free quiet times, or join the Prayer Wall by entering your email below, and receive the daily posts in your inbox each morning. Explosives struck a Catholic hospital’s maternity ward Monday, as well as a house sheltering priests, as M23 rebelsContinue reading “Catholics Attacked as Rebels Take Goma”

Christians in China Imprisoned for Their Faith

Order the full-color prayer book 30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening, Vol 2, for screen-free praying, or get the daily posts delivered to your inbox in time for your morning quiet times with God by entering your email below: Today, let’s pray by name for these listed by Church in Chains and all believersContinue reading “Christians in China Imprisoned for Their Faith”

20 Years Imprisoned for Their Faith: Eritrea

Join us for 30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening March 1-30. Subscribe to the Prayer Wall (below) to get the daily posts delivered to your inbox. An estimated 400-1000 Christians face torture and death in Eritrea’s prisons today because of their faith. Let’s pray by name for these listed by Church in Chains who have beenContinue reading “20 Years Imprisoned for Their Faith: Eritrea”

33 Martyrs on Christmas Day in Nigeria

Join us as we pray for persecuted Christians and the salvation of their persecutors during 30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening March 1-30 here at the Prayer Wall. On December 25, Fulani herdsmen attacked five Christian villages in Kwande County, Benue State, Nigeria, killing a total of 33 believers. The previous Christmas, 160 ChristiansContinue reading “33 Martyrs on Christmas Day in Nigeria”

Christians Face Mob Attacks at Christmas

INDIA: In one city, a mob of Hindu extremists stormed a Christmas service, causing such chaos the police intervened. In another city, crowds of Hindus pressed together outside a cathedral, yelling and chanting as Christians worshipped. In yet another location, radical groups forced Christians to end their Christmas celebrations. (Global Christian Relief, FB reel, DecemberContinue reading “Christians Face Mob Attacks at Christmas”

Christians Arrested, Released in Iran

Praise God, Morteza Mashhoodkari is now free after completing 2.5 years of his five-year sentence for participation in a house church. In April of 2022, he and two other Iranian Christians, “Youḥanna” Ahmad Sarparast and “Farzin” Ayoub Poor-Rezazadeh were arrested and sent to Lakan Prison in Rasht for activities contrary to Islam. (Article18, December 24)Continue reading “Christians Arrested, Released in Iran”

How Christians in Hard Places Spent Christmas

ISRAEL gave special permission for the head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, to visit GAZA for a pre-Christmas Mass at the Church of the Holy Family, where Christians have been harboring in the midst of this war not their own. As Israeli drones sounded overhead, he encouraged believers toContinue reading “How Christians in Hard Places Spent Christmas”

A Covering for the Persecuted, A Savior for the Persecutors

As we pray for believers in danger throughout the world this Christmas, I have been thinking on Mary and Joseph’s escape to Egypt in Matthew 2:13-15, when Herod set out to murder Jesus. What a threat to satan’s purposes of killing, stealing and destroying is this One who came to give us abundant life. JohnContinue reading “A Covering for the Persecuted, A Savior for the Persecutors”

Prayers for Suffering Christians This Christmas

As we gather with loved ones this Christmas and worship God freely in our churches, let’s take a moment to pray together as a family for persecuted Christians throughout the world who don’t have that freedom or who are in the midst of a war not their own. Lord, we ask You for Christians inContinue reading “Prayers for Suffering Christians This Christmas”