30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening Verses for contemplation: Isaiah 42:1-9 Of the 4,476 Christians worldwide who died last year for their faith, 3,100 were martyred in Nigeria. Attacks on churches in that country during worship have become tragically commonplace, along with mass shootings and abductions (2,830 last year). Since the beginning of 2025,Continue reading “Day 13: West Africa”
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Drought in Brazil, Floods in Morocco, Chad, Yemen
Heavy rain in the normally dry mountains and deserts of MOROCCO and ALGERIA caused the deaths of more than 20 people over the weekend, including visitors from CANADA and PERU. The storms hit some of the same areas affected by last year’s earthquake. More than 340 have died in CHAD over the past few weeksContinue reading “Drought in Brazil, Floods in Morocco, Chad, Yemen”
Day 13: West Africa
30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening Verses for contemplation: Isaiah 42:1-9 Of the 4,998 Christians worldwide who died last year for their faith, 82 percent were martyred in Nigeria. That is an average of 14 believers murdered per day in that one country alone! Attacks on churches during worship have become tragically commonplace, alongContinue reading “Day 13: West Africa”
2024: “Super Election Year”
Join us for 30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening, March 11-April 9, 2024. This year is perhaps the biggest election year in history, as more than 60 nations expect to hold national elections involving some 2 billion voters. With a population of 1.44 billion, India‘s Lok Sabha (House of the People) election in April/MayContinue reading “2024: “Super Election Year””
Refugees in the News This Week
Pakistan is forcing 1.5 million undocumented Afghan refugees and migrants out of their country. So far, more than 250,000 have returned homeless to impoverished Afghanistan just as winter comes. Refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan have reported mass killings of perhaps 800 people, most from the Masalit ethnic group in a camp for internally displaced people.Continue reading “Refugees in the News This Week”
Where Tensions Are Rising
These last few days in the RUSSIA-UKRAINE war: The shelling of a hospital in Kherson killed a doctor, injured a nurse and damaged two floors. Among other attacks to Ukraine’s food supplies, a grain storehouse in Odesa was destroyed. Meanwhile, Ukrainians are vigorously working to remove the Soviet hammer and sickle symbol from Kyiv’s prominentContinue reading “Where Tensions Are Rising”
Headline Prayers for Awakening
As we continue in our prayers for nations devastated by war, let’s also lift up those suffering from this past week’s tragic events: SYRIA: A bomb exploded near a popular Shia Muslim pilgrimage site south of Damascus this week, killing at least six people and wounding more than 20. ECUADOR: The mayor of Manta diedContinue reading “Headline Prayers for Awakening”
