Gafur*, a pastor from a Central Asian country, has been arrested for hosting an evangelistic event at his protestant church. (* Name has been changed) During the month of August, Pastor Gafur teamed up with the state Bible society to
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Gafur*, a pastor from a Central Asian country, has been arrested for hosting an evangelistic event at his protestant church. (* Name has been changed) During the month of August, Pastor Gafur teamed up with the state Bible society to
Read moreIranian Christians and Middle East Concern have requested prayer for three Muslim background believers who have been sentenced to 80 lashes each for drinking wine in a communion service. The three men were arrested at a house church gathering in
Read moreA number of areas of Syria have been rocked by bombing raids just hours after the US and Russia sealed an ambitious agreement aimed at breathing life back into a struggling peace process. According to Al Jazeera, more than 100
Read moreSlimane Bouhafs, a 49-year-old Algerian Christian convert from Islam, has been sentenced to three years in prison for “offending the Prophet [Muhammad]” and “denigrating the creed and precepts of Islam”. The charges stem for a face book post in July, when
Read moreA chapel for Christian inmates has opened at Landhi Prison in southern Pakistan, after being built with the help of a charity called Angel Patient Care Services. Christian social activists and prison authorities jointly inaugurated the chapel on 5th August.
Read moreIn an update to the request for prayer on 19th August, https://pray.interserve.org/sudan-pastors-face-possible-death-penalty/ Middle East Concern and Christians in Sudan have requested further prayers for the four church leaders detained by the Sudanese authorities. The trial of the four Christians has
Read moreMiddle East Concern, along with relatives and friends, are requesting prayer for three Azeri Christians and an Iranian Christian who were arrested on 24th June and remain in detention in Tehran. On Friday 24th June, security agents raided an engagement
Read moreTwo months ago, a group of Muslims abducted a 14-year-old Christian girl, Mehwish’s, in Faisalabad, Pakistan, and later killed her father when he tried to bring her home. Tanveer Masih, 42, Mehwish’s father, lived with his family lived in Khalid
Read moreThree Christians working with Bibles4Mideast who were reported missing a week ago (see June 17th Prayer Request), have been reunited with their co-workers and have an amazing story to tell of their abduction and subsequent escape from a locked basement
Read moreYesterday, June 20th, was World Refugee Day. At the Sabra refugee camp in Beirut, 12-year old Abdul Jabar Satouf lives with his grandmother Khadija and other family members, and works about 48 hours a week as a mechanic’s apprentice. “I’m
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