Religious Liberty Prayer News: Lybia, Iran, Nepal, Kenya
Feb 18, 201521 Egyptian Christians beheaded in LIBYA; Imprisoned Christian to face more charges in IRAN; Church attacked; pastor captured and beaten for 3 days in NEPAL; 15-year-old girl beaten to death for converting to Christianity in KENYA
WEA Religious Liberty Prayer News: India, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan
Dec 16, 2014Indian Christians hold a candle light vigil, suspecting foul play behind the fire that destroyed the St. Sebastian's Church in New Delhi, India. The demolished Heaven's Light Church in Harar, Ethiopia. Christians fined for meeting together in Uzbekistan
Prayer Alert: 2 years on, remembering pastor Saeed Abedini
Sep 26, 201426 September, Today marks the 2nd year anniversary of pastor Saeed Abedini’s imprisonment for his faith in Iran. During a visit to Tehran, on 28 July 2012, pastor Abedini, 34, was detained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and placed under house arrest for his Christian faith.
A Prayer Request for Evangelical Schools in Ukraine and Russia
Aug 29, 2014The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) continues to receive very disturbing reports from Ukraine, including reports of the deaths of four evangelical Pastors in Eastern Ukraine - some suspect that they were targeted for being evangelicals. Please continue to pray for the whole nation, and all the peop
Praying for Government leaders in Oppressive Regimes
Aug 26, 2014More than 1.6 billion people—23 percent of the world’s population—have no say in how they are governed and face severe consequences if they try to exercise their most basic rights, such as expressing their views, assembling peacefully, and organising independently of the state. These numbers are in
An Urgent Call to Prayer For Christians in the Middle East
Aug 5, 2014As we prayed for the Muslim world through Ramadan just recently, our attention was constantly drawn to the situation in the Middle East. From Iraq to the war between Israel and Palestine, to Sudan where a Christian woman was sentenced to death for apostasy and even beyond the borders of the ME to N
WEA Religious Liberty Prayer News: Nigeria, Iraq, India
Jul 29, 201428 July, According to reports, Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and others have killed 1631 Christians in Nigeria for their faith in the first 6 months of this year. In 2013, 1783 Christians were killed for their faith. In a report released earlier this month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated
WEA Religious Liberty Prayer News: Laos, Sudan, India
Jul 7, 20145 Christians in Laos have been charged with murder after a sick woman who sought prayer from a local church, converted to Christianity and later died of an unknown illness. According to reports, the lady was sick with an unknown illness for 2 years and had approached the local church for prayer. Af
Religious Liberty Prayer Alert: Malaysian Apex Court Upholds Ban on Use of Word “Allah” by Non-Muslims
Jun 24, 2014The Federal Court of Malaysia has refused the country’s Roman Catholic Church leave to appeal the ban against the use of the word “Allah” in the Church’s weekly newspaper, The Herald.
WEA Religious Liberty Prayer News: Sri Lanka, Sudan, Kazakhstan
May 30, 2014Buddhist monks and authorities obstruct prayer meeting in SRI LANKA; 8 month-pregnant Christian woman sentenced to death in SUDAN; Christian man jailed for refusing to pay fine for holding worship service in KAZAKHSTAN.