The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Christians calls on Christians worldwide to “remember and stand for those who share our faith but not our freedom”.

News about what is happening to Christians in Nigeria has gone viral. What is the truth? What can you do about it?

An Algerian man was acussed of “murder in connection with a terrorist organisation”. “This is more than a crime, is a message, a political act”, said the lawyer of the victim's family.

Wissam al-Saliby, president of 21Wilberforce, analyses the situation of Nigeria after meeting with Nigerian Christian ministry leaders and public servants.

Christian leaders in Nigeria believe herdsmen attacks are inspired by their desire to forcefully take over Christians’ lands and impose Islam.

“We were framed under a completely fabricated case”, said a pastor who was arrested along with his wife and a Christian family of three.

Ashur Sarnaya, a 45-year-old Assyrian Christian in a wheelchair, was stabbed to death in Lyon near his home. Videos of him talking about his faith had tens of thousands of views on social media.

The massacre, claimed by the terrorist group ADF, took place at a funeral. The terrorists burned around 30 houses and other Christian properties before leaving. The central African country has become a frequent target for jihadists.

Pentecosal pastor Nikolay Romanyuk was accused of opposing war against Ukraine. “I do not retract my sermon”, he said in court.

Russian police in Eastern Ukraine raided a Baptist church in Sverdlovsk during Sunday service. They filmed those in attendance and photographed books.

A report of the Turkish Association of Protestant Churches also denounces that foreign Christians were deported, refused entry to Turkey or denied residence permits and visas in 2024.

“Not one has been charged or brought before a court”, denounces the consortium of organisations Voices 4 Justice. Eritrea is known as the ‘North Korea of Africa’.

Valerica Strubert recounts how she was professionally marginalised during the final years of the country's communist dictatorship.

The United Nations has designated August 22 each year as its International Day Commemorating Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. This should be an important day on the Christian calendar.

The Attorney General's Office organised an act of reparation, and also revealed how the murders took place.

Officers evacuated 36 people. District officials issued a statement asserting that the church would not take legal action against the assailants.

They were members of a humanitarian commission that disappeared last April. The evangelical community in the country is shocked: “Deep consternation and rejection of the vile murder”.

Most of those killed were Christian farmers who stayed at a centre for displaced people that was set on fire. The attacks lasted for five days.

‘No God But Theirs’ (a one-hour documentary in English) tells the case of Melitopol, a Russian-occupied city in southeastern Ukraine where Christians responded to the invasion with public prayer and mutual support.

We must pray for wisdom and humility as we support those leaders who navigate challenges we in the West may never fully understand.

A mob desecrated the grave of a recently deceased Christian. Believers are continually attacked, while the Parliament debates taking action against churches, says Middle East Concern.

The rise in political and church conflicts globally makes responding graciously even more important for Christians.

Rights advocates said it was quite likely that the impoverished Christian was targeted by a “blasphemy business group” that has entrapped hundreds of innocent persons.

Members of different churches belonging to the Sudan Council of Churches were arrested when they were on their way to a thanksgiving prayer meeting of a body known as the Inter-Church Committee.

Over 640 verified incidents against Christians are documented in a new report of the Evangelical Fellowship of India. “Many victims are too afraid to file complaints due to fear of police inaction, intimidation, or retaliation”.