Christian leaders partnering in the Middle East lament the conflict after the Israeli and US attacks on Iran. They call to seek reconciliation and pray for the protection of the most vulnerable.

The European Evangelical Alliance invites believers throughout Europe to remain faithful in intercession until peace, justice, and restoration are fully realized.

Evangelicals from Chanal and Ixmiquilpan demand justice, but the authorities ignore them and remain passive in the face of aggression and abuse.

Human rights violations against Iranian Christians include “imprisonment, exile and forced labour”, says a new report.

192 athletes in Milano-Cortina come from one of the 50 countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian, according to Open Doors.

Although all the hostages were released, new attacks in Kwara, Katsina and Benue show that the escalation of violence in the world's deadliest country for Christians continues.

Christian organisations provide aid in the midst of great hardship. “Many people have been without heating for almost the entire month”, says Mariana Laskava from Kyiv.

A training day in Madrid on abuse in Christian contexts, with experts from GRACE, explored the challenges and opportunities for restoring victims, as well as creating an integrity-based and fair church culture.

Fulani herdsmen raid the churches during Sunday school and the worship services, but the Kaduna state government denied the abductions. Eleven of the victims later escaped.

María Eugenia Prendes expressed her support for initiatives that “open the eyes to an unnoticed reality that is important to address” in faith contexts.

GRACE visits Madrid at the invitation of the ‘Psalm 15 Table’ to offer training and meet with pastors, legal experts, politicians and the media.

Nigeria, Sudan and Mali witness an increase in persecution by armed Islamist groups. Syria, China and Algeria are other places on the planet where Christians suffer restrictions and difficulties in living their faith. The Open Doors World Watch List (WWL 2026) monitors the situation of persecuted Christians around the world.

“The farmers were working on their farms when the herdsmen attacked them around 10 a.m. Four Christians are members of the same family”. 

Now for the fourth time since Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, we are celebrating the Word of God becoming flesh as angels proclaimed peace on earth. So where is the peace?

Places of worship in the southwestern German state suffered damage worth over a million euros. The figures are “stable overall”, says the government.

The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe also reports a rise “in legal restrictions affecting freedom of religion”.

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

Hopes for justice dim for victims of attacks.

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.

On 7 October 2023, Hamas attacked Israel and spent hours murdering people in the south of the country, where the Nova Music Festival was taking place. An exhibition in Berlin recalls the assault on the festival. 

Chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis condemns the “unrelenting wave of hatred against Jews” and prime minister Keir Starmer says “we must beat antisemitism”.

An international worker describes a narrow escape—and big steps forward for Christian unity, integrity, and women’s participation.

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

A cry for peacemakers in a time of violence from the Peace & Reconciliation Network USA.

Here are my thoughts about some of the things people are saying about the murder of Charlie Kirk.