Sergiy Melyanets and Natallia Vasilevich, who live outside the country, have been added to Russia's Federal Wanted List at the request of Belarus.

“The situation is undeniably difficult because we are deprived of fellowship. But God’s work must not stop”, says a church leader. 

Over 42,000 hectares burned in south-western France in a fire that forced the evacuation of 220,000 people. Authorities are “optimistic” about extinguishing the blaze.

The managers of Pinos Reales confirm in a statement that the fire had not damaged the buildings. They emphasise 'God's care and favour' and thank everyone for their prayers.

The large fire continues unabated and has destroyed at least 80,000 hectares. Over 92,000 people have been evacuated or confined.  A Christian camps centre in the area has also been affected.

The Iranian authorities have ordered the eviction of 20 Armenian and Assyrian families living in the compound of Iran’s oldest Protestant church, founded in 1876.

At least 12 people have died in the devastating wildfire in Andalusia, Spain. An evangelical pastor, speaking from the scene in Turre: “There are many difficulties in putting out the fire due to the terrain, the wind and also the heat”.

We can see the need for rest in those around us as their attitudes reflect Martha’s bad day.  But all too often, we cannot see the issue in ourselves.

How can we respond with grace and truth to stories of leaders who fall?

In an interview, Spanish pastor and journalist José de Segovia comments on the renewed spiritual interest among younger generations, the risks of social media, and the state of the evangelical witness in universities.

The National Council of Evangelicals in France says it is working with the autorities, to have places of worship that “ensure the safety of believers and the peace of residents”.

Our role is not to perform expertise, or to be the most impressive person in the room, but to help open the scroll, and sit beside young people long enough for them to meet God there.

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

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

From Uganda to the US, Christians struggle with how to respond to rising authoritarianism.

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

According to China Aid, these church leaders have “been placed under formal arrest on politically motivated charges after weeks of incommunicado detention, intense interrogation, and pressure on their families”.

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.

To summarize the current landscape, two key elements emerge: boldness among Christians and hunger among non-Christians.

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

Doing ministry amidst cultural and spiritual challenges in Turkmenistan.

“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’.

As Christian leaders, we have the opportunity—and the responsibility—to create environments where rest is natural, where disconnecting is not interpreted as disinterest, where people don’t have to earn their worth by working themselves to exhaustion.

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

That he experienced disability in his final moments helps every disabled person to know that Jesus understood a little of what they experience; he knows.