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Impact Pakistan | 04 October 2023
“We have lost our home, but God will take care of us”
Blog Nigeria | 03 October 2023
Leah Sharibu: as new rumours circulate, her parents call for her release – and for prayer
Story Afghanistan | 29 September 2023
Afghan refugees share their stories of courage and faith
News Iran | 29 September 2023
Iranian pastor begins ten-year sentence in Evin Prison
Impact Pakistan | 28 September 2023
Azlan is helping Christians in Pakistan
News Armenia | 28 September 2023
Believers ask for prayer as thousands flee conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh
News Iran | 18 September 2023
Iranian prisoner Joseph Shahbazian freed from Evin Prison
News Nigeria | 14 September 2023
Student killed in Nigeria after militants set rectory ablaze
News Morocco | 12 September 2023
Please pray as Morocco reels from deadliest earthquake in more than 60 years
News North Korea | 08 September 2023
As North Korea increases surveillance to fortify border with China, Open Doors partners feel impact
Impact Philippines | 08 September 2023
Benita from the Philippines finds her hope in Jesus after mocking the local church
News Pakistan | 06 September 2023
“They piled up Bibles and hymn books and set them on fire” – three stories from Pakistan attacks
News Afghanistan | 31 August 2023
Killed for following Jesus – four stories of costly faith from Afghanistan
Story China | 30 August 2023
Who's watching Ming? Digital surveillance in China.
Impact Myanmar | 29 August 2023
Why is Ko Aung from Myanmar on the run?
News Pakistan | 24 August 2023
Update: Pakistani churches meet outside after devastating attacks
News China | 22 August 2023
Christian couple in China on the run but still discipling believers
Story Vietnam | 17 August 2023
How Vietnamese Christians are keeping the faith despite losing their homes and churches
Impact Afghanistan | 16 August 2023
Two years after Taliban takeover, football is helping restore the happiness of 40 Afghan girls
News Iran | 15 August 2023
Update: ‘Hijab enforcers’ and further arrests in Iran
News Egypt | 15 August 2023
Three Christian women left their homes in Egypt but did not return
News India | 14 August 2023
Update: Tensions in Manipur intensify and spread across India
Impact Central Asia | 10 August 2023
Fines, fun and forgiveness – the setbacks and celebrations of summer camps in Central Asia
News China | 08 August 2023
Chinese schoolchildren asked to renounce their Christianity
News Niger | 03 August 2023
Update: Niger's ruling junta calls for citizens to mobilise
Impact Iraq | 02 August 2023
An unusual Bible competition in Iraq
Impact Iraq | 01 August 2023
Sewing support for Sermad from Iraq – “My thanks come from the bottom of my heart”
Blog World | 01 August 2023
Mervyn pens his 6,000-mile adventure to the Arctic Circle
Story China | 31 July 2023
Imprisoned for going to church: tightening restrictions in China
News Sri Lanka | 28 July 2023
Protestant priest facing severe backlash from Catholic church in Sri Lanka
News Sudan | 27 July 2023
Christians at greater risk as Sudan conflict escalates
Story Iraq | 25 July 2023
God never abandoned Farah – and Farah will never abandon Iraq, thanks to your prayers
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