Release International’s partner in Central Asia provides on-going support to Christian workers, who are active in church planting and in pastoring often scattered and isolated congregations. Pray for Pastor Pavel Shreider, who is currently in prison in Kyrgyzstan and is suffering with deteriorating health. As Release International reported earlier this year, he claims he was tortured during his interrogation. Pray for gospel ministry in Kyrgyzstan after restrictions against f

In Vietnam's more remote areas, villagers follow traditional ethnic-animist religions, and persecution can be fierce. Anybody who becomes a Christian from this background is fierce. Believers can have their homes destroyed and be expelled from the community.Local authorities crack down on Christian meetings, evangelism or Bible teaching. They may break up church services and detain, threaten, fine and sometimes imprison church leaders, ordering them not to speak about Jesus

Pastors and church members endure legal and social challenges, including denial of school admissions, burial rights, and disruptions in worship services and restrictions on gatherings. Threats and acts of violence are not uncommon.

Oct. 30, 2025 | Laos Christian Families Attacked, Deprived for Faithfulness to Christ [4] prayers in [1] nation have been posted for Christians in Laos. On Oct. 12, 2025, three families in a remote area of Laos were driven from their homes while villagers demolished their houses and confiscated their land and livestock. This attack followed weeks of growing aggression that included the chaining of a local Christian leader, Lom, to a house post for four days; Lom's family was

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25 October 2025 – Pakistan​ Christian girls as young as ten years old can be vulnerable to abduction, forced conversion and marriage. Pray that those who have been kidnapped would escape their captors and that the courts would grant them and their families justice and protection. 24 October 2025 – Pakistan​ Pray for the many Christians who are threatened when attempting to pursue justice. They are often forced to drop cases due to intimidation and threats as well as mounting,

Christians in Cameroon face pressure on multiple fronts. The most obvious one is violence and attack in regions of the country with a significant population of Muslim extremists. This is especially the case in the Far North region. Here, Islamic militants – specifically Boko Haram and Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) – regularly attack, trying to carve out a caliphate in Cameroon’s most volatile region. Christians who live in these areas are targets for violence, i

Many Muslims who come to faith in Christ lose everything: their home, their job, most of all their family. Often they are forced to flee in the face of threats to their lives. One of our partners works to provide a place of safety for those in danger. This involves secure, though temporary accommodation in a different country until a more permanent, and safe, location can be found for them. Pray for our partner, as this month he is visiting several Christians who have been fo

Oct. 23, 2025 | Laos Ostracized Christians Patient But Weary [18] prayers in [3] nations have been posted for Christian families. In a village in northern Laos, five Christian families have faced increasing persecution because they will not return to spirit worship. The village head confiscated their family registration books, which contain vital records including birth and marriage certificates, residence permits and education and professional records. This village head has

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18 October 2025 – Central Asia Pray for Pastor ‘Seb’, who leads a network of Kyrgyz churches.  He regularly travels throughout this mountainous nation to small villages, bringing encouragement to handfuls of believers who meet in secret. 17 October 2025 – Central Asia Pray for Christian leaders throughout Kyrgyzstan who are having to reconsider how their fellowships meet and work through the implications of new restrictions. May the Lord grant them great wisdom and courage. 1

Oct. 16, 2025 | Burkina Faso Christians Persevere Amid Frequent Attacks [11] prayers in [1] nation have been posted for Christians in Burkina Faso. Islamist militias attacked three different villages in eastern Burkina Faso on and shortly after July 19, 2025. "Eleven Christians have been killed, and others have been taken hostage or are missing," said a front-line worker. He added that many Christians in the area have fled their homes, and one pastor was evacuated to another

Please pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters. They need protection from prison, freedom from any imprisonment, healing from any trauma. And healing and provision for left behind family members. Please pray for them for protection from their enemies and discernment about who to trust. And provision in every way with protection and strengthening of their faith.

Those who suffer for the wrong reasons are not Christians.

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