Christians persecuted

ISIS ATTACKS CONTINUE 

Christians in northern Mozambique continue to suffer greatly due to ongoing attacks by the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS). In May 2025, several attacks occurred in Niassa province, an area that has not previously experienced Islamist violence. Front-line workers also report that 120 children have been kidnapped in Cabo Delgado by Islamists since the beginning of 2025. The fighting and danger from attacks by the ISIS militants have forced more than a million people to flee their homes in northern Mozambique. Many now live in temporary camps for internally displaced people. Pray for the safe return of the children who have been kidnapped, and pray that those who have lost loved ones in these attacks will be comforted.

FORMER ISLAMISTS MARTYRED 

• A Christian, his wife and their newborn daughter were killed by members of the man's former terrorist group. Moustafa was a prominent leader in the group, and one night he snuck into a Christian meeting, intending to cause trouble. But as a Christian woman shared about God's coming judgment, his heart was touched, and he became a follower of Christ. When he told his terrorist group about his new faith, they tried to burn him to death. He survived for three months, visited by many Islamist friends who became followers of Christ through his witness. Read More.

CHRISTIAN FAMILIES’ LOVE

DRAWS PERSECUTED ONES TO CHRIST.

• The support of Christians for a deceased believer's family has drawn his children to Christ. When Jer Sua came to faith in Christ in 2023 at the age of 64, he was already sick, and he died on May 23, 2025. Though it is customary in Lao culture for villagers to collect money to help the deceased's family, the village chief refused not only the collection but also denied him a burial plot in the cemetery. Because Jer Sua's illness had depleted his family's resources, they could not even prepare food for the funeral. However, Christians in the village came alongside the family, giving them rice and money. Read More.