Family forced from village. Mass arrests of Christians. Bible transforms family.

• Aug. 24, 2023 | Mali New Christian Family Pressured to Leave Village [8] prayers in [1] nation have been posted for Kalifa. Kalifa and his family were all Muslims living in a Muslim village. But then, Kalifa placed his trust in Christ during an evangelistic outreach earlier this year, becoming the first Christian in his village. When others in Kalifa's Muslim community learned about his newfound faith in Christ, they began to persecute him and his family with verbal insults and physical attacks. Read More.

• Aug. 24, 2023 | Iran Mass Arrests of Christians [8] prayers in [1] nation have been posted for Iranian Christians. Nearly 60 Iranian Christians were swept up in a sudden wave of arrests across the country in mid-July, crippling ministry work. "Most ministries have stopped their activities," said a front-line worker. His comments follow reports of three Christians arrested in Tehran on May 9, 2023. Agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Court arrived that morning with search warrants and confiscated mobile phones, laptops, books and pamphlets. Read More.

• Aug. 24, 2023 | Bhutan Bible for New Believer Transforms Family [6] prayers in [1] nation have been posted for Pema Ongma. Pema Ongmo, 27, was raised in an animist family and had never heard about Christ until a friend shared the gospel and invited her to church. Her father, a village leader, found out and forbade her to read the Bible the pastor had given her. But she started reading the Bible secretly and began to follow Christ. Her mother became ill, and her father spent all the family's resources looking for a cure. Pema told her father that the Jesus she read about in the Bible healed many people. Read More.