Release International Prayer Shields, Eritrea and Central Asia

📷 Eritrea

Continue to pray for the many prisoners of faith held in Eritrea. Many are arrested arbitrarily and held in inhumane conditions, including shipping containers in the desert.

📷 Central Asia

Pray for the New Life Pentecostal Church in Almaty, Kazakhstan, which faces charges of large-scale fraud. Police reports claim they found a weapon and ammunition on the premises – claims the church strongly denies.

📷 Central Asia

Three Baptist churches in Taraz, Kazakhstan, have been raided by anti-terrorism officers and their leaders fined. Pray for wisdom for these leaders: many Kazakh Baptists have refused to pay fines on principle.

📷 Central Asia

Administrative prosecutions limiting religious freedom – which have ranged from fines to meeting bans – have risen sharply this year in Kazakhstan. Pray that many inside Kazakhstan will find freedom in Christ.

📷 Central Asia

Pray for three Christians from Sheki, northern Azerbaijan, who were fined for holding a home Bible study. Pray that this experience will only deepen their love for the Word of God.

📷 Central Asia

Pray for wisdom for Azeri Christians Safqan and Gulnar Mammadov, each facing stiff fines for having religious literature and hosting a children’s meeting. The Shirvan Appeal Court recently rejected their appeal.

📷 Central Asia

Ask God to encourage Pastor Hamid Shabanov, leader of a church in Aliabad, Azerbaijan, who has been arrested and fined many times for hosting religious meetings, despite attempts to register his church.