Prayer Alerts

Pakistan Sentences Two Christian Brothers to Death

December 18, 2018

Two Christian brothers, accused of blasphemy after a mistaken identity, were sentenced to death last week by a Pakistan court. World Watch Monitor reports that Qaisar and Amoon Ayub were arrested for allegedly posting “disrespectful material” on their website. Qaisar said he closed the account in 2009 but a Muslim acquaintance brought it back online while…

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Chinese Police Raid Church, Arrest Leaders

December 12, 2018

Chinese officials swept up the outspoken pastor of a prominent house church in Chengdu along with elders, members, seminary students and parents of students in a crack-down on Sunday night, December 9, 2018. Several government departments scoured the city to locate the Christians in their homes and workplaces. “Police have broken down doors, swarmed apartment…

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Pray for Christians in Egypt

November 30, 2018

CFI received this report from our co-worker in Egypt: On Sunday evening, 25 November, a Coptic Christian minor girl named Mary Hanna, from the village of Salamoun, Tema, disappeared. Mary had gone to Saint Mary Coptic Orthodox church in Salamoun village at 6:00 pm to attend the church prayer meeting. After the prayer meeting at…

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