International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church is coming up on Nov. 6. Churches around the world are preparing to join in prayer for their brothers and sisters experiencing persecution worldwide. But it can be challenging to engage the entire congregation in...
As I’ve spent the past week with many of our brothers and sisters in Iraq, I’ve been constantly reminded of Paul’s words in Romans 8: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or...
“Blow up every church” and “kill every Christian” in Nigeria. That was the directive of Abu Musab al-Barnawi to his fellow Islamic militants when he became the new leader of Boko Haram earlier this year. Since 2000, the terrorist group has killed more than 11,500...
Solomon* had just begun to settle in for the evening when his phone broke the silence. “Police raid at 10 p.m.,” a friend warned him. Solomon looked at the clock and felt a rush of adrenaline course through his body — he had only minutes to hide everything. “We had...
This Nov. 6 is the International Day of Prayer (IDOP) for the Persecuted Church — a time when Christians petition God on behalf of persecuted believers around the world. Are you ready? We want to equip you with everything you need to lead a successful event or...