Sep 11, 2025 | News & Stories
If you want to get baptized in parts of India right now, you would have to sign a sort of waiver. That waiver is a declaration that you are voluntarily deciding to convert to Christianity. And as you stood in the baptismal waters before a congregation of believers,...
Sep 8, 2025 | News & Stories
“The reason for the persecution in India is usually the growth of the churches and the associated change in society. People from the lower castes suddenly see themselves as valuable, and they want a better education and thus jeopardize the status of the higher...
Sep 2, 2025 | News & Stories
Yesterday, an ICR partner was speaking with a believer in the Middle East, and he heard heartbreaking news. An Afghan brother in Christ, Zia, was martyred because of his faith in Jesus. According to those in the community, he was the very first Christian in the Afghan...
Aug 21, 2025 | News & Stories
Life in Gaza today is bleak, but even in this seemingly hopeless situation, the Lord is drawing people to himself. ICR partners say they have never seen such openness to the Gospel. The team heard a testimony earlier of a Muslim man who came to Christ after meeting a...
Aug 18, 2025 | News & Stories
Prayer Resource – Eritrea
Aug 10, 2025 | News & Stories
How do you share the gospel in a communist country where most people are Buddhists? ICR partners in Southeast Asia have found opportunities in the natural rhythms of life. People are willing to attend the funerals and birthday parties of Christians, even if they...
Aug 5, 2025 | News & Stories
Like many of the countries where ICR supports Christians, Southeast Asia is complicated. This communist, Buddhist-majority country has hosted large evangelical crusades, although most people in the region would be against a family member converting to Christianity....
Jul 20, 2025 | News & Stories
Pray that they will not feel alone or forgotten (Matthew 28:20). Pray that God would knit your heart to theirs (1 Corinthians 12:26). Pray for faithful perseverance (Hebrews 10:32-36). Pray that believers will be prepared for persecution (1 John 3:13). Pray for...
Jul 16, 2025 | News & Stories
Pray for protection for new Christians. Pray for those shepherding new congregations, since it is difficult to visit them. Pray for good leaders for new churches. Pray for good relations with authorities and police. Pray for Christians who are pressured to remain firm...
Jul 15, 2025 | News & Stories
By ICR partner Carlos R. The murder of the Christian leaders of Calamar manifests a violence that is difficult to comprehend. How did someone come to the decision to end the lives of six men and two women in this way? At first glance, there is no explanation, unless...
Jul 11, 2025 | News & Stories
Last week, Colombian authorities confirmed that bodies found in a mass grave in Guaviare state were eight evangelical leaders who have been missing since April. According to Protestante Digital, the victims were part of a humanitarian commission sent out by the...
Jul 7, 2025 | News & Stories
THE NUMBER OF PERSECUTED believers in difficult countries who say they were not surprised to be persecuted amazes me. “It’s in the Bible,” they say. Yet, that’s not how I think of persecution. I don’t expect to be persecuted. Our North American evangelical culture...