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...
Jul 1, 2025 | News & Stories
At least 218 people were killed and more than 6,000 displaced after a spate of devastating attacks on mostly Christian villages in Benue State, a territory in the Middle Belt region of northern Nigeria. Islamic Fulani militants are suspected to be behind all six of...
Jun 27, 2025 | News & Stories
And you will be hated by everyone because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved. (Mark 13:13) Now brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to...
Jun 26, 2025 | News & Stories
An ICR field worker visited a Muslim village with an ICR partner in Ethiopia last year. By chance, she saw 17-year-old Ayana and greeted her. “I noticed straight away that something was different,” the field worker said. “She had an incredible radiance and smiled at...
Jun 19, 2025 | News & Stories
Haile* didn’t really have faith that God could heal the man. He prayed, but he didn’t expect anything to happen. Halie is a Bible student supported by ICR. After experiencing persecution from his family after he became a believer, Haile wanted to study the Bible and...
Jun 11, 2025 | News & Stories
Zacchaeus may have climbed a tree to see Jesus, but two Ethiopian evangelists just wanted to make a phone call. The two evangelists, Tesfay* and Dawit*, went to a remote Muslim village in Ethiopia to share the gospel. The villagers listened politely to what they had...
Jun 9, 2025 | News & Stories
Pastor G. is a missionary and gospel preacher in Ethiopia. He is 37 years old and the father of four children. He felt called to preach the gospel from a young age and has been participating in outreach ministry for a long time. He works among a tribe that is the...
Jun 1, 2025 | News & Stories
By an ICR field worker “We drive through the desert for a long time. After a longed-for rain, the desert is no longer sandy; everything is in bloom. Green meadows stretch to the horizon, and the white flowers scattered across resemble snow. Everything is happy –...
Jun 1, 2025 | News & Stories
Christianity has a long history in Ethiopia, and the Ethiopian Orthodox church has significant power in the country. But many Ethiopian Orthodox Christians don’t know or read the Bible, and they mix animist practices in with their faith. Most persecution against...
May 30, 2025 | News & Stories
Praise God that many Muslims are being reached with the gospel via social media. Pray for economic and political change in the country, and for new prospects for people. Pray for more people to come to faith in the northern region. Pray for more Christian workers in...
May 10, 2025 | News & Stories
Pray for Camila as she continues the ministry God has for her. Pray Christians in cities can support their brothers and sisters in rural regions well. Pray for Christian leaders in rural areas who are at risk from armed groups. Pray that Colombia does not return to...