Jun 29, 2020 | Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, News, Pakistan, Philippines, Prayer, Sri Lanka, Syria, Testimonies, Vietnam
The coronavirus pandemic is a health crisis, but for many poor people around the world, it is also a crisis of food and basic needs. When the coronavirus forced countries to close their borders and brought societies and economies to a standstill, many day laborers and...
Sep 19, 2019 | Nepal, News, Prayer, South Asia, Testimonies
Image: A woman in the Adult Literacy Project in Nepal which is aimed to provide basic education to Christians from very poor sections of the society, especially the Christians who are persecuted. The situation for Christians in Nepal has deteriorated this year as the...
Feb 12, 2019 | Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Nepal, News, Nigeria, Pakistan, Prayer, Sri Lanka, Tunisia
While our research for the 2019 World Watch List shows that gendered persecution is particularly prevalent in Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Colombia, and the Central African Republic, here’s a quick look at what’s happening to female believers in several of the countries on...
Jul 26, 2018 | Nepal, News, Prayer, South Asia, World Watch List Prayer Resources
A Nepalese church service Nepal didn’t feature on the World Watch List in 2017. However, this year the country is ranked #25. As one of the only Hindu majority countries in the world, life is beginning to change for those who choose to follow Jesus in Nepal. ...
Apr 12, 2017 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, News, Pakistan, Prayer, South Asia, Sri Lanka
Image: A Muslim Mosque in South Asia “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of...
Apr 3, 2017 | Nepal, News, Prayer, South Asia
Image: Nepal Church One way in which the freedom of religion or belief in a country can be measured is whether minorities are permitted to carry out their own rituals during key ‘rites of passage’ such as birth, marriage and death. One of the world’s fastest-growing...
