Jan 15, 2020 | Afghanistan, Algeria, Burkina Faso, China, Colombia, Egypt, Eritrea, Increase Awareness, India, Iran, Join as an Intercessor, Knowing the WWL, Libya, Morocco, News, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Prayer, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Testimonies, World Watch List Prayer Resources
From Sub-Saharan Africa to China, Christians experience high levels of persecution In Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday more than 250 people, 45 of them children, were killed in attacks on three churches and hotels; more than 500 people were injured. Bombs killed 20 at a...
Dec 12, 2019 | News, Prayer, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Testimonies
On Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, Dukashini’s life changed forever. The 12-year-old Sri Lankan girl lost her mother, Girija, to the Easter Sunday Bombings in Batticaloa. Girija attended Zion Church, one of the places attacked in the terrorist attacks that Sunday....
Aug 22, 2019 | Egypt, Indonesia, Libya, News, Nigeria, Philippines, Prayer, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Testimonies
In northern Nigeria sexual violence survivors paint self-portraits to share their stories In May, the UN General Assembly passed* a resolution designating 22 August as the UN International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief....
Apr 21, 2019 | News, Prayer, South Asia, Sri Lanka
Destruction inside St Sebastian’s in Negombo posted on the church’s Facebook page As Christians in Sri Lanka gathered to celebrate Easter Sunday, eight explosions hit three churches, as well as four hotels and one house. A police spokesman has confirmed the total...
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...
Dec 13, 2018 | News, Prayer, South Asia, Sri Lanka
“Buddhism is peaceful by nature, but it is necessary to resort to violence… to avoid having the peaceful religion ‘wiped out’.” Ashin Wirathu, leader of the 969 extremist Buddhist movement in Myanmar. Many people would find it surprising...
