May 14, 2019 | Burkina Faso, News, Prayer, Testimonies, West Africa
Pastor Pierre Ouédraogo (Photo: World Watch Monitor) Burkina Faso, a West African nation, Islamic extremists have attacked a church and taken lives in the process. Six Christians, including Pastor Pierre and his two sons, did not survive the attack. Burkina Faso has...
May 4, 2019 | Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Join as an Intercessor, News, Nigeria, Prayer, Prayer Warrior Enrollment, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, World Watch List Prayer Resources
Image: An MBB woman whose life was transformed by becoming more passionate in Christ and His Word. These persecuted Christians are likely the future of Christianity. How can you encourage and support them as they persevere and grow in their faith? For Abbas*, a...
May 2, 2019 | Advocacy Campaign, News, Nigeria, Prayer, Testimonies, West Africa
In northern Nigeria sexual violence survivors paint self-portraits to share their stories, as God transforms tears of mourning to joy. All in a row, nine women proudly hold up vibrant paintings to be displayed. Each is a self-portrait with glistening tears of gold,...
Apr 12, 2019 | News, Nigeria, Prayer, Testimonies, West Africa
Hannatu Dauda’s daughter Saratu, one of the kidnapped Chibok girls It has been five years since the horror-night of April 14th, 2014 when live changed for good for the people of the dusty village of Chibok, Borno State, northern Nigeria. 275 girls, most of them...
Feb 19, 2019 | News, Nigeria, Prayer, Testimonies, West Africa
Today (19 February) marks one year since the capture of fifteen-year-old Nigerian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu from her school in Dapchi. Leah’s mother, Rebecca Sharibu, has called on the Nigerian government to expedite her release. Speaking in tears at a press...
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...
