Barnabas Aid
Two more of the “Chibok girls” abducted by Boko Haram Islamist terrorists in April 2014 were rescued by the Nigerian military on 21 April 2023.
Hauwa Maltha and Esther Marcus, both 26, were each forced to marry Boko Haram fighters...
Six Libyan Christians who were arrested separately earlier this year are facing the possibility of the death penalty as apostates for having converted from Islam. They are also accused of proselytising others in the Muslim-majority country.
The six Libyans have...
Two separate accusations of “blasphemy” within two weeks of each other have been levelled at Christians in the same district in Pakistan.
A Christian woman and a Muslim man were arrested and charged with “blasphemy” in the Pakpattan District of...
Homayoun Zhaveh and his wife Sara Ahmadi were arrested for their membership of an Iranian “house church” in June 2019. Later convicted on national security grounds, they began their prison sentences of two and eight years, respectively, in August...
“Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honour me.” - Psalm 50:15
Iran – Prayers answered as Christian couple are acquitted and released from prison
Your prayers have been answered (see Prayer Focus Update,...
Australian missionary doctor released after eight years of being held by Burkina Faso jihadists; Around 130 killed in Christian-majority areas of Plateau State, Nigeria; Christian boys aged 17 and 12 charged with “blasphemy” in Punjab, Pakistan; Churches and church...
At least 17 killed by Islamists in southern Chad; Fourteen-year-old Christian girl held captive by Muslims in Kaduna State, Nigeria; Eleven worshippers abducted from church service in Kaduna released, 14 still held; Armenian Genocide recognised by Australian state of...
He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. - Deuteronomy 32:4
Pakistan – Christian among three from religious minorities killed by Islamists...
A Christian school in Bethlehem, supported by funding from Barnabas Aid, is celebrating 20 years of providing a Christian education to poor Christian children in a city where they are a despised minority.
The school, built largely with funding from...
Iranian Christian released from prison; More than 1,350 Nigerian believers killed by Islamists from February 2022 to January 2023; Church building destroyed and villagers forced to flee in Myanmar’s Christian-majority Karen State
Malihe Nazari, a 50-year-old Iranian Christian convert whose...
