International Prayer Connections
HONG KONG (AP) — Police in Hong Kong fired tear gas Saturday at protesters who defied authorities’ warnings not to march in a neighborhood where six days earlier a mob apparently targeting demonstrators brutally attacked people in a train station. Protesters wearing black streamed through Yuen Long, even though police…
Confirmation that the attack involved a Filipino would mark a major escalation in terror tactics in the Southeast Asian nation, where authorities had long said suicide bombings went against local culture, analysts said.” This is yet another illustration of the cost of authorities’ refusal to consider Islam as a motivating…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed legislation that suspends the country's participation in the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty between Moscow and Washington. The law, which was backed by parliament last month, was published on the government portal for legal information on July 3. In February, the United…
The U.S. charge d’affaires in Kyiv has condemned Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine after reports of deadly attacks on medical personnel and called on Moscow and the “forces it backs” to end the fighting “immediately.” “Attacks by Russia-led forces on medical personnel show a complete lack of respect for human…
Do you notice anything different about the photo on the right? It was taken earlier this year and shows a group of Christians from the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China. The photo shows faithful believers meeting in a public park after their services were shut down and their…
WASHINGTON — Evangelical missionary Andrew Brunson said Thursday that the authoritarian crackdown and struggling economy in Turkey are causing more Muslim Turks to show interest in the Bible at a time in which the “storm clouds” of Christian persecution seem to be forming. Brunson, a North Carolina native who spent…
'Have been harassed in more countries than any other religious group' There are some 197 countries around the world. And in 144 of them, Christians are persecuted, according to a report commissioned by the British government. There is widespread evidence showing that “today, Christians constitute by far the most widely…
Pray for something so big and dramatic to happen in Pakistan that can only be explained by it being the work of God. Missionary Visas Missionaries are still being thrown out of the country, even some that have visas are losing them. Pray this situation will be resolved. Muslim leaders…
"The Trump administration honored a Nigerian Muslim Imam last week among its first-ever International Religious Freedom Award winners for his efforts that saved hundreds of Christians during a 2018 terrorist attack," reports LifeSiteNews. "Imam Abubakar Abdullahi of Nigeria selflessly risked his own life to save members of another religious community,…
The latest atrocity is believed to be in retaliation to an incident when villagers fought off a Boko Haram attack two weeks ago. The attack on civilians is the deadliest in the region so far this year. Eleven other people were wounded during the midday attack in Budu near Maiduguri…
Numerous prophesies over the past decades have identified the nation of Canada’s end-time destiny to be one of healing to the nations. The past 4 years have seen a government which has advanced a secular global agenda in political, economic and socio/sexual arenas. As we approach an October election, many…
Iran (MNN) — Tensions rise between the United States and Iran amid sanctions, threats, and fights over missiles, nuclear deals, oil stores, and shipping routes. Last week, Iran tested ballistic missiles as the U.S. worked with allies to safeguard ships in the Strait of Hormuz. According to Middle East Monitor,…