Political Unrest in Bangladesh Gives Islamicists Opportunity to Persecute Minorities

Bangladesh Population: 166.3 million Dominant religion: Sunni Islam Persecution ranking: 30 2024 has been a traumatic year for Muslim Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina won her fourth consecutive term as prime minister on January 8. Her political party, the Awami League, also won 75 percent of all congressional seats. Their opponents, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) boycotted [...]

URGENT: PROTECTION OF CHRISTIANS IN ODISHA, INDIA

India has been a prominent location for Christian missionary work. An Australian Christian missionary, Graham Staines dedicated much of his life to Odisha, India. The focus of his work was on leprosy patients. He arrived in India in 1965 and served them by providing medical care, education, and vocational training. The tragic death of Staines [...]

Praying For a New Gateway in India

Is the term "gateway" meaningful to you? A team of 10 people in a city in India hopes their efforts will help reach the country's 2,000 unreached people groups. This summer, they pray, share the gospel, and discipline new Christian believers. Will they find people willing to listen? [...]

Afghanistan: Where Children Work and Starve

Afghanistan Population: 32,225,560 | Christian percentage: Unknown Dominant religion: Islam | Persecution ranking 10 June 12 was the annual World Day Against Child Labor, which brought scrutiny to every country, especially Afghanistan. Though its percentage of child laborers hasn't changed dramatically in the past couple of years, Afghanistan [...]

Relationships Are Opening Spiritual Doors in Hindu Nepal

Rarely can someone walk into a Hindu village and preach the gospel. One must first establish relationships based on friendship and trust. That is happening in a particular Nepali village. A missionary team spends time with the children by playing games and leading sports events. Their efforts will eventually [...]

Pakistan’s Economic Wild Ride

Pakistan Population: 199 million Christian Percentage: .7 percent Dominant religion: Sunni Islam Persecution Ranking: 7   The 2020s started out promising for Muslim Pakistan's important IT economy. In the last five years, their IT businesses grew by 178 percent. Pakistan's IT exports reached 1.29 billion in 2019. It [...]

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