10 Year Fast

Pray for Iranians around the world – This week we want to pray for two groups of people. First, let’s pray for Iranian Christians who have fled Iran as refugees to other countries. We know many Iranians who are passionate evangelists and ministers of the Gospel in the new countries they’ve called home. Pray for […]

Pray for Online Ministries to Iranians – While this last year most churches around the world have taken to offering services online because of the COVID-19 pandemic, persecution has made it necessary for many years now for Iranian ministries to use media and the internet as a primary means to spread the Gospel. Even though […]

Pray for Persecuted Iranian Christians – In Iran, it’s illegal for someone to turn away from Islam to become a follower of Jesus. When I asked my Iranian friends how we could pray for their country, one said that she knew of hundreds of Christians who have disappeared, most likely because the police arrested them […]

Pray for Iran – This month, we will be praying for Iran. While Iran is one of the harder places in the world to be a Christian, it’s also amazingly the country that has the fasting growing Christian population in the world 1 There are powerful movements to Christ happening in Iran. Many Iranians are […]

The Night of Power – The night of the 27th day of Ramadan (around May 8th in 2021) is called the Night of Power. Many Muslims stay awake to pray throughout the night because they believe angels are especially attentive in hearing and submitting their prayers to God. The Night of Power is a critical […]

Pray for Muslim-background believers in Jesus. – Ramadan is often a time of great spiritual warfare for those who have decided to leave their Islamic roots to follow Jesus. They may be in areas where they are greatly outnumbered, not to mention the inner battles that can arise as well. All the things they may […]

Why Should Christians Care about Ramadan? – Dr. David Garrison, missiologist and author, describes unprecedented movements of Muslims into the Christian faith since the early 1990s. Garrison found that in the fourteen hundred years since the beginnings of Islam, about 80 percent of those movements have happened in the last 30 years! In Garrison’s words, “We’re […]

What is Ramadan? – This month is the beginning of the Ramadan season (April 12th to May 11th). It is a special time when Muslims fast and pray with the goal of drawing near to Allah. According to Open Doors, 1.8 billion people throughout the world observe Ramadan. This is an incredible opportunity for Christians […]

Pray for: Heidi – Heidi – She is single, has been a midwife for several years, and works for the women’s health project. She told me that her cousin is married to a Russian believer in this country. Her family is Ismaili (a sect of Islam), and they are usually less strict. She has an […]

Pray for: Tammy – Tammy – She is single, studying economics in college, and helping to support her family by working as an administrative assistant for the women’s health project. Her sister used to work at our office, but she is now married and living in the capital. I spent a lot of time with […]