News and Reports

Bishop Rolando Alvarez Lagos – Nicaragua RELEASED!

Published on: March 4, 2024

BACKGROUND SUMMARY Rolando Álvarez Lagos served as Bishop of Matagalpa from 2011 until his arrest in 2022. The anti-government protests of 2018 saw hundreds of priests, activists, students, and political leaders imprisoned. In the years following, arrests continue and, as a result, tens of thousands of Nicaraguans have fled into exile, witnessing the violent response […]

Ebrahim Firouzi: Persecuted Iranian Christian Has Passed Away at 37

Published on: March 4, 2024

LATEST UPDATE! It is with a heavy heart that we share with you the sad news that Christian convert Ebrahim Firouzi, 37, has passed away into glory. He was a faithful, genuine, and humble follower of Jesus. In the face of persecution and exiled to Sistan and Baluchestan, a remote Islamic area of Iran bordering […]

John Cao-China RELEASED!

Published on: November 14, 2023

BACKGROUND SUMMARY John (Sanqiang) Cao, a Chinese national, is a Protestant pastor and missionary. His wife and two children are U.S. citizens. Since 1990, Cao has been a U.S. permanent resident. Cao served as a pastor to churches in the USA and established Bibles schools in China. For the past ten years, his work has […]

Pastor Nadarkhani-Iran RELEASED

Published on: November 10, 2023

BACKGROUND SUMMARY After almost 14 years of praying for the freedom of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, we can share the good news that he was released from Evin Prison in Iran in February 2023 and is once again free. Pastor Nadarkhani, a church leader in the Church of Iran denomination, was among three Christian converts, including Hadi […]

Saheb (Zaman) Fadaie-Iran RELEASED

Published on: November 10, 2023

BACKGROUND SUMMARY Saheb (Zaman) Fadaie was a member of the leadership team of the Church of Iran – a Unitarian denomination. Over the past years, Iranian authorities have detained and arrested a number of the church’s members, including Saheb, who was initially sentenced to 10 years in prison for his membership in and leadership of house churches and […]

Pastor Anooshavan Avedian – Iran RELEASED!

Published on: November 9, 2023

BACKGROUND SUMMARY After serving one year in Tehran’s Evin Prison, Pastor Avedian was acquitted and released in September 2024. On the same day that Pastor Joseph Shahbazian was released from prison, Pastor Anooshavan Avedian, 61 years old, was summoned to begin serving his 10-year sentence in Evin Prison, Tehran. Pastor Avedian was initially arrested a […]

Praise report! Pastor Farshid Fathi is free!

Published on: December 22, 2015

Great News! I am so happy to report that Farshid Fathi, an Iranian Christian who has been in prison for his faith and service to Jesus Christ since December 2010, was released yesterday, December 21st. What great news this is for him and his family and for all the Christians around the world who have […]