Faith
Australian Law Bans Prayer for Sexual Struggles
Faith Facts
- The New South Wales government has enacted a law banning prayer for individuals seeking help with their sexuality or gender identity.
- Requests for prayer related to same-sex attraction or gender confusion now risk government sanction under this law.
- Family First Australia has pledged to restore the right to pray for anyone who asks, defending religious freedom.
In New South Wales, Australia, the government has made it illegal to pray with someone for issues related to sexuality, even if that person requests support in accordance with their faith.
This legislation, known as the Conversion Practices Ban Act, directly impacts parents, pastors, and friends who seek to support loved ones through prayer.
“If a mum, dad, pastor, or friend prays with someone who asks for help to follow God’s word, they could face sanction,” Lyle Shelton, national director of Family First Australia, warned.
The law has sparked concern among believers who see prayer as a foundational expression of religious liberty and a personal right.
“Prayer is at the heart of religious freedom,” Shelton affirmed. “If someone asks for prayer to live in line with their faith, it is an extraordinary overreach for the government to make that illegal.”
Attorney General Michael Daley confirmed the government’s position, stating, “Praying with or over a particular person in an attempt to try to change or suppress that person’s sexuality or gender is unlawful… If it’s an unlawful prayer, then it’s not a lawful prayer.”
Faith leaders and political advocates call this government move a troubling intrusion into the spiritual practices of citizens and have urged the faithful not to lose heart.
“The early church prayed for boldness in the face of threats (Acts 4:29),” Shelton encouraged. “That remains our call today.”
People of faith must continue to stand for the freedom to pray and uphold Christian values in the face of government overreach. Stay informed and pray for religious liberty to remain protected.
Faith
Spain Bolsters Shield for Persecuted Christians
Faith Facts
- Open Doors World Watch List 2026 reveals 388 million Christians endure high, very high, or extreme persecution and discrimination daily.
- Initiative addresses not just violence but daily barriers to jobs, education, and justice, turning believers into second-class citizens in many nations.
- Approved by a narrow margin despite leftist opposition, urging stronger EU, Council of Europe, and UN action against faith-based massacres.
Spain’s Congress Foreign Affairs Committee has approved a conservative Popular Party initiative to fortify protections for persecuted Christians worldwide, echoing biblical calls to defend the faith amid rising global threats.
MP Maribel Sánchez highlighted religious freedom as a core human right, enshrined in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, serving as a vital measure of true democracy rooted in God’s design for human dignity.
“These are not isolated incidents”
declared Sánchez, but a
“structural pattern”
fueled by authoritarian regimes and wars eroding God-given freedoms.
PSOE’s socialist spokesperson accused conservatives of Islamophobia.
Vox and even some leftists affirmed the urgent need to safeguard vulnerable Christian minorities from kidnappings, assaults, and jihadist terror, upholding Judeo-Christian values.
“It’s not that everyone is being persecuted all the time, but they live in a context where they are vulnerable and their rights are limited in their daily lives”
notes Open Doors Spain director Ted Blake.
Stand with our persecuted brethren through prayer and advocacy—defend faith, family, and freedom as patriots rooted in Scripture.
Faith
Gospel Surges in Iran After Tyrant’s Fall
Faith Facts
- Pray for restraint from leaders to avert wider war, protecting vulnerable children, pregnant women, elderly, and sick as in Psalm 91.
- Pray against regime hardliners, civil war, or military dictatorship, for just rulers granting freedom, dignity, and faith choice without fear.
- Praise God for Iran’s tested Church, serving with Christ’s love; even post-massacres, seekers turn to Jesus through believers’ compassion.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, architect of decades of repression including Christian persecution and massacres, was killed in US-Israeli strikes.
Despite ongoing chaos, Iranians show unprecedented openness to Christ, with the underground Church growing amid crisis.
“The underground Church in Iran has been tested through persecution, conflict, and economic crisis,” says David Yeghnazar of Elam Ministries.
“And through it all, by God’s grace, the Church has continued to grow. Even after the January massacres, people were turning to Christ as believers reached out with compassion.”
“Regardless of the direction in which things now develop politically, we are in a season of unprecedented openness to the gospel among Iranians.”
Join global Christians in fervent prayer for peace, God-fearing leaders, and bold Gospel witness to light Iran’s darkness as in Isaiah 60:1.
Faith
Why Greens Reject Biblical Values
Faith Facts
- Greens push decriminalization of all drugs, including cocaine and date-rape drug GHB, ignoring how chemical self-destruction harms the body made in God’s image, as seen in Seattle’s fentanyl crisis.
- Party backs abortion up to birth and assisted suicide, devaluing vulnerable life contrary to God’s command to protect the sanctity of every human from conception.
- Supports self-ID for gender transitions and puberty blockers for children, undermining God’s design for male and female while expelling members affirming biological reality.
Hannah Spencer’s Green Party by-election win signals a shift toward ideologically driven politics in Britain, drawing disillusioned voters with environmental stewardship that echoes biblical care for creation.
Yet beneath this appeal lies opposition to Christian principles on human dignity, life, and freedom.
Christians must reject such policies and support parties upholding faith, family, and freedom of conscience in Britain’s Parliament.
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