Faith Facts

• USCIRF urges U.S. redesignate Pakistan CPC for blasphemy abuses, mob violence, forced conversions.
• Four death sentences for social media posts; Christian man charged despite mental illness.
• Forced marriages of Christian, Hindu girls; Ahmadi mosques destroyed by mobs.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom warns that Pakistan’s religious freedom deteriorated in 2025 through harsh blasphemy laws targeting Christians, Hindus, and Ahmadis.

Mob violence surged, with attacks like a Christian’s throat slit over a textbook and vigilante killings refusing conversion.

Underage girls from minority families faced abductions, forced Islam conversions, and marriages, shattering Christian homes and Biblical family values.

USCIRF demands sanctions, asset freezes, and visa bans on Pakistani officials enabling such persecution against God’s people.

“China arrests underground church members, mob violence is on the rise in India and Pakistan leading to attacks on religious minorities and the destruction of their homes, Burma’s military bombs houses of worship, and Tajikistan denies parents the right to teach their children about faith,” said Vicky Hartzler, chair of the USCIRF.

“Religious freedom is a universal human right for all,” Mahmood said. “Government repression and non-state actor violence are on the rise in many places around the world, often devastating targeted religious communities and taking innocent lives.”

Stand firm for persecuted believers as Scripture commands defending the oppressed; pray for Pakistan’s minorities and U.S. leaders to protect freedom rooted in God’s truth.

Source: Christian Daily

Faith Facts

• Believers journey by boat, bus, train, even cargo truck to national discipleship event.
• Farmer empowered by faith masters drip irrigation, feeding church, orphans, and elderly.
• Minister declares Cuban love for Americans, urging continued U.S. mission outreach.

Cuba grapples with dire fuel and food shortages.

Blackouts and tensions with America compound the crisis.

Yet believers hold firm, showcasing unwavering trust in God’s providence.

As patriots rooted in Biblical resilience, we support these faithful through prayer.

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Faith Facts

• Jorge Sánchez prays nightly over crops, trusting God for pest control amid shortages.
• Church farm feeds believers, orphans, and elderly with diverse produce like beans and tomatoes.
• Sánchez confidently awaits God’s solution to fuel scarcity, perhaps a solar-powered vehicle.

Christian farmer Jorge Sánchez manages a church-operated farm in Limonar, Cuba, during a humanitarian crisis triggered by oil shortages.

Unable to obtain insecticides, he turns to prayer in his fields.

“I do pest control at night,” he said. “What I do is, I come and pray in my fields, and God takes care of all of that stuff.”

Once living wildly with drinking and chasing women, Sánchez transformed after his parents’ baptism at Versalles Church of Christ.

“No turning back, no turning back,” he sang joyfully while working the land.

The farm yields maximum produce with minimal water through drip irrigation techniques taught by missionary Bill Orange.

“He taught me a very easy way to use the water,” Sánchez noted. “I’m a very simple man. I don’t like technology.”

Biblical faith empowers Sánchez to provide balanced meals, embodying Christian charity and stewardship.

Despite unpicked crops rotting from fuel lacks, he points heavenward in assurance.

“I know that God is going to find a way.”

“If this fuel problem is not going to get fixed, then I know that God is going to send us an electric car fueled by solar power, and that’s going to be our solution.”

May Jorge’s unwavering trust inspire American believers to deepen reliance on divine provision, safeguarding faith, family, and freedoms.

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