Church in Chains

Church in Chains is an independent Irish charity that encourages prayer and action in support of #persecuted Christians worldwide. RCN: 20204832

[Church in Chains @ChurchinChains]

In Pakistan, Nadia Nadeem and her husband Nadeem Masih are appealing for the return of their kidnapped thirteen-year-old daughter Amber, who was abducted, converted to Islam and married to a Muslim man and is being held in police custody while legal proceedings are ongoing.https://t.co/DUNdcUQ6Pk

[Church in Chains @ChurchinChains]

Where Is Mary Mohammadi? The 27-year-old Iranian Christian convert who is a well-known human rights defender and journalist and a former prisoner of conscience, disappeared in late February and has not been heard from since then. Amnesty International believes that she is being detained by the Iranian authorities.https://t.co/dX0dxjsAIk

[Church in Chains @ChurchinChains]

Last weekend, members of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China travelled to a hotel where they began their weekend away. However, the weekend ended suddenly on Sunday morning when police raided the worship service and took away 33 church members. https://t.co/nBDlOPZbkz

[Church in Chains @ChurchinChains]

The #Egyptian government has legalised 191 more church buildings. The executive order was issued following a meeting of a high-level government committee. It brings the total number of churches and buildings granted legal status in Egypt to 3,804 since the committee began its work in 2017 https://t.co/dydlhjFSJ8

[Church in Chains @ChurchinChains]

Last Sunday (31 May), between 25 and thirty Christians were injured, including a pastor and his pregnant wife, when a crowd of extremists attacked a worship gathering in Sadrapal, a village in #Sukma district in the central Indian state of #Chhattisgarh. An eyewitness reported that eight people sustained severe head injuries and that their condition is critical.
https://t.co/HxoFlxh9z6

[Church in Chains @ChurchinChains]

"Eritrea – Set Them Free" was the simple chant outside the Eritrean Embassy in London as we joined CSW, Human Rights Concern Eritrea and Release Eritrea to call again for the release of all Christian prisoners in #Eritrea https://t.co/U99Vd35SwN

[Church in Chains @ChurchinChains]

Twenty four Christians have been released from prison in Eritrea – most had been held without charge for over two years but one of them had been in prison for over 18 years https://t.co/1S59JMrTvs

[土豆妈（方鸿） @fanghong00]

山西临汾圣约家园教会的李洁传道、韩晓栋传道昨天出狱，与家人团聚。
正如诗篇30篇所描写的，耶和华已将他们的哀哭变为跳舞，将他们的麻衣脱去，披上喜乐。

[Church in Chains @ChurchinChains]

This church building in Odisha state was destroyed by Hindu militants last November – just one of 747 incidents of hostility, intimidation, violence and discrimination against Christians across India in 2025 that are documented in a new report from the Evangelical Fellowship of India https://t.co/8l5C75kPr7

[Church in Chains @ChurchinChains]

Where is Simin? The family of Simin Soheilinia, who has been serving a ten-year sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison, is concerned for her safety. Simin was due for release before the war began on 28 February but has not been heard from since. https://t.co/F2RxKI8oMu

[Church in Chains @ChurchinChains]

"They demanded that I chant the Hindu slogan, 'Jai Shri Ram [Hail lord Ram],' but I said, 'Jai Yeshu [Hail Jesus],' and they hit me again – the words of brave Indian pastor Bipin Bihari Naik who was brutally attacked by a mob of 150 Hindu militants. https://t.co/LHSiUo3MpK

[Church in Chains @ChurchinChains]

Young people from the Mahalians praise group (pictured) are among 177 Eritrean Christians from evangelical and Pentecostal churches recently released from prison on conditional bail. https://t.co/8m71wGtNUH

[Church in Chains @ChurchinChains]

How should we pray for the church in Iran?
As we view with alarm pictures of the Iranian regime firing on protesters across the country, the church in Iran is still seeking to minister to others.https://t.co/H3CPqsSrbj

[CSW Advocacy (INACTIVE) @CSWadvocacy]

CSW  has launched a campaign calling on the Premier League to hold Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour to account for the UAE's role in the conflict in #Sudan.

Read more about it and sign the petition here: https://t.co/5kh9zETtSW #EyesOnSudan #KeepEyesOnSudan #UAE #FreeSudan

[Church in Chains @ChurchinChains]

Last Sunday (4 January), Chinese authorities surrounded the main church site of Zhejiang’s Yayang church network (pictured) with heavy construction vehicles including bulldozers. This latest move follows a pre-Christmas raid by over 1,000 police on a network of twelve independent house churches in which over 200 Christians were detained. https://t.co/HxxRsRbWw5

[Bayo Onanuga, OON, CON @aonanuga1956]

The remaining 130 schoolchildren abducted by terrorists at St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State, on November 21, have now been released. They are expected to arrive in Minna on Monday and rejoin their parents for the Christmas celebration.

One hundred were released earlier by the terrorists, taking the total of freed students to 230.

The freedom of the schoolchildren followed a military-intelligence driven operation.

[Church in Chains @ChurchinChains]

Christian convert Naser Navard Gol-Tapeh, Pastor Joseph Shahbazian and his wife Lida Alexani and converts Aida Najaflou and a
woman identified only as Mahfouz (not pictured) have been given prison sentences totalling over fifty years for their religious activities in #Iran.

[Church in Chains @ChurchinChains]

Teymur Hosseini (known as Kourosh), Zahra Gholami (known as Hannah), and Hossein Mohammadi (known as Daniel) are three Christian converts, who will spend Christmas in prison, as they all began serving two-year prison sentences on 16 November for their church activities in #Iran.

[Senator Aubrey McCarthy @carthy_aubrey]

The kidnapping of 315 children & staff from St Mary’s School in Nigeria is an attack on the basic right of every child to be safe & to learn. Ireland must stand ready to support their return.

#Nigeria #Seanad #HumanRights #Ireland

@NiamhSmythTD @IrishCathNews @MichaelPTKelly @ireland_acn @ChurchinChains