Points of Global Intercession.

Where following Jesus carries the highest cost.

Open Doors’ 2026 World Watch List places these ten countries at the highest levels of violence and pressure against Christians. Pray for protection, courage, faithful witness, access to Scripture, justice, and comfort for families who have suffered loss.

India is ranked 12th and remains a major prayer focus; Nigeria ranks 7th overall and accounts for a large share of reported faith-related killings.

Source: Open Doors World Watch List 2026

Where freedom, opportunity, and dignity remain severely restricted.

Pray for women and girls facing barriers to education, work, movement, health care, legal protection, economic participation, and public life. Afghanistan is the clearest present emergency: women and girls remain excluded from secondary and higher education and much public employment.

Sources: World Bank—Women, Business and the Law · United Nations on Afghanistan

Where exposure and vulnerability repeatedly meet.

Earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, cyclones, droughts, landslides, and sea-level rise repeatedly threaten communities across Asia, the Americas, and highly vulnerable parts of Africa. Pray for warning systems, preparedness, protection, rapid rescue, wise leadership, and compassionate recovery.

Sources: WorldRiskReport · Climate Risk Index 2026

Where governments, laws, ideologies, or militant movements openly oppose Christian faith.

Pray where conversion is criminalized or punished, churches are controlled or attacked, Bibles are restricted, believers meet secretly, or extremist violence targets Christian communities. Ask God for bold witness, open doors, protection, religious freedom, and the breaking of spiritual strongholds.

Sources: Open Doors 2026 · U.S. International Religious Freedom Report

Where few people identify as Christian.

These are vast mission fields where many people may live without personal contact with a Christian witness. Pray for labourers, translation, access to Scripture, faithful local churches, dreams and divine encounters, and freedom to consider the gospel without fear.

Source: Pew Research Center religious composition data (2020 estimates, published 2025)

Where violence consumes lives and normalizes bloodshed.

Pray for ceasefires, protection of civilians, release of captives, restraint of armed groups, healing of trauma, justice without vengeance, humanitarian access, and the silencing of weapons. Pray also against organized criminal violence that brings war-like suffering to communities.

Sources: ACLED Conflict Index · Global Peace Index

Where fragile institutions deepen human suffering.

Weak governance, coups, factional rivalry, corruption, collapsing services, displacement, and loss of public trust can open the door to violence and exploitation. Pray for righteous leadership, stable institutions, peaceful transitions, justice, truth, and leaders who seek the welfare of their people.

Sources: Fragile States Index · World Bank—Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Pray for Israel and the peace of Jerusalem.

Scripture directly calls us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Pray for peace within her walls, protection of human life, wisdom for leaders, comfort for the grieving, release of captives, restraint of hatred, justice, reconciliation, and the knowledge of God.

Psalm 122:6–9 · Isaiah 62:1, 6–7 · Romans 10:1 · 1 Timothy 2:1–2

This is a standing biblical intercession point. It does not depend on a changing news cycle.