Friends, Christians in Comoros are our focus this week as we continue to pray for our sisters and brothers who face persecution for their faith. Comoros' state religion is Islam, and it's illegal for a person to share about any faith other than Sunni Islam. Any foreigner suspected of proselytizing can be deported, while local Christians who preach Christianity will be prosecuted and anyone who is found to have Christian materials in their possession faces extreme pressure. Christian worship (and any non-Islamic form of worship) cannot be carried out in public. Christians can only legally worship in three designated churches. Converts from Islam face the highest level of persecution, as leaving the Muslim faith is a crime. In late 2023, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom put Comoros on its “special watch list,” demonstrating that the country's restrictions on religious minorities – including Christians – are internationally significant. The nation's presidential election in early 2024 was marred by violent protests; the victor is the same leader who has been in power since 2016, suggesting that little will change for Christians in Comoros. The country remains a very difficult place for followers of Jesus. How can we pray for Comoros? - Please pray for Christians who find Jesus out of Islam: life can be extremely difficult for them. Pray for these believers, especially those rejected by their families and communities. - Pray that increasingly Christians will be able to worship openly, even though Islam is the state religion. - Ask God to change hearts and laws so that people in the Comoros islands will be able to follow Jesus legally even if they were previously Muslim.

Posted by World Methodist Evangelism at 2025-11-06 14:59:00 UTC