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Dispatches for the persecuted church

THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2026
Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. Colossians 4:2

Prayer

Pray for: Tehran church to be seized after residents ordered to leave

About the dispatch

Article18·July 1, 2026

A Presbyterian church in Tehran is set to be seized, after residents in the church compound were ordered to leave their homes and worshippers told to find a different church. The confiscation of St Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran and eviction of its residents, who belong…

Read at Article18

Pray with the global church

God of Justice and Comfort, we lift up the believers of St Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran as their place of worship faces confiscation. You see the hearts of those displaced and the uncertainties they now face. Remember Your promise to be a refuge for the oppressed and a stronghold in times of trouble. Establish Your presence among these displaced families, and let Your church rise in strength and unity despite earthly setbacks. Reveal Jesus to those orchestrating this seizure, that they might encounter the One who came to seek and save the lost. Let truth and justice shine brightly in Tehran, and uphold Your people with an enduring hope and peace. For the sake of Your name and the witness of Your Church, we ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Anchored in

Psalm 9

also: Luke 19, Nahum 1