UK Christians are preparing to unite this November for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church 2025.
Observed annually on the first Sunday of November, this global event calls attention to the millions of believers who face discrimination, imprisonment and violence because of their faith.
‘Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.’ Hebrews 13:3
According to Open Doors, a charity campaigning for and supporting persecuted Christians, over 380 million Christians face high levels of persecution and discrimination – that’s one in seven believers worldwide.
Release International has prepared a set of resources to support churches to mark the occasional with their congregations, including presentations, talk outlines, testimonies and a video.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is also involved in the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church 2025, with a particular emphasis on the human rights abuses
In person event
In a new development for 2025, Open Doors are hosting an all-day prayer vigil in Witney, Oxfordshire on Saturday 15 November.
You can join for as much of the day as you are able, and there is an online element in the evening if you are unable to travel.
Get involved
Please consider how you might be able to get involved in the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church 2025, both personally or as a church.
- Use the resources provided by the organisations mentioned above to raise awareness in your church of the desperate situation that many brothers and sisters around the world are in
- Use Stewardship's Causefinder to discover organisations working in the area of Justice & Human Rights. Subscribe to their news bulletins or social media to keep yourself informed year round
- Consider making a personal or community gift to a charity that supports persecuted Christians
Learn to live more generously
Join thousands receiving insights and reflections that encourage a life of generosity. Sign up to Generous today and receive a free digital copy of Money and the Gospel.
James Bishop
James is our Digital Marketing Manager and works within our Purpose team to connect Christians to the causes they care about and to inspire them to live out the freedom that active generosity offers. He works on website content and email newsletters, advertising on social media and making sure people using search engines can find us. James also contributes to campaigns such as 40acts and the Generosity Report.
Before joining Stewardship in 2025, James worked in marketing departments of all sizes, from a biotech startup to a large civil engineering consultancy and most recently a learning disability charity.
James lives in Surrey and serves in a local church as a director of their non-profit community café and on their AV team. James is reluctantly making a middle-age transition from football to golf and loves making homemade pizza and good coffee.
