Source: Global Christian Concern, October 28, 2026
I was reading through prayer requests from the field when one of them stopped me.
It came from a widow living in a camp for displaced families in Nigeria. She had fled her home with nothing but her children. When a medical team reached her, she was sick with malaria that had gone untreated. They gave her treatment and a bag of rice, and she wept.
Then she asked for prayer for everyone in the camps:
“Pray for all of us living in IDP camps—that we will never feel forgotten by God or the Church. Pray for safe return to our ancestral homes and for complete healing from malaria and trauma.”
Not forgotten by God or the Church.
She isn’t the only one asking.
In the same set of requests, an elderly widow in Nigeria asked us to pray “that elderly widows across Nigeria continue to be remembered, honored, and protected.”
In India last winter, a group of Christian families had to look for shelter somewhere else after severe persecution in their village. When a team brought them rice, flour and cooking oil, one of their pastors said, “This support reminded us that we are not forgotten.”
Two countries. The same hope—that the rest of the family hasn’t forgotten them.
Read more. And ask the Lord to touch hearts of those who observed the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church last Sunday (November 1) or will do so this coming week (November 8).
“You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, sufferings … In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” – 2 Timothy 3:10-12
Note that on Sunday, November 8, nearly 1.2 billion Hindus worldwide will celebrate Diwali, the most significant holiday in Hinduism each year. See Praying for Hindus During Diwali (Radical).
Looks like Radical also has some new “explainer” videos you might have a use for. See Rethinking the Great Commission.