"May God bless you, I thank God for your existence, that God gave you to us in this difficult situation. I know that you don’t have much financial power, but you still helped us, you always gave us hope. May God bless you a thousand times."
Adam*, Afghan convert, 2025.
Emergency Relief
Providing critical support and protection for persecuted minorities during crises.
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Christianity is currently the world’s most persecuted religion.
1 in 7 Christians are persecuted worldwide. Violent persecution is forcing more believers to flee their homes than ever before – a 7% increase in just one year. Many are driven from their home countries because they follow Jesus, facing imprisonment, torture, and even death.
After fleeing to neighbouring countries, they are frequently denied basic rights. In most instances, their faith remains illegal. They wait in limbo, often for years – with no certainty, home, education, job, and no clear future.
Unknown Leaders: Standing in the Gap
Adam* is a Christian leader from Afghanistan who fled to Pakistan for safety. As the head of a house-church network, he cared for over 60 displaced Christian families.
"We've shared our faith in Jesus openly, making us known and vulnerable. If we return to Afghanistan, our commitment to the Gospel puts us at serious danger."
Adam connects these families with Philoi to provide medical care, housing, electricity, food, and visa support. Despite being physically assaulted multiple times by extremists in Pakistan, he continues to serve these vulnerable families with courage and devotion.
He shelters believers who arrive with nothing:
"I helped Peyman secretly escape and took him to the room I had rented for him. I borrowed some money to buy carpets and mattresses, and I gave him a pillow and blanket from my own home...
Hewad* was tortured by the Taliban for being both Hazara and Christian. He has no one in Pakistan. I'll look after him, and arrange for someone to help care for him."
We support ‘unknown leaders’ like Adam in over 11 countries, sustaining displaced Christian communities with no other support. But the need is overwhelming.
"Our Christian families are living in the worst conditions. They are homeless - mostly women and children. I see their suffering and my heart aches. Please help them if possible. Please pray for us."
Emergency relief helps displaced believers survive, endure hardship, and hold onto hope.
Through countless conversations with our friends in exile, we have learned that their greatest need is not only food or shelter – it is hope.
Practical provision is one of the ways God preserves hope in His people (Acts 2:44 – 45, 2 Corinthians 8). When you give, you are doing more than meeting a physical need. You are telling a displaced brother or sister:
You are not forgotten.
Partner with us to sustain displaced believers in limbo.
Help keep their hope alive until waiting gives way to safety and freedom.
What Your Support Provides
Your partnership enables us to respond quickly and compassionately with:
- Medical emergencies
- Housing and accommodation support
- Psychosocial and emotional support
- Food assistance
- Non-food item support
- Legal assistance (asylum, refugee status, documentation)
- Transportation and evacuation support
