The South Asia team at CSW has had a complete change of staff in the last couple of years! We’ve said goodbye to some fantastic people, and welcomed even more on board.

Patrick and April are now in charge of CSW’s religious freedom advocacy for the whole of the South Asia region – concentrating mainly on India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

They don’t have a chance to get bored. Sadly, these countries are seeing increasing incidence of hate speech against Christians and other religious minorities – this often takes the form of religious leaders trying to stir up their followers to hatred and violence. The team is working especially on Pakistan at the moment with our Retune campaign, challenging voices of religious hatred and aiming to cut off hate speech at the source.

• Praise God for the extraordinarily talented and skilled people God continues to bring to CSW;
• Pray that the team would be blessed with inspiration for what we call ‘Holy Spirit strategies’ for South Asia;
• Pray for strong working relationships and friendships within the team and with their contacts on the ground;
• Pray that as they continue their work, especially on Retune, that doors would open and they would find favour;
• Ask God to protect Patrick and April as they travel regularly to the region to meet victims and collect first hand evidence of religious freedom violations;
• Ask God to use Patrick and April to bring comfort and hope to the victims they meet;
• Pray that God would move mightily through the South Asia team to make religious freedom a reality in that region.