Pause: A Moment for the Persecuted Church

A few minutes, once a month, to Pause and pray for our persecuted family. 

Our desire is to see believers across Canada praying regularly for the persecuted church.  

Our Pause initiative is geared towards helping churches across Canada connect regularly with their persecuted family around the world. It is intended to be a pause from our regular Sunday morning programs to remember our persecuted family and lift them up in prayer. 

View the latest Pause

February 2026

Every month, a new toolkit in both English and French will be available for churches to download for free! The toolkit will include a video story, prayer points and graphics to be used by your church or adapted in whatever way works best for your church.  

You may choose to play the video on Sunday morning or have a leader retell the story and pray collectively. You may choose to share the video on your church’s social channels, or you maybe just want to post the prayer requests during a gathering.

Pause takes no more than 5 minutes but can have an eternal impact. 

View past Pause videos here.

Get notified when a new Pause toolkit drops

English and French resources are available in the toolkits.

This Giving Tuesday, you can support struggling christians in NIgeria

Ongoing attacks have left hundreds dead and thousands displaced—many of them followers of Jesus.

Open Doors partners are working with local believers to help. Your gift today can help provide urgent aid to families who have lost everything in the attacks

A Giving Tuesday gift of $80 can provide vital emergency relief for a Christian family in Nigeria.

An emergency relief pack includes food, medicine, and clothes.

This Giving Tuesday, support struggling Christians in Nigeria

Ongoing attacks have left hundreds dead and thousands displaced—many of them followers of Jesus.

Open Doors partners are working with local believers to help. Your gift today can help provide urgent aid to families who have lost everything in the attacks

A Giving Tuesday gift of $80 can provide vital emergency relief for a Christian family in Nigeria.

An emergency relief pack includes food, medicine, and clothes.

YOUR YEAR-END GIFT WILL BE MATCHED!

Persecution is growing, and so are the needs of persecuted believers. More Christians need Bibles, discipleship, trauma counselling, and relief aid as they face violence, displacement, and loss. 

Your support will empower persecuted believers through Bibles, training, relief aid, trauma counselling, and more. 

And thanks to a generous donor, your gift will be matched up to $120,000 so that every dollar has double the impact!

Your year-end gift will be matched!

Persecution is growing, and so are the needs of persecuted believers. More Christians need Bibles, discipleship, trauma counselling, and relief aid as they face violence, displacement, and loss. 

Your support will empower persecuted believers through Bibles, training, relief aid, trauma counselling, and more. 

And thanks to a generous donor, your gift will be matched up to $120,000 so that every dollar has double the impact!