The Karachi ecclesia in Pakistan has received threats from an Islamic activist and has had to temporarily avoid use of their office and meeting place. A Brother and Sister who live in the facility have also had to move to a ‘safe house’ and the leaders of the ecclesia have had to implement strict security precautions as a result of the threats. In Pakistan it is not uncommon for police or security guards to protect Christian places of worship during meeting times, and I have frequently seen armed police or military personnel standing guard outside churches. The Government initiated these security measures after attacks on some Christian places. However, we don’t want to see this happen to the Christadelphian meetings in Pakistan and we would rather see our meetings go ‘underground’ than have armed guards protecting our people. This latest threat is a reminder once again of the extreme difficulties facing our brethren in Islamic countries and we ask for your prayers at this time. It is amazing that despite this opposition we had 96 baptisms in Pakistan in the past year and hundreds more are doing courses and preparing for baptism. This gives me an insight into what was happening in the early church when hundreds were being added to the church daily as the persecution intensified. The most important thing one can do right now is to pray for God’s protection for our Brothers and Sisters in Pakistan. There will obviously be considerable costs with relocating our office and meeting place to a new home.