For national alliances
IDOP is strongest when it is local. A story about churches in your country praying for the persecuted is more likely to be published than a global announcement. Our media kit gives you what you need to tell it.
What's in the kit
- A press release to adapt for your country, with space for a local story and spokesperson
- A fact sheet on what IDOP is and where it came from
- The 2025 figures from the IIRF Violent Incidents Database, with guidance on using them accurately
- Key messages for interviews, and answers to the questions journalists are likely to ask
- A short guide to localizing the release and working with your local media
Five steps to local coverage
- Make the headline about your country. "Churches across [your country] join 30 years of global prayer for the persecuted" is a local story.
- Add one local paragraph. A country your churches pray for, a partner congregation or a diaspora community near you.
- Offer a local spokesperson who is available by phone, in your language and time zone, on the day.
- Give a date, a place and a time. A named church and an address give reporters something to attend.
- Send it eight to ten days ahead. For 1 November, send your release in the week of 19 October. Follow up once by phone three days later.
Please keep these unchanged
- The 2025 figures and their credit to the IIRF Violent Incidents Database. Use them exactly or leave them out.
- The dates and names in the account of how IDOP began.
- Never add identifying details about believers at risk. Consent given in one country does not carry over to another.