Hadayat Din asked church members to pray for the people of Pakistan — Christian and Muslim.

A month of solid rain has devastated the predominantly Muslim country of 176 million souls. At least 1,500 people have died, according to news reports, and more than 20 million are homeless. Especially hard hit is Pakistan’s Punjab region. Governments and agencies have pledged to help, but aid to those in need has been “painfully slow,” said BBC reporter Ben Brown.