In the Darkest Hour, Help ArrivesMay 13, 2014 — In November of 2013, China arrested Pastor Zhang Shaojie and 23 of his church members in one of the worst crackdowns on Christians all year. In the days and weeks...
Survival In A Siege: Leaves Become Food, Faith Becomes StrengthMay 13, 2014 — ICC Note: Two Christians share their incredible experience of surviving in Homs, Syria through more than two years of siege, bombing, and sniper fire. The brother and sister were two...
Facing Crackdown, Bethany House Church in China Seeks HelpMay 13, 2014 — 温州伯大尼家庭教会受逼迫寻求社会帮助 (The Persecuted Bethany House Church in Wenzhou City Seeking Support) ICC Note: We translated the Chinese article into English and it discusses the Bethany Church, a well-known local house...
In A Country That Crucifies, A Pregnant Mother Faces Death for Clinging to the CrossMay 13, 2014 — ICC Note: Meriam Yahia Ibrahim has been convicted of adultery and apostasy, punishable by 100 lashes and death respectively, by a Sudanese Public Order Court. Initially charged on March 4...
North Korea Blames Christian Missionaries for Internal DifficultiesMay 13, 2014 — North Korea Says US Is a 'Living Hell,' Blames Christian Missionaries for Human Trafficking ICC Note: North Korea has been identified as the worst persecutor of Christians by watchdog groups....
Dalit Christians Form Political Party to Campaign for Equal RightsMay 13, 2014 — ICC Note: Now that India's national elections have come to a close after a month of voting, India's Dalit Christian population has formed a new Christian political party to campaign...
Christians in Pakistan Hold Protest against Job DiscriminationMay 13, 2014 — ICC Note: Christians in Pakistan have held a protest against job discrimination in public sector jobs. Over 100 Christian gathered together and demanded the government implement the law that requires...
Fighting Human Trafficking in BangladeshMay 12, 2014 — From March through May, thousands (5,368 to be exact) of you took the time to join with ICC in calling for Bangladesh to stop allowing Christian children to be sold...
Iran’s Converted Christians Find Sanctuary In GermanyMay 12, 2014 — ICC Note: An eye-opening article highlights the growing number of Iranian believers, in Germany. Driven from their homeland by a repressive regime and hostility towards Christianity many Iranian Christians have...
American Christians Pledge Solidarity With Persecuted Christians In Egypt, Iraq And SyriaMay 12, 2014 — ICC Note: In an initiative led by Representative Frank Wolf and Anna Eshoo, more than 200 religious leaders have pledged solidarity with the Christians of Egypt, Iraq, and Syria. In...
Government of Nigeria Rejects Boko Haram Offer to Exchange Abducted Girls for Detained MilitantsMay 12, 2014 — ICC Note: Recent reports state the Nigerian government has rejected the proposal for a negotiated trade, the release of more than 200 girls abducted from Chibok and Warabe villages for...
Boko Haram Releases Images of Girls Reciting Quran’ic Passages, Making Proclamations of FaithMay 12, 2014 — ICC Note: In a video released Monday, Boko Haram leader and spokesman, Abubakar Shekau is recorded promulgating Islamist propaganda to images of what appear to be some of the more...
Christian Leaders Criticize Creation of Religious Police Unit in Sri LankaMay 12, 2014 — ICC Note: Christian leaders across Sri Lanka have criticized the creation of a police unit specially designated to settle religious disputes on the island. Over the past two years, religious...
Stay Alert and Pray: More Churches and Crosses Demolished in ChinaMay 12, 2014 — More Zhejiang churches report threats, demolition of buildings, crosses ICC Note: More than 15 churches have been torn down within two weeks after the demolition of Sanjiang Church in Zhejiang...
Another Christian Girl Abducted and Raped in PakistanMay 12, 2014 — ICC Note: Weeks after the rape of a 7-year-old Christian girl by multiple Muslim men was reported in Pakistan, another report of a Christian girl being abducted and raped by Muslim men has...
A Malaysian Public University Allowed Hate Speech Toward ChristianityMay 12, 2014 — ‘Would Muslims Like Non-Muslims To Interpret Their Quran?’ Church Asks ICC Note: A recent seminar on the use of the word 'Allah' and Christology in the largest public university in...
