House Church Teachers Jailed by CCP in WuhuAugust 13, 2021 — 08/13/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Earlier in August, officials from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) arrested Wang Minghai, Wan Hongxia, Han Xuelei, and Xie Zhifeng, four house church teachers...
Leaders and Members of Destroyed Chinese Church JailedAugust 12, 2021 — 08/12/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Since 2009, the Golden Lampstand Church, a megachurch in Shanxi province’s Linfen city, has faced persecution from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). According to...
Christian Orphanage Attacked in NigeriaAugust 11, 2021 — 08/11/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – According to the Religious Freedom Coalition, a Christian orphanage in Plateau State, Nigeria, was attacked and destroyed on August 2nd, by men reported to be...
Burmese Military Blocks Supply Routes to 50,000 Chin RefugeesAugust 11, 2021 — 08/11/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Ever since the military coup on February 1st of this year that deposed Myanmar's democratically elected government and resulted in the military junta in...
Yasmin Church Still Not Allowed to Reopen at Original LocationAugust 10, 2021 — 08/10/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Yasmin Church in Bogor, Indonesia, has been battling with local authorities to secure its building permit for the last fifteen years. The church building...
51 People Massacred by Jihadists in MaliAugust 10, 2021 — 08/10/2021 Mali (International Christian Concern) –At least 51 people were killed by Islamic militants on Sunday during village raids in Mali, said a district administrator. “Houses were ransacked and burned...
Chibok Girl Freed from Boko Haram After 7 YearsAugust 9, 2021 — 08/09/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Ruth Pagu, one of over 200 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram in 2014, was freed this week and reunited with her parents. According to...
Authorities Refuse to Allow Christian Couple to Bury Baby in Local CemeteryAugust 9, 2021 — 08/09/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Early in the morning on August 6th, a two-month-old baby girl named Nabila Adriana Karenina passed away at a hospital in Gresik, East Java,...
Pastor’s Son Killed While Trying to Stop Church DemolitionAugust 8, 2021 — 8/08/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The EYN church in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, was demolished by a government agency on Thursday, August 5th. 29-year-old Mr Ezekiel...
House Church Pastor and Wife Receive Hefty Fine for Church GatheringAugust 8, 2021 — 08/08/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – The pastor and his wife at a targeted house church in China’s Xiamen receive a hefty fine from the authorities for having “unauthorized gathering.”...
16 Hostages Knifed to Death by Jihadists in DR CongoAugust 7, 2021 — 08/07/2021 DRC (International Christian Concern) – Aljazeera news reports that at least 16 people were killed in the DRC on Monday after being held for weeks by militants thought to be members of...
Nigeria: 43K Christians Killed, 18.5K Abducted, 17.5K Churches Attacked in 12 YearsAugust 6, 2021 — 8/06/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety), a nonprofit based out of Nigeria, has released a new report detailing the...
Chin Priest and Catechist Released by Civil ForcesAugust 6, 2021 — 08/06/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Earlier this week, ICC reported on a priest and a catechist who were abducted by a local defense force in Chin state after being...
‘They Cannot Burn Jesus Out of Me’: Mozambique Pastors Minister to Survivors of Violent InsurgencyAugust 5, 2021 — ICC Note: In March of this year, terrorists killed dozens during an attack on the city of Palma in Cabo Delgado province, an area where believers are often kidnapped, forced...
Pope Francis Should Prioritize Visiting IndonesiaAugust 5, 2021 — 08/05/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – In an opinion piece written for UCA News, Siktus Harson argues that visiting Indonesia should be at the top of Pope Francis' priority list....
Impoverished Citizens in Laos Heavily Affected by Delta VariantAugust 4, 2021 — 08/04/2021 Laos (International Christian Concern) – Laos has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases this summer, as many migrant workers returned to the country in June and July. The workers...
