Admired, but not Protected, Christians Seek Home ElsewhereSeptember 21, 2017 — By Claire Evans 09/21/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - The liberation of the Nineveh Plains from ISIS control, as announced by Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi in August 2017,...
Tensions Rising in Jos, Nigeria: Muslim Mobs Attack Christian CitizensSeptember 20, 2017 — By Nathan Johnson 09/19/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Jos, the capital of Plateau State, is located in central Nigeria, between the predominantly Muslim north and Christian south. While...
Despite Persecution in India, “I will live for Him alone”September 18, 2017 — ICC’s India Representative 09/18/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – It started as a normal Tuesday morning for Pastor Gunsingh and his friend, Mansingh. Every Tuesday, Pastor Gunsingh would visit...
More Christians in India’s Chhattisgarh State Displaced Following Threats from Hindu RadicalsSeptember 9, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 09/08/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “Leave Jesus or leave the village,” is the slogan of Hindu hardline groups in Chhattisgarh’s Kankher District. There is...
The Days After a Night Visit from Al-ShabaabSeptember 7, 2017 — 09/07/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - The horrors of the attack on Jima didn’t end with that night. After the shooting stopped and the militants left, villagers returned to find out...
Christians in Madhya Pradesh Remain Under Pressure Despite Six Prisoners Being Released on BailAugust 29, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 08/29/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “This is an answer to prayer and my heart is filled with gratitude to God and to Christians everywhere,”...
The Horrors of a Night Visit from Al-ShabaabAugust 29, 2017 — By Nathan Johnson 08/16/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – “I heard food steps entering the compound and asked my husband if anyone was coming to see him. Suddenly they...
Bishop Joel Mwendwa Murdered in Juba during Morning PrayersAugust 10, 2017 — By Nathan Johnson 08/08/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Bishop Joel Mwendwa was leading morning prayers at the Christ Life Ministry Church on June 24. As the prayers and...
Low Caste Christians Mark 67 Years of Discrimination and Injustice Under India’s Scheduled Caste SystemAugust 10, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 08/10/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Low caste Christians, who make up nearly 80 percent of India’s Christian population, have marked August 10 with protests...
Persecution and Intolerance Continue to Define the Lives of Christians in PakistanAugust 7, 2017 — By ICC’s Pakistan Correspondent 08/05/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Pakistan is a Muslim majority country with 97% of the population identified as Muslims and 3% of the population...
The Forgotten Terrorists: Fulani Militants’ First Six Months in 2017August 7, 2017 — By Nathan Johnson 07/31/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Peace Francis was a young Christian girl from Southern Kaduna, Nigeria, who, in her short 12 years of life, saw...
Eight Churches in Baghdad Close Their Doors Forever as Christians Continue to Flee IraqJuly 31, 2017 — By Sandra Elliot 07/31/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - The liberation of Mosul came after nine hard months of fighting and three brutish years of occupation. All eyes have...
ICC’s Front Line Efforts Support Iraqi Christians Targeted by ISISJuly 13, 2017 — By Amy Penn 7/13/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In 2014, ISIS stormed onto the international stage with merciless rage. After three years of fighting, ISIS is slowly crumbling,...
Hindu Radicals Abuse India’s Anti-Conversion Laws to Imprison Innocent ChristiansJuly 13, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 07/13/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “We are troubled in every way,” remarked Pastor Haatey Singh from Jhabua, after his son spent a month in...
A New Life for the El-Arish Widows of Executed Coptic ChristiansJune 22, 2017 — By Sarah Kearney 06/22/2017 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Early this year, an Islamic State affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula declared that they would eliminate the Christian minority, claiming that...
Hindu Radicals Attempt to “Wipe Out Christianity” in India’s Coimbatore DistrictJune 15, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 06/15/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “The aim of [the] ‘Hindu Munnani’ is to wipe out Christianity from our region,” Bishop T. Rajkumar recently told...
