Update on Syria: A New Era or More of the Same for Syrian Christians?September 19, 2025 — By Linda Burkle, Ph.D., ICC Fellow Several years ago, while in Jordan, I had the privilege of participating in a feeding and grocery distribution program for Syrian refugees. We served...
Word Wrangling in the Sahel Region May 8, 2025 — By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow One of the greatest half-truths ever unleashed on humanity was the pithy encouragement parents commonly passed down to their children: “Sticks and stones may...
The Refugee Camp Economy: How Refugee Camps Fuel GrowthMarch 24, 2025 — 03/24/2025 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – When conflict and persecution happen, whole populations flee their homes, cross national borders, and end up in refugee camps. By 2030, more than 300...
Education Is Key: The Role of Education in Fostering Religious ToleranceMarch 17, 2025 — 03/17/2025 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – “Education is key,” they say. Education for religious tolerance can be effective in developing mutual respect and understanding among individuals from different religious...
Why Christians Give to Suffering Saints March 11, 2025 — By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow The world-famous womanizer Aristotle Onassis once quipped, “If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.” Onassis had a...
Persecution of Ukrainian Christians: From Within and Without March 10, 2025 — By Linda Burkle, Ph.D., ICC Fellow In the summer of 2023, I traveled to Ukraine with a disaster response team. Our host was a YWAM (Youth With A Mission)(1) base...
Faith in the Digital Age: Can Technology Help Persecuted Christians?March 10, 2025 — 03/10/2025 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Technology, just like money, is a tool that can be used for good or evil. We know that technology has increased persecution. It also...
Us and Them: Christian Identification with the PersecutedMarch 3, 2025 — 03/03/2025 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Can humans from the Oklahoma panhandle be united with other humans in places like the Tibetan plateau in northwest China — people with other...
Does Praying for the Persecuted Really Help? February 4, 2025 — By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow Not long ago, CNN published an article regarding the cultural emptiness of the phrase “Thoughts and prayers are with you.” Beyond a massive collage...
Persecution Distinctions that Make a DifferenceJanuary 9, 2025 — By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow Early in the 20th century, the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) established a workforce to benefit people who wished to explore the natural world...
The Christians Disappearing from Biblical Lands January 9, 2025 — By Linda Burkle, Ph.D., ICC Fellow In commemoration of Christ’s birth, millions of Christians have made a pilgrimage to the “Holy Land” throughout the years. This last Christmas season, of...
The Blind Spot of Christian PersecutionDecember 18, 2024 — By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow Not long ago, I picked up some family members from the airport and drove home via several freeway interchanges — navigating freeways which, as...
Cakes and Kidnappers: Persecution on Account of Christ November 12, 2024 — By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow What do cakes and kidnappings have in common? OK ... the opening line here hangs like a comedian’s pregnant pause, just waiting for the...
Us and Them: Christian Identification with the Persecuted Church October 4, 2024 — By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow Can humans from the Oklahoma panhandle be united with other humans in places like the Tibetan plateau in northwest China — people with other...
Eritrea: The North Korea of AfricaOctober 3, 2024 — By Linda Burkle, PhD, ICC Fellow In this age of instant news, we are bombarded with information. At times, we easily become numb or apathetic to the numerous reports of...
The Refugee Camp EconomyAugust 13, 2024 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow When conflict and persecution happen, whole populations flee their homes, cross national borders, and end up in refugee camps. By 2030, more than 300 million people...
