Churchgoers and Priest Injured by Sword Attack at St. Lidwina Church in Indonesia

February 12, 2018 — 02/12/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on February 11 a 22-year-old university student attacked a priest and churchgoers with a samurai sword...

Nigeria’s Middle Belt Report: Fulani Militants and Boko Haram Wreak Havoc

February 7, 2018 — By Nathan Johnson 02/05/2018 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In light of the ever escalating violence in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria, International Christian Concern (ICC) will be...

ICC Helps Persecuted Christian Start a Wholesale Candy Business in Pakistan

February 1, 2018 — By Linda Jones 02/01/2018 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - On March 15, 2015, two large churches, Christ Church and St. John’s Catholic Church, suffered a bomb attack in Youhanabad,...

Anti-Christian Mob Violence Leaves Christians in Telangana, India Shattered

February 1, 2018 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 02/01/2018 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The persecution of Christians in India continues to escalate in a dramatic fashion. In just a single weekend, four...

2017 Prepares Pakistani Christians for Another Bleak Year of Persecution

January 31, 2018 — By ICC’s Pakistan Correspondent 01/31/2018 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Over the past six months, there have been few signs of positive progress for Christians in Pakistan, especially in...

Islamic Students Terrorize Town Due to Arrest of Radical Teacher

January 31, 2018 — By Nathan Johnson 01/31/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – “Our Catholic church has been here for over 40 years and we have been living in peace with the different...

ICC Provides Winter Clothing for Displaced Christians in Syria

January 25, 2018 — By Linda Jones 1/25/2018 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - Thousands of Syrians have lost their lives, while others have been forced from their homes as a result of the...

Christians Warn Against al-Azhar Influence in Egypt’s Curriculum

January 25, 2018 — By Claire Evans 01/25/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - During the last year, Egypt’s Christians experienced persecution in ever increasing waves. Though ISIS accounted for the vast majority of...

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback Confirmed as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom

January 25, 2018 — Brownback Will Now Lead the US Government’s Diplomatic Efforts on Religious Freedom 1/25/2018 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – ICC is pleased to report that the US Senate has confirmed...

Over 80 Killed in Benue State, Nigeria, in January

January 22, 2018 — Fulani Militants Devastate Communities Two Months After Anti-Grazing Bill Is Passed 01/22/2018 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that more than 80 Christians have...

Christian Family Forcibly Displaced from Village Following Reconciliation Session

January 22, 2018 — 01/22/18 International Christian Concern (Washington D.C.) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on January 20, 2018, a Christian man and his wife were forcibly displaced from the Egyptian...

ICC Implements Project to Assist 200 Persecuted Families

January 18, 2018 — By Linda Jones 01/18/2018 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - On November 2016, 200 Christian families in the villages of Kigam, Angwan, Magaii, Kikpene and Kiziti suffered an attack from...

Government Authorities Demolish One of China’s Largest Evangelical Churches

January 18, 2018 — Demolition Comes as Part of Wider Crackdown on Unregistered Churches 01/18/2018 Washington D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Golden Lampstand Church, one of China’s largest evangelical...

White House Announces Religious Freedom Day

January 16, 2018 — President Trump Proclaims January 16 as Annual Religious Freedom Day 1/16/2018 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump publically proclaimed January 16 as the national...

El-Arish Copt Gunned Down by Three Gunmen Looking for Christians

January 15, 2018 — 01/15/18 International Christian Concern (Washington D.C.) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on the evening of January 13, 2018, three armed men killed a Coptic Christian named...

Fear and Tension in Garissa Remain After al-Shabaab Attack

January 11, 2018 — By Nathan Johnson 01/11/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Churches in Ijara, Kenya, part of Garissa County, have remained closed for the past two Sundays due to the constant...