U.K. Chaplain Fired for Sermon on Biblical Sexuality Wins Appeal to Challenge Dismissal

March 6, 2025 — 3/6/2025 United Kingdom (International Christian Concern) — On March 4, a British appeals court decided that the Rev. Dr. Bernard Randall could challenge what he deemed as an unfair firing...

New #FaithUnchained Campaign Launched on Behalf of Prisoners of Conscience

March 6, 2025 — 3/5/2025 Washington (International Christian Concern) — The International Religious Freedom Roundtable's Working Group on Prisoners of Conscience recently launched a campaign to free five prisoners of conscience in five countries,...

Chinese Government Boasts About Increased Persecution in 2024

March 4, 2025 — 3/4/2025 China (International Christian Concern) — In statements on social media and state-owned media platforms, China is celebrating an increase in government persecution of religious minorities in 2024. The...

Nicaragua Withdraws from Human Rights Council in Wake of Scathing Report

March 3, 2025 — Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — After consolidating power in the presidency earlier this year, Nicaragua withdrew Friday from the U.N. Human Rights Council. Two days earlier, a group of U.N....

UP Authorities Arrest 10 More Christians on Charges of Illegal Conversions

March 3, 2025 — 3/3/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — More than 10 Christians were recently arrested in different parts of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) on charges of illegal religious conversions...

Us and Them: Christian Identification with the Persecuted

March 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...

Providing Hope When All Seems Lost

February 28, 2025 — 2/28/2025 Kenya (International Christian Concern) — In a small village in Kenya, a young man named Victor Jilo and his family embarked on a transformative journey. Originally Muslims, they later...

A Village Torn Apart: The Agony of Mutwanga Under ADF Terror

February 28, 2025 — 2/28/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — Mutwanga, once a thriving village in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is now in shambles, ravaged by...

Hindus Urged to Rape, Kill Christians on March 1 in Chhattisgarh

February 26, 2025 — 2/26/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — An open call issued by Hindu leaders to kill and rape Christians in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh on March 1 has raised...

Deported Persecuted Christians Expected to Face Persecution Yet Again

February 25, 2025 — 2/25/2025 Panama (International Christian Concern) — Among those deported from the United States to Panama for eventual return to their home countries are several converts to Christianity facing severe persecution...

Congolese Christians Massacred Amid Terrorist Advances in Eastern DRC

February 21, 2025 — 2/21/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — Recent weeks have brought a wave of concerning news from central Africa’s Democratic Republic of the Congo. There, terrorist forces are sweeping through large...

New Anti-Conversion Law Takes Effect in Rajasthan

February 21, 2025 — 2/21/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — As of this week, a newly enacted anti-conversion law requires people in India’s Rajasthan state to give two months’ notice to the government if...

Need for More Christian Teachers in Religious Education Discussed

February 20, 2025 — 2/20/2025 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Even though only 13% of its population is Christian, Indonesia’s schools still lack Christian religious teachers. The Rev. Penrad Siagian, a member of the...

Filipino Christians Join Protests against President, Vice President

February 20, 2025 — 2/20/2025 Philippines (International Christian Concern) — In early February, religious groups and activists in the Philippines protested, demanding the resignations of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte. ...

Leaving Islam, Finding Christ: A Mother’s Courage to Start Anew

February 20, 2025 — 02/20/2025 Africa (International Christian Concern) – Amara was born into a Muslim family. When her mother converted to Christianity, Amara watched as her father threatened to kill her mother. Soon, her...

Muslims Post Banner Rejecting Establishment of Church, Christian Worship

February 19, 2025 — 2/19/2025 Indonesia (International Christian Concern)— On the morning of Feb. 4, Christians living in Paccerakkang, Biringkanaha, Makassar, Indonesia, saw a banner telling them they were not welcome in the community. The...