Christians Increasingly Targeted in BJP-Controlled Odisha November 13, 2024 — 11/13/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — Just six months after the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in tribal-dominated Odisha state, the number of attacks against Christians...
Indonesians Increasingly Reject Establishment of New Churches November 12, 2024 — 11/12/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — After several residents of a village in Cirebon, West Java, rejected the establishment of a new church, an Indonesian organization is calling such rejections...
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...
Strength Amid Persecution: Preparing Pastors to Handle HardshipNovember 11, 2024 — 11/11/2024 India (International Christian Concern) – Rising anti-Christian sentiment has recently led to more incidents of brutality and violence against Christians in India. At least 161 incidents of violence against Christian...
Against All Odds: Pranathi’s Journey from Poverty to PossibilityNovember 9, 2024 — 11/09/2024 India (International Christian Concern) – When 8-year-old Pranathi was asked about her life’s ambition, she answered the question without any hesitation. “I want to become a doctor,” she said. Although...
Indonesian Authorities Arrest 3 Suspected JAD TerroristsNovember 8, 2024 — 11/8/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Indonesia’s Special Detachment (Densus 88) Anti-Terrorism Unit arrested three suspected terrorists from the Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) group on Monday in Central Java. JAD,...
Police Watch as Mob Attacks 14 Christians in Chhattisgarh November 8, 2024 — 11/8/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — As police officers watched, hundreds of people attacked 14 Christians on Oct. 30 in Chhattisgarh, India, after they defied orders to abandon their Christian...
Chad Suggests it May Withdraw from Regional Security Force November 7, 2024 — 11/7/2024 Chad (International Christian Concern) — During a visit to Lake Chad, located on Chad’s Western border with Niger, Nigeria, and Cameroon, Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby announced a new...
Always Moving Forward: The Evolution of ICC’s Bibles & Motorbikes ProgramNovember 7, 2024 — 11/07/2024 Kenya (International Christian Concern) – ICC’s Bibles and Bikes initiative (expanded to motorbikes) began as a dream to bring God’s Word to people living in hard-to-reach places. For years, ICC...
Villagers in Indonesia Reject Proposed Church November 6, 2024 — 11/6/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Several residents in Pegambiran, a village in the city of Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia, recently rejected a proposal to establish a church in a...
Malaysian Court of Appeal Nullifies Three Unilateral Conversions to Islam November 6, 2024 — 11/6/2024 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) — The government of the Malaysian state of Perlis has initiated legal proceedings to overturn a Federal Court decision that prevented the unilateral conversion of...
New Round of Sanctions Targets Myanmar’s Military Junta November 5, 2024 — 11/5/2024 United Kingdom (International Christian Concern) — Government officials in the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Canada announced a set of coordinated sanctions against Myanmar’s military last week. This...
Wondrous Gifts from a Great DistanceNovember 4, 2024 — 11/04/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) – Two days after Kanyere’s family celebrated a peaceful Christmas last year, terror seized their village in the middle of the night. In the darkness, members...
From Tested to Testimony: How One DRC Refugee Started a New LifeNovember 1, 2024 — 11/1/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) — Decades of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have forced many Christians to flee their homes in search of safety and a...
Pastor, Family Killed in Uganda Following Muslim ConversionsNovember 1, 2024 — 11/1/2024 Uganda (International Christian Concern) — In Eastern Uganda, an Islamist mob killed Pastor Weere Mukisa, his wife Annet Namugaya, and their two young daughters, Judith, 7, and Sylvia, 4,...
Christian Arrested in Indonesia for Doubting Islam on Social MediaNovember 1, 2024 — Update: Since posting the article below, ICC has received further details regarding the incident it describes. We have determined that it was not a case of Christian persecution. The man...
