Chinese Pastor Detained for ‘Organizing Illegal Religious Activities’ October 2, 2026 — An Yankui was at his home when officials arrested him at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 29 for an investigation on suspicion of “organizing illegal religious activities,” according to a police...
The Disappearing Christian Middle East Part II: Iraq — From Ancient Christian Homeland to ExodusOctober 2, 2026 — By ICC Fellow Lisa Navarrette On an ordinary August evening in 2014, Mariam was preparing dinner while her husband, Nabil, closed the small repair shop his family had owned...
The Disappearing Christian Middle East, Part I: Can Christianity Disappear from the Land Where It Was Born?September 30, 2026 — By ICC Fellow Lisa Navarrette On a Sunday morning somewhere in the Middle East, an old church bell still rings. It may sound across a neighborhood in northern Iraq, an...
Nigeria Advances Police Reform as First Constitutional Amendment to Reach StatesSeptember 29, 2026 — Nigeria has taken an important step toward decentralizing its policing system after the National Assembly transmitted a constitutional amendment establishing state police services to all 36 state Houses of Assembly...
New Legislation Threatens Independent Documentation of Persecution in NigeriaSeptember 28, 2026 — Nigeria’s Senate is advancing legislation that could significantly expand government oversight of organizations receiving foreign funding, raising concerns that the measure could affect the ability of churches, humanitarian organizations, human...
Churches Restrict Entry of Non-Christians in Persecution-Hit RegionSeptember 28, 2026 — In an unprecedented development last week, more than 40 churches in the Dhamtari district of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, India, declared that worship is restricted to Christians only,...
Conditions Worsen for Stateless Rohingya ChristiansSeptember 28, 2026 — The Rohingya are known largely as a Muslim ethnic group forcibly driven from Myanmar. But a small subset of Rohingya are Christian. Numbering about 1,500 in total, these Christians comprise...
Seven Letters from the Persecuted ChurchSeptember 25, 2026 — By International Christian Concern’s field leader for South Asia Recently, I traveled through Nepal, India, and Bhutan as part of our ministry to the persecuted church, meeting believers and listening...
Nigerian Pastor, Believer Killed on Their Way to ChurchSeptember 25, 2026 — A pastor and another believer on their way to worship God were among the 13 killed during the weekend in Plateau state, Nigeria. The pastor, his son, and a church worker...
Senators Lankford, King Honor Victims on CCP’s 105th AnniversarySeptember 25, 2026 — On Wednesday, the same day Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in Washington to be feted by the United States, U.S. Senators James Lankford and Angus King introduced a bipartisan resolution...
Christian Educational Institutions in India Face Mounting PressureSeptember 22, 2026 — Elite Christian educational institutions in the Indian state of West Bengal are the latest targets of religious extremism in what seems to be a systematic dismantling of intellectual strongholds. While...
Divided and Dispossessed: How Sudan’s Government Targets the ChurchSeptember 22, 2026 — In Sudan, the battle for the soul of the church is not only fought with guns. It is also fought with court papers, administrative orders, and calculated division. For years,...
Trump-Xi Meeting Comes Amid Ongoing Persecution in ChinaSeptember 22, 2026 — U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet in Washington on Sept. 24, with trade, artificial intelligence, critical minerals, Taiwan, and other issues expected to...
Pakistani Christian Remains Detained Following Blasphemy AllegationsSeptember 18, 2026 — A Pakistani Christian man remains detained after police arrested him in August over allegations of blasphemy connected to religious remarks and a video said to have circulated on social media. ...
U.S. Refugee Policies Leave Persecuted Christians with Fewer Paths to SafetySeptember 18, 2026 — Christians facing persecution around the world are finding fewer pathways to safety in the United States as the country’s refugee resettlement program remains effectively suspended, and new asylum procedures change...
Elders of Early Rain Covenant Church Detained in Latest Crackdown September 18, 2026 — As the elders of Early Rain Covenant Church met quietly on Sept. 10 at a local teahouse to discuss church matters, communist authorities were already on to them. Around...
