The Cost of Faith: Part 1May 21, 2019 — 05/21/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – “In love, You came and gave amazing grace. Thank you for this love, Lord.” ICC’s field staff sang these words freely in a conference...
Four More Christians Executed in Burkina FasoMay 17, 2019 — Third Attack in 15 Days 05/17/2019 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Monday, May 13, 2019, gunmen in Burkina Faso killed four...
Geneva Votes to Ban Religious Symbolism Among Public OfficialsMay 17, 2019 — 05/17/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Citizens of the Geneva canton voted in favor of a controversial “secularism law” that prevents public officials (both elected and unelected) from wearing religious...
Using Business as a Tool of Witness in EgyptMay 15, 2019 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Claire Evans" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1557940055764{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="96241" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 05/15/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Hardline Islamism, as we have come to know it today, grew throughout...
China Wants the House Church to VanishMay 15, 2019 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Gina Goh" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1557934724783{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="96192" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 05/15/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In the 2018 superhero film Avengers: Infinity War, when the villain Thanos...
ICC Provides Barbershop Training for ISIS VictimsMay 14, 2019 — 05/14/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In 2014, ISIS invaded the Nineveh Plains in Iraq. This region is home to many of Iraq’s Christians and droves of Christians fled their...
Children Massacred in Assault on Syrian Christian TownMay 13, 2019 — Six Dead and Eight Wounded as Heavy Shelling Targets Believers 05/13/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Syrian Christian town of al-Suqaylabiyah came...
Deported for Christian Kindness: Kazakhstan Remains in QuestionMay 13, 2019 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Kevin White" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1557754325119{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99994" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 05/13/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In 2000, Victoria Charbonneau left her home in Richmond, Virginia to travel...
A Glimpse of Iran’s “Justice” SystemMay 10, 2019 — 05/11/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – She was dying of cancer, her eyesight was fading, and her heart was broken. Kobra had not seen her son for over a year;...
Egypt’s Constitution Changes—Now What?May 9, 2019 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Claire Evans" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1557429253402{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="96234" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 05/09/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In the weeks leading up to Egypt’s constitutional referendum on April 19,...
Remembering Pakistan’s Most Vulnerable Blasphemy VictimsMay 9, 2019 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By ICC’s Pakistan Correspondent" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1524746114971{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="96428" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 05/09/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – As the world celebrates the long awaited release of Asia Bibi,...
ICC Supports Outreach Efforts in TurkeyMay 9, 2019 — 05/09/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Youth and young adult ministry is heavily regulated in Turkey and strongly discouraged by President Erdogan’s government. Turkish youth are denied the opportunity to...
Asia Bibi Finally Allowed to Leave PakistanMay 8, 2019 — Christian Mother Reportedly to Be Reunited with Family in Canada 05/08/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who...
India’s Christians Hope for ChangeMay 7, 2019 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By ICC’s India Correspondent" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1557250318920{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99701" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 05/07/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – India is in the process of electing the next government...
When I Met Them: Part 2May 7, 2019 — In case you missed it, you can read Part 1 here. 05/07/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – ICC’s first staff conference was a great “exhalation.” It was cathartic. Suddenly, field...
When I Met Them: Part 1May 6, 2019 — 05/06/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Images of thousands of burnt or mutilated bodies flickered across the screen. Crying mothers and fathers stood in front of ravaged buildings. Entire communities...