Christian and Muslim Leaders Stand in Solidarity Against Church Bombing in Pakistan

December 18, 2017 — ISIS Claims First Major Attack on Pakistan’s Christian Minority 12/18/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) learned that Christian and Muslim leaders in Pakistan are standing...

ICC Helps Persecuted Family with Housing and Small Business in Indonesia

December 13, 2017 — By Linda Jones 12/14/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern)- Christians in Indonesia face severe persecution at the hands of radical Muslims, sometimes the government, and even their family members. Many...

ICC Helps Recently Converted Family in Nigeria

December 7, 2017 — By Linda Jones 12/7/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern)- Christian persecution continues to prevail in many African nations without any form of repercussions for the perpetrators. Islamic groups like Boko...

Government Officials Break into Jiangxi Church, Assault Elderly, and Vandalize Church

December 1, 2017 — 12/01/2017 Washington D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on the morning of November 21, more than 100 government officers in uniform raided the Beimen (North Gate) Catholic...

ICC Continues to Assist Victims of Religious Persecution in Egypt

November 30, 2017 — By Amy Penn 11/29/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Its persistence is insidious, its destruction continuous, and its presence ignored. Religious intolerance and violence have plagued Egypt’s religious minorities...

IED Aimed at Christian Guesthouse on Church Property Misses Target

November 30, 2017 — 11/30/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – An improvised explosive device (IED) targeting residential houses, inside St. Michaels Catholic Church in Mandera town, exploded outside the church’s perimeter wall on...

In Egypt, Martyrs’ Legacy of Faith Inspires Hope for the Future

November 27, 2017 — By Claire Evans 11/27/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - A small woman clad in black stands in front of her humble house, surrounded by her four children. “Please, pray for...

The Plight of Christian IDPs in Eastern Kenya

November 21, 2017 — By Nathan Johnson 11/21/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Martha is a 6-week-old baby who has lived her entire life inside the AIC Witu internally displaced persons (IDP) camp...

Young Christian Convert in Kenya Disowned by Family and Stripped of Possessions

November 21, 2017 — By Nathan Johnson 11/21/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – “Islam was a yoke to my heart. I felt as if I was forced to believe in things that were...

ICC Supports Christian Family that Fled from Forced Conversion in Pakistan

November 21, 2017 — By Amy Penn 11/21/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In 2014, Tahir and his family had to flee their home in Punjab, Pakistan after his two daughters were forcefully...

US State Department Urged to Designate Countries of Particular Concern

November 21, 2017 — 11/21/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Worldwide, religious freedom is faltering. Governments from North Korea to Nepal have not only continued, but increased their practices of intolerance, discrimination, and...

ICC Provides Medicine to Persecuted Christians in IDP Camp

November 16, 2017 — By Linda Jones 11/16/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - The civil war in Burma has affected at least three million people over the last 60 years. The conflict has...

A New and Dangerous Threat for House Churches in Southern India

November 16, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 11/16/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – House churches in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have found themselves facing a new and dangerous threat....

Chhattisgarh’s Christian Community Continues to Grow in the Face of Intense Persecution

November 14, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 11/14/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “In spite of intense harassment and persecution against Christians, new people are being added to the Church,” Pagnu Markham,...

Christian Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Escaped, Recaptured

November 8, 2017 — 11/08/2017 Washington D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that, with the help of two friends, Chinese Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng escaped in August from his home...

ICC Assists Garissa University Victims with Educational Goals

November 8, 2017 — By Linda Jones 11/09/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern)- On April 2 2015, al-Shabaab militants attacked Garissa University College in Kenya; they killed almost 148 people and injured approximately 79...