The Forgotten Terrorists: Fulani Militants’ First Six Months in 2017August 7, 2017 — By Nathan Johnson 07/31/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Peace Francis was a young Christian girl from Southern Kaduna, Nigeria, who, in her short 12 years of life, saw...
ICC Helps Underground Pastor Pursue Educational GoalAugust 3, 2017 — By Linda Jones 8/3/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern)- Boko Haram has been actively targeting and attacking Christians over the past seven years. Thousands of innocent Christians have been killed,...
Eight Churches in Baghdad Close Their Doors Forever as Christians Continue to Flee IraqJuly 31, 2017 — By Sandra Elliot 07/31/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - The liberation of Mosul came after nine hard months of fighting and three brutish years of occupation. All eyes have...
President Trump Selects Governor Sam Brownback of Kansas for the Post of Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious FreedomJuly 27, 2017 — The filling of this vital post in the State Departments’ Office of International Religious Freedom allows many important initiatives of US efforts to promote religious freedom to proceed. 7/27/2017 Washington...
Boycotted Widow in India Rebuilds Her LifeJuly 27, 2017 — By Sarah Kearney 7/28/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In 2014, village bans against practicing Christianity became popular in India’s Chhattisgarh state. Starting in the Bastar District, village after...
Al-Shabaab Militants Kill Seven Christian Men in Eastern KenyaJuly 24, 2017 — 07/24/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that in early July, al-Shabaab militants led a series of attacks in Kenya’s Lamu County. Between July...
The Christian Fight for Churches in EgyptJuly 21, 2017 — By Amy Penn 07/21/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Egypt has used church licenses as another form a persecution by denying Christians the ability to worship God as a...
Families of the Seven Christian Martyrs in Egypt Rebuild Their LivesJuly 20, 2017 — By Sarah Kearney 07/20/2017 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Armed gangs and lawlessness are unfortunately common in Libya. The rocky political climate that is seen in the instability of the...
Pastor Shot and Killed in Drive-By Shooting at Church in Northern IndiaJuly 17, 2017 — Local Christians Stage Demonstrations Calling for Perpetrators to be Apprehended 07/17/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) –International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Pastor Sultan Masih was shot and killed...
Cuban Pastor Sentenced to One Year of Heavy Labor and House Arrest for Homeschooling ChildrenJuly 13, 2017 — 07/13/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on July 7, Pastor Ramon Rigal, leader of Iglesia de Dios en Cristo, was sentenced to...
ICC’s Front Line Efforts Support Iraqi Christians Targeted by ISISJuly 13, 2017 — By Amy Penn 7/13/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In 2014, ISIS stormed onto the international stage with merciless rage. After three years of fighting, ISIS is slowly crumbling,...
Hindu Radicals Abuse India’s Anti-Conversion Laws to Imprison Innocent ChristiansJuly 13, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 07/13/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “We are troubled in every way,” remarked Pastor Haatey Singh from Jhabua, after his son spent a month in...
Bill to Provide Aid to Religious Minorities in Iraq/Syria Stuck in Foreign Relations Committee, NGOs Write to Senate LeadershipJuly 12, 2017 — 35 NGOs Sign Letter to Senate Leadership Asking Them to Prioritize HR 390 7/12/2017 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) is pleased to announce that 35...
Church Demolitions in Sudan Sparks Strong Congressional ResponseJuly 11, 2017 — In New Letter, 12 Members of Congress Request that Secretary of State Tillerson Urge Sudan to Cease its Destruction of Churches 7/11/2017 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – International Christian...
An Insane Choice in a Mad World: Coptic Christians Remember the Minya Bus Attacks in EgyptJuly 11, 2017 — By Amy Penn 07/11/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – July 3, 2017 marked the 40-day anniversary of an attack that claimed the lives of at least 35 Coptic Christians...
Iraq’s Prime Minister Declares Victory Over ISIS in MosulJuly 10, 2017 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Despite Victory Iraq's Christians Still Face Uncertain Future 07/09/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Iraq's Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi,...
