Persecution and Political Engagement October 30, 2025 — By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow Recently, The State of Theology Research Report, compiled by Ligonier Ministries, was released. In this latest study, most evangelical Christians (54%) agreed with...
From Hopeless to Hopeful October 30, 2025 — For a while, 9-year-old Badal had little interest in going to school. Coming from an economically challenged and socially discriminated community in India, Badal had lost hope of ever improving...
Religious Freedom Advocate Asks Why the Church Remains Silent on Persecution in Africa October 30, 2025 — Joshua Williams, a religious freedom advocate with Open Doors International, spoke at the World Evangelical Alliance General Assembly on Oct. 28, urging U.S. churches to raise awareness of the plight...
Iranian Christian Convert Released from Prison October 28, 2025 — Mina Khajavi, a 61-year-old Christian convert, was released from Iran’s Evin Prison on Oct. 20 after serving nearly two years in jail for activities related to her Christian faith. Khajavi,...
Christian Missionaries Attacked in Jammu, India October 27, 2025 — Eight police officers in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state were suspended for their failure to stop an attack on Christian missionaries by Hindu nationalists on Oct. 23. A group of...
Nigeria’s Clergy Appeals to the U.S. Government to Intervene Amid Ongoing Attacks on Christians October 27, 2025 — The Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, a respected clergyman with the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), has issued an urgent appeal to the United States government and the international community to...
U.S. Considers Sanctions on Nicaragua for Ongoing Persecution, Rights Abuses October 23, 2025 — The White House’s Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a report this week highlighting Nicaragua’s consistent “abuses of labor rights, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and dismantling the...
A Way Out of Poverty for the Persecuted October 22, 2025 — Growing up as a Christian in India, Sunil witnessed his parents struggle endlessly to provide for their family. Despite his parents’ tireless work as unskilled laborers, Sunil had no...
Punjab Moves to Ban TLP as Years of Religious Violence Reach Breaking PointOctober 21, 2025 — The Punjab government is moving to ban Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, or TLP, a far-right religious party that follows the Barelvi school of Sunni Islam. Formed in 2015 by Khadim Hussain Rizvi...
Congressional Leaders Demand Protections for Christians in NigeriaOctober 21, 2025 — Christians in Nigeria have faced ongoing attacks with minimal support from the international community, prompting members of the U.S. Congress to appeal to the president to take action. Many have...
Letter Urges Trump to Designate Nigeria As a ‘Country of Particular Concern’October 21, 2025 — On Oct. 15, a letter signed by some 30 U.S. Christian leaders was delivered to the White House. This letter urges President Donald Trump to have the U.S. Department of...
Indonesian Church Resumes Worship Following Complaints from Local Muslims October 20, 2025 — A few months ago, the church led by Pastor “Matias” in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, was shut down after 16 years of operation due to complaints from local Muslims. The...
The Cost of Faith in Sudan October 20, 2025 — “There is a growing fear among the South Sudanese Christians, so they remain indoors in order to avoid being arrested.” That is how one church leader described the atmosphere in...
India’s Supreme Court Rejects Religious Conversion CaseOctober 20, 2025 — The Supreme Court of India on Oct. 17, rejected a prominent religious conversion case against officials of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), a noted agricultural university...
Anti-Conversion Law Puts Spotlight on ‘Healing Crusades’October 17, 2025 — The government of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh has prepared a new draft anti-conversion law containing stringent provisions, claiming that it is imperative to maintain religious stability in the...
USCIRF Condemns Detention of Church Leaders in ChinaOctober 17, 2025 — The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its detention of Christian pastors across China. On Oct....
