Chhattisgarh Authorities Further Restrict House ChurchesAugust 25, 2025 — 8/25/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — More than 200 house churches in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh have been affected following new restrictions on worshipping inside a house, claiming...
Fulani Extremists Kill 15 Christians in Latest Attack in NigeriaAugust 25, 2025 — 8/25/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — At least 15 people, including women and children, were killed on Monday, Aug. 18, when armed men launched a coordinated evening assault on Christian...
Study Shows Pakistani Christians Endure Persecution in PrisonAugust 22, 2025 — 8/22/2025 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — Hundreds of prisoners in Pakistani jails and prisons have been incarcerated for violating blasphemy laws against the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Those charged belong to...
2 Men Arrested for Arson, Property Damage to Illinois ChurchAugust 22, 2025 — 8/22/2025 United States (International Christian Concern) — Authorities in southern Illinois, responding to a call on July 24, have arrested two men in connection with the arson and vandalism of...
Grace and Participation: Learning from the Early Church about Giving to Suffering Saints August 21, 2025 — By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow Protestants and Roman Catholics have coexisted in various degrees of bellicose relations for more than five centuries. From the Thirty Years War of the...
ADF Terror Group Adds to Mounting List of Mass Atrocities in the DRCAugust 21, 2025 — 8/21/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — MONUSCO, the United Nations’ mission to the DRC, issued a release Monday accusing the Islamic State group-backed ADF terror group of killing at least...
Libyan Authorities Urged to Overturn Convictions of 11 ChristiansAugust 20, 2025 — 8/20/2025 Libya (International Christian Concern) — Amnesty International recently called for the convictions of 11 Christians convicted in Libya to be overturned, citing "grossly unfair" trials. The human rights organization...
Changing the Narrative: How One Persecuted Christian Rewrote His Future August 20, 2025 — 8/20/2025 Kenya (International Christian Concern) — Inside the gates of the University of Embu in Kenya sits David Mwangi, a young man who, just two years ago, survived a terrorist raid...
Authorities Close Christian Prayer House in Indonesia, Evict EvangelistAugust 19, 2025 — 8/19/2025 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — On Aug. 2, local authorities in Purbayani Village, Caringin District, Garut Regency, Indonesia, permanently closed the Immanuel Prayer House, a part of Bethel Tabernacle...
Deadline for Peace Agreement in DRC Passes with No Deal August 19, 2025 — 8/19/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — The Congolese government and the M23 rebel group have missed a self-imposed Monday deadline for a final peace agreement, casting doubt on the peace...
Fulani Militants Kill 3 in Daytime Attack on Plateau VillageAugust 18, 2025 — 8/18/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — As a group of Christians left a morning devotion time and returned to their homes in the village of Gwon in Plateau state, Nigeria,...
Uttarakhand Strengthens Anti-Conversion Laws to Include Ban on Digital ‘Propaganda’August 18, 2025 — 8/18/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — The north Indian state of Uttarakhand tightened its anti-conversion laws on Aug. 13 to include stringent penalties for illegal conversions, a ban on propaganda...
Serving the Hidden Church in SomaliaAugust 16, 2025 — 08/16/2025 Somalia (International Christian Concern) – In one of the world’s most hostile environments for Christians, International Christian Concern (ICC) is quietly and carefully meeting with Christians in the shadows. In...
Azerbaijan-Armenia Agreement Paves Way for Peace but Ignores Religious Freedom Concerns August 14, 2025 — 8/14/2025 Armenia (International Christian Concern) — Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met last Friday at the White House to sign a joint declaration that may...
Worship Service Stopped, 3 Arrested in Northeast Vietnam August 14, 2025 — 8/14/2025 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) — As a priest quietly led a Catholic mass in the home of one of the 20 worshippers in the evening of Aug. 11 in Binh...
Civilians Killed, Others Missing After New ADF Attacks August 13, 2025 — 8/13/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — Two separate attacks attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a terrorist group operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), occurred during the...
