What Was Meant for Evil, God Intended for Good

October 12, 2022 — 10/12/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Ida dreamt of attending college. But she came from a poor, Christian family, and the only way they could afford to send her...

U.S. Senator Calls for Freeze on U.S.-Saudi Cooperation

October 11, 2022 — 10/11/2022 (Saudi Arabia) International Christian Concern – U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate on Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), recently released a statement calling for a freeze on U.S.-Saudi cooperation. In...

Chinese Authorities Shut Down House Church

October 11, 2022 — 10/11/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - Berea Church, a house church in Putian, Fujian Province, was recently shut down for “conducting activities in the name of a social group without...

Militants Stop Christians From Going to School in Nigeria

October 9, 2022 — 10/09/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Nigerian authorities are failing to protect the right to education of displaced persons in the country. "Over 500 students are out of school in...

Militants Stop Christians from Worshiping in Nigeria

October 8, 2022 — 10/08/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Northwest of Nigeria is becoming home to consistent violence against Christians, who are relentlessly persecuted. Nigeria's government is largely silent as militants, known as...

Shanxi’s Linfen Holds Seventh Seminar on Sinicization of Christianity

October 8, 2022 — 10/08/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On September 24, more than 90 pastors from the state-vetted Three-Self churches attended the seventh seminar on the Sinicization of Christianity, held in Yaodu...

Benedictine Monk Dies from Cancer After Allegedly Being Poisoned

October 7, 2022 — 10/07/2022 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) - Father Anthony Padua Nguyen Huyen Duc passed away on October 4 in a German hospital. He was 50 years old and had been battling...

Preachers from Linfen Church Formally Arrested

October 6, 2022 — 10/06/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On September 30, Preacher Li Jie and Preacher Han Xiaodong from Linfen Holy Covenant Church in Shanxi province, detained in August for the alleged...

ISWAP Terrorists Kill Two Christian Business Owners

October 5, 2022 — 10/06/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - On September 24, two militants suspected to belong to the terror group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) shot and killed two Christians in...

Christian Activist’s Six-Year Jail Sentence Upheld

October 5, 2022 — 10/05/2022 Cambodia (International Christian Concern) - In 2019, Christian political activist Theary Seng was arrested after being accused of treason for supporting the former opposition leader Saim Rainsy and the Cambodian...

A Harvest of Hope in Nigeria

October 5, 2022 — 10/05/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – One important aspect of International Christian Concern’s (ICC) ministry is restoring Christians and communities that have been persecuted. Nigeria is a battleground for...

Christian Family Threatened with Eviction in China

October 4, 2022 — 10/04/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) is a house church in China whose members have faced substantial persecution from the Chinese government over the last...

Christian Homes Vandalized in India

October 3, 2022 — 10/03/2022 India (International Christian Concern) – Six Christian homes were vandalized by a mob of radical Hindu nationalists for refusing to deny their Christian faith in the central Indian state...

Iranian President Raisi Ignores Human Rights Abuses at UN

September 21, 2022 — 09/21/2022 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iran’s President Raisi addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) today, focusing his speech on western sanctions and nuclear programming. His speech came at...

India Calls on Pakistan to Stop Persecuting Religious Minorities

September 20, 2022 — 09/20/2022 India (International Christian Concern) – Last week, during a session of the United Nations, India called on Pakistan to stop its discriminatory practices against religious minorities. While India’s...

Xi Jinping Declines Pope Francis’ Request for a Meeting

September 19, 2022 — 09/19/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - Last week, both Pope Francis and Xi Jinping happened to be in Kazakhstan on official visits. While they were there, Pope Francis expressed his...