Imprisoned Church Elder Formally Charged With “Subverting State Power”

August 19, 2022 — 08/19/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - On March 16, 2021, several members of Guiyang Renai Reformed Church gathered for a Bible study in a rented room at Wenzhou Hotel. Police...

16-year-old Christian Girl Kidnapped and Forcibly Converted to Islam

August 18, 2022 — 08/17/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - Child grooming is becoming more prevalent in Nigeria due to the government's refusal to protect Christian girls. Though the legal age of consent has...

Fulani Militants Disrupt Christian Farming Community, Kill Six in Nigeria

August 16, 2022 — 08/16/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – It was a cloudy night, and villagers in one Christian farming community in Nigeria’s Benue state were about to sleep. Suddenly, militants arrived, scattering...

Five Suspects Arrested in Nigeria for Catholic Church Massacre

August 15, 2022 — 08/15/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) Five suspects were arrested for attacking a Catholic church in Nigeria and killing approximately 40 people in June. The announcement came last week, two months...

North Korean Defector Shares Hope in Christ

August 14, 2022 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMAFrFF5uQI 08/14/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Arguably, the toughest place in the world to be a Christian is North Korea, which is why it's one of my favorite...

Militia Kidnap Traditional Rulers and Kill Others in Nigeria

August 11, 2022 — 08/11/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Peaceful Christian communities in Nigeria are becoming a burial ground, with Fulani militants targeting Christian farmers, Catholic priests, and traditional rulers. According to locals,...

United States Announces Policy Strategy Towards Sub-Saharan Africa

August 10, 2022 — 08/10/2022 South Africa (International Christian Concern) – In a speech at the University of Pretoria earlier this week, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken laid out the U.S. strategy...

Iranian Court Denies Retrial Requests for Christian Converts

August 9, 2022 — 08/09/2022 Iran (International Christian Concern) – The Iranian Supreme Court has denied the retrial and release requests for Iranian Armenian Anooshavan Avedian, Christian convert Abbas Souri, and Christian convert Fariba Dalir....

Preacher from Early Rain Covenant Church Taken to Police Station

August 6, 2022 — 08/06/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - On August 2, a preacher from the heavily persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) was taken away from the police for allegedly violating COVID...

Printing Houses’ Fear of Government Crackdown Threatens to Cause Shortage of Bibles in Hong Kong

August 5, 2022 — 08/05/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) tight regulations on religious content have led to a shortage of Bibles in Hong Kong. The Franciscans who run...

Christian Father and Son Stabbed in Egypt in String of Incidents

August 4, 2022 — 08/04/2022 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – A Christian father and son in Egypt were attacked by a known radical on July 28, just outside the father’s shop. 43-year-old Joseph Israel and...

Opposition Leaders in Nigeria Threaten President with Impeachment Over Security Situation

August 4, 2022 — 08/04/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – According to CNN, opposition leaders in Nigeria have threatened President Muhammadu Buhari with impeachment if he doesn’t improve the security situation in the country...

Persecuted Vietnamese Family Gets a New Home

August 4, 2022 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6yk40-ts8s 08/11/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Today, I want to share the story of a believer named Thomas who came to know Christ last year. While living in...

Governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna State Takes a Step into National Politics

August 3, 2022 — 08/03/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Nasir El-Rufai has failed to prevent violence against Christians as governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna state, and now, he’s attempting to have a say in...

Clergy in China Manipulated into Registering With the Government

August 3, 2022 — 08/03/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On July 15, Francis An Shuxin, the official bishop of the diocese of Baoding, published a “pastoral” letter urging clergy who have not yet...

Another Fearless Church Planter in India

August 3, 2022 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUumljNexM8 08/03/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Church planting in India has never been easy. But it has grown even more difficult since 2014 with Prime Minister Modi's rise...