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Amid Nationwide Uprising, Iran’s Christians Are on Heightened Alert

January 22, 2026 Iran — Iran has just seen several weeks of lethal turmoil, the most severe since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that forever changed the country and, for that matter, the world. That revolution,...

Iran Makes Large Sums of Money Off the Backs of Persecuted Christians

January 22, 2026 Iran — Iran has an open secret. Persecuting Christians is a booming business in the Muslim-majority nation, and the country is earning large sums of money from arresting Christ followers. Fines and...

Children Abducted, Tormented as Militia Groups Terrorize the DRC  

January 22, 2026 Congo, DRC, Rwanda — Terrorist groups continued their rampage of death and destruction through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2025, increasingly targeting children as weapons for war and abuse.   Militia...

Judicial Oversight Exposes Systemic Religious Mislabeling in Sabah, Malaysia

January 20, 2026 — For decades, a profound and silent struggle has permeated the heart of the Malaysian state of Sabah, in northern Borneo. Thousands of indigenous Christians have faced a life-altering discrepancy on...

Extremists Kill 22, Displace Thousands in Northern Mozambique

January 20, 2026 Mozambique — Violence swept through northern Mozambique one week in late November, unfolding in a series of coordinated attacks that forced tens of thousands from their homes. On Nov. 20, 2025, armed...

Indonesian Pastor Banned from Celebrating Christmas

January 20, 2026 Indonesia — On the evening of Dec. 24, 2025, roughly 70 members of the GMII Church Bethlehem Jonggol congregation in Sukasirna Village, Bogor, Indonesia, were banned from celebrating Christmas. Christmas services scheduled...

Incidents of Anti-Christian Hate Speech Increased Sharply in 2025

January 20, 2026 India — Nearly 162 incidents of anti-Christian hate speech were recorded in India in 2025, reflecting a 41% increase from 2024, according to a project report released last week by the Center...

Children Abducted, Tormented as Militia Groups Terrorize the DRC  

January 22, 2026 ICC News — Terrorist groups continued their rampage of death and destruction through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2025, increasingly targeting children as weapons for war and abuse.   Militia...

Extremists Kill 22, Displace Thousands in Northern Mozambique

January 20, 2026 ICC News — Violence swept through northern Mozambique one week in late November, unfolding in a series of coordinated attacks that forced tens of thousands from their homes. On Nov. 20, 2025, armed...

9 Killed, Several Abducted in Latest ADF Attack

January 20, 2026 ICC News — The territory of Lubero in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, has once again plunged into mourning after two deadly Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacks on Tuesday, Jan. 13....

163 Worshippers Abducted from Two Churches in Nigeria

January 20, 2026 ICC News — Nigerian officials said that 163 worshippers were kidnapped on Sunday when heavily armed bandits raided at least two churches during services.   The abductions reportedly occurred in a rural Christian...

Amid Nationwide Uprising, Iran’s Christians Are on Heightened Alert

January 22, 2026 ICC News — Iran has just seen several weeks of lethal turmoil, the most severe since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that forever changed the country and, for that matter, the world. That revolution,...

Iran Makes Large Sums of Money Off the Backs of Persecuted Christians

January 22, 2026 ICC News — Iran has an open secret. Persecuting Christians is a booming business in the Muslim-majority nation, and the country is earning large sums of money from arresting Christ followers. Fines and...

Pray and Stand with Iran’s Underground Church

January 13, 2026 ICC News — I write to you today with deep urgency as history unfolds in Iran. As nationwide protests for freedom intensify — with death toll reports climbing from the hundreds into the...

Finding the Biblical Context for the Story Unfolding in Iran

January 13, 2026 ICC News — As events unfold in Iran and the nation once again faces unrest, violence, and uncertainty, many believers are asking where God is at work — and how the Church should pray in...

Incidents of Anti-Christian Hate Speech Increased Sharply in 2025

January 20, 2026 ICC News — Nearly 162 incidents of anti-Christian hate speech were recorded in India in 2025, reflecting a 41% increase from 2024, according to a project report released last week by the Center...

Following Jesus Down Dirt Roads in India

January 14, 2026 ICC News — After traveling for seven hours on an ordinary public transport bus along India’s roads, followed by another two hours in a private taxi along a bumpy path, I thought I...

Hindu Nationalists Attack Bus of Christian Evangelists

January 12, 2026 ICC News — A minibus carrying a Christian evangelism team was brutally attacked last week by Hindu nationalists near the village of Korrakudu in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Several passengers...

Pakistan Shows Surprising Respect for Christian Community During Christmas

January 12, 2026 ICC News — Christmas 2025 unfolded as an unusually grand and public affirmation of Pakistan’s Christian community, led most visibly by the Punjab government in what many have called a historic break from...

Indonesian Pastor Banned from Celebrating Christmas

January 20, 2026 ICC News — On the evening of Dec. 24, 2025, roughly 70 members of the GMII Church Bethlehem Jonggol congregation in Sukasirna Village, Bogor, Indonesia, were banned from celebrating Christmas. Christmas services scheduled...

Landmark ICJ Hearing Begins on Genocide in Myanmar

January 20, 2026 ICC News — Public hearings began Monday in a case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning Myanmar’s treatment of the ethnoreligious minority Rohingya community. In 2016, Myanmar’s military launched a genocide...

Chinese Christians in US Host Prayer Event for Persecuted Churches in China

January 16, 2026 ICC News — In light of the Jan. 6 government crackdown on Early Rain Covenant Church and the arrest of its leaders, hundreds of Christians gathered in person and online to fast and...

Several Christians Detained Amid Crackdown on Christianity in China

January 15, 2026 ICC News — Chinese authorities detained leaders and members of the Early Rain Covenant Church in China on Jan. 6 amid the nation’s continued persecution of Christians. Among those detained, the whereabouts of...

Chinese Christians in US Host Prayer Event for Persecuted Churches in China

January 16, 2026 ICC News — In light of the Jan. 6 government crackdown on Early Rain Covenant Church and the arrest of its leaders, hundreds of Christians gathered in person and online to fast and...

Several Christians Detained Amid Crackdown on Christianity in China

January 15, 2026 ICC News — Chinese authorities detained leaders and members of the Early Rain Covenant Church in China on Jan. 6 amid the nation’s continued persecution of Christians. Among those detained, the whereabouts of...

Colombian Pastor Killed on New Year’s Eve

January 9, 2026 ICC News — On New Year’s Eve, Pastor José Otoniel Ortega was repeatedly shot by three armed attackers in the Santa Elena neighborhood in Magdalena Department, Colombia. He was taken to a nearby...

Fire and Violence: U.S. Christian Institutions Burned and Attacked in 2025

December 30, 2025 ICC News — As the countdown to a new year approaches, many American Christians are looking back at 2025 with a mixed sense of grief, loss, and perseverance. Christian institutions across America became...

Update on Syria: A New Era or More of the Same for Syrian Christians?

September 19, 2025 ICC Fellows — By Linda Burkle, Ph.D., ICC Fellow  Several years ago, while in Jordan, I had the privilege of participating in a feeding and grocery distribution program for Syrian refugees. We served...

Word Wrangling in the Sahel Region 

May 8, 2025 ICC Fellows — By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow One of the greatest half-truths ever unleashed on humanity was the pithy encouragement parents commonly passed down to their children: “Sticks and stones may...

The Refugee Camp Economy: How Refugee Camps Fuel Growth

March 24, 2025 ICC Fellows — 03/24/2025 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – When conflict and persecution happen, whole populations flee their homes, cross national borders, and end up in refugee camps. By 2030, more than 300...

Education Is Key: The Role of Education in Fostering Religious Tolerance

March 17, 2025 ICC Fellows — 03/17/2025 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – “Education is key,” they say. Education for religious tolerance can be effective in developing mutual respect and understanding among individuals from different religious...

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