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14 Dead, 4 Missing Following Boko Haram Attacks
December 30, 2025 Nigeria — Fourteen people are dead, and four are missing after suspected Boko Haram attacked three villages Monday night in the Hong local government area of Adamawa state, Nigeria. Numerous homes and...
Fire and Violence: U.S. Christian Institutions Burned and Attacked in 2025
December 30, 2025 United States — 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...
Hindu Nationalists Attack Christmas Celebrations Across India
December 29, 2025 India — More than 80 incidents of violent attacks, hate speeches, and tensions were reported during the Christmas week across several states of India, putting holiday celebrations under a cloud of fear...
Trump Announces U.S. Airstrike Against ISIS Militants in Northwest Nigeria
December 25, 2025 Nigeria — [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]The United States has carried out an airstrike against ISIS-affiliated militants in northwest Nigeria on Christmas Day, according to a Truth Social Post from President Donald Trump, citing ongoing attacks...
Chinese Authorities Crack Down and Arrest House Church Members
December 24, 2025 China — Reports are emerging of an ongoing, massive campaign by Chinese police to crack down and arrest hundreds of Chinese house church members in Taishun County, Wenzhou City, in Zhejiang Province....
Caring for a Congolese Girl’s Golden Heart
December 23, 2025 Congo, DRC — Twenty-one-year-old Grace Somana knows the concept of loss in a way that few can imagine. She grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without a mother, a father,...
Islamic Group in Indonesia Rejects Construction of Church Building
December 23, 2025 Indonesia — A church in East Java, Indonesia, the Protestant Church in Western Indonesia (GPIB) Benowo, has again experienced discrimination from a local Islamic group. In May 2024, residents of a housing...
Africa News
See All Africa News14 Dead, 4 Missing Following Boko Haram Attacks
December 30, 2025 ICC News — Fourteen people are dead, and four are missing after suspected Boko Haram attacked three villages Monday night in the Hong local government area of Adamawa state, Nigeria. Numerous homes and...
Trump Announces U.S. Airstrike Against ISIS Militants in Northwest Nigeria
December 25, 2025 ICC News — [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]The United States has carried out an airstrike against ISIS-affiliated militants in northwest Nigeria on Christmas Day, according to a Truth Social Post from President Donald Trump, citing ongoing attacks...
Caring for a Congolese Girl’s Golden Heart
December 23, 2025 ICC News, Project Highlight — Twenty-one-year-old Grace Somana knows the concept of loss in a way that few can imagine. She grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without a mother, a father,...
Drought Reignites Faith-Based Conflict in Lamu County
December 23, 2025 ICC News — A severe drought in Lamu County, Kenya, has reignited violent conflict between Christian farmers and Somali Muslim herders over scarce grazing land and water. What is unfolding in areas such...
Middle East News
See All Middle East NewsTwo Prisoners Released Following Prison-Letter Effort, More Behind Bars
December 22, 2025 ICC News — More than 300 faithful writers took time out of their busy schedules to share the love of Christ and pen letters of encouragement to global prisoners this year. By God’s grace, it made a difference. Most of the prisoners who were...
Millions of Christians Must Secretly Celebrate Christmas
December 19, 2025 ICC News — Each year, Christ followers worldwide eagerly anticipate Christmas, remembering and celebrating how their Savior entered the world. The story of Jesus’ arrival is read from the Scriptures and meditated upon;...
Five Iranian Christians Sentenced to Prison
December 19, 2025 ICC News — Five Iranian Christians were sentenced to an average of 10 years each in prison for “propaganda” and “collusion” for practices such as prayer and baptism, and for distributing Bibles and...
A Stable Christian Community in Lebanon is Vital for the Middle East
December 17, 2025 ICC News — Lebanon rarely garners headlines like other Middle East actors. It’s a relatively stable homeland. Yet the country hangs in the balance as a beacon of Christianity and stability amid growing...
South Asia News
See All South Asia NewsHindu Nationalists Attack Christmas Celebrations Across India
December 29, 2025 ICC News — More than 80 incidents of violent attacks, hate speeches, and tensions were reported during the Christmas week across several states of India, putting holiday celebrations under a cloud of fear...
Indian Court Rules that Bible Distributions, Preaching are Not Crimes
December 23, 2025 ICC News — The Allahabad High Court ruled last week that distributing Bibles and preaching religious doctrine are not considered crimes under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021....
Telangana’s Chief Minister Proposes Hate Speech Law
December 22, 2025 ICC News — During a pre-Christmas event on Dec. 21 in Hyderabad, India, Telangana’s Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said the government would soon propose a law to curb hate speech. While speaking about...
Two Prisoners Released Following Prison-Letter Effort, More Behind Bars
December 22, 2025 ICC News — More than 300 faithful writers took time out of their busy schedules to share the love of Christ and pen letters of encouragement to global prisoners this year. By God’s grace, it made a difference. Most of the prisoners who were...
Southeast Asia news
See All Southeast Asia NewsChinese Authorities Crack Down and Arrest House Church Members
December 24, 2025 ICC News — Reports are emerging of an ongoing, massive campaign by Chinese police to crack down and arrest hundreds of Chinese house church members in Taishun County, Wenzhou City, in Zhejiang Province....
Islamic Group in Indonesia Rejects Construction of Church Building
December 23, 2025 ICC News — A church in East Java, Indonesia, the Protestant Church in Western Indonesia (GPIB) Benowo, has again experienced discrimination from a local Islamic group. In May 2024, residents of a housing...
Muslims Again Prevent Christians from Attending Church Service
December 23, 2025 ICC News — On Sunday, Dec. 14, Muslims from several Islamic groups formed a line, preventing Christians from attending a worship service in the Grand Cikarang Village housing complex, located in Bekasi Regency, West Java, Indonesia. This is the third...
Cruel and Unusual: Christians Throughout the World Imprisoned for Years for Following Jesus
December 23, 2025 — Around the world, Christians are forced to spend years of their lives, many times a decade or more, behind bars for the “crime” of believing in Jesus Christ. Believers in nations...
Religious freedom in the west
See All The West NewsFire 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...
Two Prisoners Released Following Prison-Letter Effort, More Behind Bars
December 22, 2025 ICC News — More than 300 faithful writers took time out of their busy schedules to share the love of Christ and pen letters of encouragement to global prisoners this year. By God’s grace, it made a difference. Most of the prisoners who were...
Millions of Christians Must Secretly Celebrate Christmas
December 19, 2025 ICC News — Each year, Christ followers worldwide eagerly anticipate Christmas, remembering and celebrating how their Savior entered the world. The story of Jesus’ arrival is read from the Scriptures and meditated upon;...
Nicaragua Bans Bibles at Border Crossings
December 18, 2025 ICC News — According to a report by the local media outlet CentroAmérica360, notices were posted at bus terminals in Costa Rica warning travelers that they could not bring Bibles into neighboring Nicaragua....
ICC Fellows
See All ICC Fellows NewsUpdate 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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