The Gift of Realizing One’s Full Potential

February 13, 2025 — 2/13/2025 Sudan (International Christian Concern) — Youhana Argi was born into a deeply religious Muslim family in the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, Sudan. One day, he did what many...

Christian Villages in Nigeria’s Middle Belt Face Ongoing Attacks

February 12, 2025 — 2/12/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — At least 22 Christians were killed in a series of recent attacks on villages in Plateau state, Nigeria, as armed groups occupied Christian communities,...

5 Muslim Men Sentenced to Life in Prison for Rape of 10-Year-Old Christian Girl

February 12, 2025 — 2/12/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — Five Muslim men were sentenced in December 2024 to life imprisonment for the rape of a 10-year-old girl from a Christian family in Nigeria. ...

Faithful to the Gospel, Even in the Face of Death

February 11, 2025 — 2/11/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — In the heart of Northern Nigeria, where the gospel often meets fierce — if not deadly — opposition, one man is faithfully sharing the...

Genocidal Militia Continues to Persecute Christians Across Sudan

February 11, 2025 — 2/11/2025 Sudan (International Christian Concern) — In the last weeks of the Biden administration, the United States declared that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were guilty of committing an ongoing...

Fulani Islamic Extremists Kill at Least 16 Christians in Southern Nigeria

February 6, 2025 — 2/6/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — Fulani Islamic extremists stormed a village in Ebonyi state in the early morning hours of Sunday, Feb. 2, shooting Christians and setting homes on...

Nigerian Church Leader Killed During Worship Service

January 30, 2025 — 1/30/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — Yomi Adetula, a respected 54-year-old leader of the Celestial Church of Christ, Eagle Parish, in Ogun state, Nigeria, was shot during a morning service...

Christians Call for Unity, Support Amid Growing Tensions with Fulani Extremists

January 30, 2025 — 1/30/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — On Armed Forces Remembrance Day, Jan. 15, Chief Daniel Chega, the Paramount Ruler of Miango District in Plateau state, Nigeria, said he is actively...

Boko Haram’s Latest Attacks Displace Thousands of Christians in Nigeria

January 24, 2025 — 1/24/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — Boko Haram is escalating attacks on Christian communities in Chibok, Borno state, displacing more than 4,000 Christians in recent days. In a series of...

Bible App Downloads Surge in Regions with High Levels of Christian Persecution

January 17, 2025 — 1/17/2025 Global (International Christian Concern) — A Bible app is growing in popularity around the world, including in countries where Christians face persecution. Downloads of the popular YouVersion Bible App...

Desert of Danger: How Extremism Shapes the Sahel’s Future

January 16, 2025 — 01/16/2025 Africa (International Christian Concern) – About 400 million people inhabit the Sahel, a narrow strip of the vast African continent hugging the Sahara desert’s Southern reaches and stretching from Senegal’s...

Emerging Islamic Extremist Group Kills Christians in Northern Nigeria

January 16, 2025 — 1/15/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — A newly emerging Islamic terror group, Lakurawa, has once again unleashed violence in Northern Nigeria, targeting Christians and advancing their agenda of establishing an...

Cherishing Every Opportunity to Serve the Persecuted

January 14, 2025 — 1/13/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — During an October 2024 visit to Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, International Christian Concern (ICC) staffers offered a rare moment of...

Daniel’s Journey of Survival and Renewal

January 6, 2025 — 01/06/2025 Africa (International Christian Concern) – Daniel, 22, survived an attack in October 2022 when radical Somali herders shot him in broad daylight as he walked to his charcoal kiln. The...

Faith Amid Tragedy: Nigerian Teen Transforms Grief into Gospel Hope

January 2, 2025 — 1/2/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — At the age of 15, Sarie Audu found hope in gospel music after Fulani Islamic extremists killed his father. Audu, the second of five...

Crude Consequences: The Hidden Cost of U.S. Oil Imports from Persecuting Nations

January 2, 2025 — 01/02/2025 Middle East (International Christian Concern) – Eight of the 12 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) actively participate in or condone Christian persecution within their...