Chinese Authorities Interrupt Virtual Church ServiceJuly 23, 2021 — 07/23/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Last week, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials reportedly interrupted a church service held virtually over zoom. During the morning of July 11, CCP security...
Burmese Soldiers Not Brought to Justice For Rape and Murder of a Kachin WomanJuly 22, 2021 — 07/22/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The Burmese military has detained three soldiers to investigate a crime against a 55-year-old ethnic Kachin woman named Khaw Ywe. The soldiers are accused...
Building Up Peshawar’s Next GenerationJuly 22, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By William Stark" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1623944790213{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="125249" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 07/22/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On September 22, 2013, the congregation of All Saints Church,...
Another Twelve Christians Arrested on False Forced Conversion Charges in IndiaJuly 22, 2021 — 07/22/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – According to local sources, nine Christians in India were arrested and sent to jail on July 18 after being falsely accused of violating Uttar...
Chinese Officials Raid a Christian Funeral, Remove Christian SymbolsJuly 21, 2021 — 07/21/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Recently, a house church in Guiyang City, Guizhou province hosted a memorial service for an elderly Christian at a local funeral home. Before the...
Supreme Court of Pakistan Rejects Petition on Forced Conversion and Forced MarriageJuly 21, 2021 — 07/21/2021 Pakistan (Morning Star News) – According to Morning Star News, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has rejected a constitutional petition to protect Christian girls from forced conversion and forced...
Indonesian Security Forces Kill A Senior MIT MilitantJuly 20, 2021 — 07/20/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Last week, Indonesian security forces conducted a raid in Central Sulawesi province that killed two suspected members of pro-Islamic State terror group Eastern Indonesia...
Pastor Arrested in India’s Chhattisgarh State Following False Forced Conversion AccusationJuly 20, 2021 — 07/20/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – According to Asia News, a small house church in India’s Chhattisgarh state was attacked and disrupted by a mob of radical Hindu nationalists. After...
Chinese Pastors Ordered to Preach on Xi Jinping’s SpeechJuly 20, 2021 — 07/19/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials have ordered pastors belonging to the state-controlled body of the Protestant Church to study and preach President Xi Jinping's...
ICC Provides Much Needed Assistance to Pastors in MyanmarJuly 19, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="125764" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 7/19/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – As a nation, Myanmar is struggling. The pandemic had already crippled Myanmar’s economy, leaving many extremely vulnerable. However, on February 1,...
Christian Family Assaulted and Falsely Accused of Forced Conversions in Northern IndiaJuly 19, 2021 — 07/19/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – According to Morning Star News, a Christian family in India’s Uttar Pradesh state was assaulted and falsely charged with forced religious conversions by a...
Widow and Children Left Homeless in India After Receiving PrayerJuly 18, 2021 — 07/18/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – A widow and her four children in India were kicked out of their home after family members discovered she had gone to a Christian...
Chinese Street Preacher Released After Being Held Under SurveillanceJuly 17, 2021 — 07/17/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – On June 19, Zhejiang Province’s state security officers arrested Chen Wensheng, a Christian from Hengyang City, Hunan province. After transporting him back to Hengyang,...
ICC Food Aid Sustains Struggling Church Planters in IndiaJuly 17, 2021 — 07/17/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – “We are so blessed by the help from International Christian Concern,” Pastor Jacob Venkatesh said after receiving COVID-19 aid. “The help has come when...
Fate of Imprisoned Chinese Bishop Still UnknownJuly 16, 2021 — 07/16/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – The bishop of Xixiang (Henan province), Joseph Zhang Weizhu was arrested in May alongside ten priests and seminarians at a Catholic seminary. His fate...
Arrests Trigger New Wave of Persecution in India’s Uttar Pradesh StateJuly 16, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By ICC’s India Correspondent" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1626443236610{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="114905" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 07/16/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Over the past two weeks, Christians in Uttar...
