Another Church Attacked by Burmese Military in Eastern MyanmarJune 2, 2021 — 06/02/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – During the evening of May 26, another church in Kayah state was attacked by the Burmese military. Fighting between the military and local resistance...
ICC Delivers COVID Aid Critical for the Survival of Pastors in IndiaJune 2, 2021 — 06/02/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – The second surge of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit our brothers and sisters in India extremely hard. Pastors serving in rural areas have been...
Myanmar’s Indian and Chinese Christians Facing Systematic DiscriminationJune 2, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Gina Goh and Jay Church" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1622632294320{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="124961" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] This article is part of a series analyzing the unique challenges facing...
Pastor Suffered Assault from Hindu Nationalists and COVID-19 in Bihar StateJune 1, 2021 — 06/01/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – Pastor Ramnivas Kumar and his wife, Pinky, suffered a violent assault by 12 Hindu nationalists on April 22 in the early morning in Bihar...
11 Indonesian Terror Suspects Arrested Before They Attack ChurchesMay 31, 2021 — 05/31/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On Monday, Indonesian police arrested 11 suspected Islamic militants accused of plotting attacks at several Christian churches in the Christian-majority Papua province. According to...
COVID-19 Crisis Fund Beneficiary in India Shares Aid and Faith with NeighborsMay 31, 2021 — 05/31/2021 India (International Christian Concern) - “We as a family struggled to cope with the lockdown,” Anjali Nag recently told International Christian Concern (ICC). “ICC provided us food aid for...
Shop Provides Gospel Opportunities in Unreached CommunitiesMay 31, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="123995" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 05/31/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – ICC supports field workers who spread the Gospel in some of the most dangerous parts of the world...
Sinicization of Christianity Research Center Founded in Hubei SeminaryMay 30, 2021 — 05/30/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – On May 21, the Hubei Provincial CCC&TSPM (China Christian Council and Three-Self Patriotic Movement) hosted the inauguration ceremony of a research center for the...
Christian Doctor in India Suspended After Praying for COVID-19 PatientsMay 30, 2021 — 05/30/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – A Christian doctor in India has been suspended from working with COVID-19 patients due to allegations of attempted forced conversion. Dr. Sandhya Tiwari who...
ICC Aid an Answer to Prayer for Indian Family Effected by COVID-19May 29, 2021 — 05/29/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – India’s second wave of COVID-19 has devastated the country, with over 300,000 people reportedly dead, and actual numbers thought to be up to ten...
Chinese Pastor Attacked and Beaten by CCP Police OfficerMay 29, 2021 — 05/29/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Pastor Yang Hua of Living Stone House Church in Guiyang, Guizhou province, planned to visit fellow Christians in Quindao, Shandong, on May 24. Authorities...
Myanmar Cardinal Pleads for the Internal Fighting to EndMay 28, 2021 — 05/28/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) –Myanmar’s Roman Catholic leader, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, published an appeal on his Twitter page Wednesday night calling for military attacks on places of worship...
US Condemns Growing Persecution in ChinaMay 28, 2021 — 05/28/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Two high-level institutions in the US government recently highlighted certain religious freedom issues in China and called for an end to the government-led persecution there....
Indian Courts Reaffirm Religious Freedom Rights Amid Growing IntoleranceMay 28, 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_1622202482146{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99700" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 05/28/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On April 5, 2021, Pastor Sanjay Bhandari sustained...
Myanmar Christians Flee to India Amidst Military CrackdownsMay 27, 2021 — 05/27/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – As the Burmese Army (Tatmadaw) continues cracking down on pro-democracy demonstrations, thousands of people, mostly Christians, are fleeing to bordering Mizoram state in India....
Christian Homes in Pakistan Burned Down in Separate Religiously Motivated IncidentsMay 27, 2021 — 05/27/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to local reports, two Christian homes in Pakistan were burned down in religiously motivated attacks in April. Both attacks exemplify the persecution and...
