Priests in Papua Petition Government for Fair Trials

October 13, 2022 — 10/13/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) - In Papua, a tumultuous majority-Christian region of Indonesia, over 100 Catholic priests have signed a petition seeking fair trials in cases of violence. ...

Indonesian Police Kill MIT’s Last Member Involved in Christian Attacks

October 12, 2022 — 10/12/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On September 30, the Indonesian Police's special counterterrorism squad, Densus 88, said that they killed a militant who was the last remaining member of...

Chinese Authorities Shut Down House Church

October 11, 2022 — 10/11/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - Berea Church, a house church in Putian, Fujian Province, was recently shut down for “conducting activities in the name of a social group without...

Christian Students Condemn Kendari Church Attack

October 9, 2022 — 10/09/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The Indonesian Christian Student Movement (GMKI) Kendari Branch condemned the attack on the Pentecostal Church in Indonesia (GPDI) of the Jesus Shepherd Congregation in...

Shanxi’s Linfen Holds Seventh Seminar on Sinicization of Christianity

October 8, 2022 — 10/08/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On September 24, more than 90 pastors from the state-vetted Three-Self churches attended the seventh seminar on the Sinicization of Christianity, held in Yaodu...

Benedictine Monk Dies from Cancer After Allegedly Being Poisoned

October 7, 2022 — 10/07/2022 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) - Father Anthony Padua Nguyen Huyen Duc passed away on October 4 in a German hospital. He was 50 years old and had been battling...

2022 Persecution Incident Report: China

October 6, 2022 — Picking up where the 2021 report left off — at the beginning of July 2021 — this report summarizes ICC's reporting on the topic in the last year. The continued...

Preachers from Linfen Church Formally Arrested

October 6, 2022 — 10/06/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On September 30, Preacher Li Jie and Preacher Han Xiaodong from Linfen Holy Covenant Church in Shanxi province, detained in August for the alleged...

Persecuted for a Decade, a Church Persists

September 27, 2022 — 09/27/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A member of the demolished Golden Lampstand Church in Shanxi province asks for prayers for the imprisoned leaders of his house church, especially his...

Transforming a Generation

September 23, 2022 — 09/23/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Survivors of gruesome terrorist attacks have a long journey ahead of them after the dust settles from the bombs and loved ones are...

Hong Kong Pastor Charged With Sedition Slams Draconian Legal System

September 21, 2022 — 09/21/2022 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) - A Hong Kong pastor who was arrested and detained for sedition in April of this year represented himself in court this past week. ...

Previously Raided House Church in Changchun Now Banned

September 20, 2022 — 09/20/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A house church in Jilin province’s Changchun raided last month by police during its Sunday worship is now disbanded by the government. On September...

Imprisoned Yunnan Christian Faces Formal Arrest

September 19, 2022 — 09/18/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – Ethnic Nu Christian Wang Shunping from Yunnan, detained last month in Nujiang prefecture, faces formal arrest from Fugong County’s Public Security Bureau (PSB). Wang...

Catholic Church in Shan State Desecrated by the Junta

September 17, 2022 — 09/17/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The Burmese Army (Tatmadaw) continues to target churches as it fights local resistance forces in Christian-majority states. As intense fighting between the military and...

Legislative Council in India’s Karnataka State Passes Anti-Conversion Bill

September 16, 2022 — 09/16/2022 India (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Legislative Council of the State of Karnataka, India, recently passed an anti-conversion bill. The Legislative Assembly passed...

Indonesian Leader Blocks Road So Christians Cannot Attend a Religious Event

September 16, 2022 — 09/16/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) - A bishop in the Moluccas, Indonesia, has accused authorities of hindering peaceful relations between religious communities in the region. Bishop Seno Ngutra of...