Climate Change Is Not Christian Persecution, So Why Does It Matter? August 4, 2026 — Part One of the series, “When Creation Groans” By ICC Fellow Lisa Navarrette The first light of dawn stretches across a farming village in Nigeria’s Middle Belt as Samuel walks...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Discipleship in a Compromised Church July 17, 2026 — By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” By the time we come to the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the question of persecution...
ICC Releases 2026 Global Persecution IndexJuly 7, 2026 — International Christian Concern (ICC) has released its 2026 Global Persecution Index (GPI), offering an in-depth analysis of the persecution Christians face in more than 20 countries, including personal testimonies from...
How Long, O Lord? The Cry of the Martyrs Before the Throne of God May 29, 2026 — By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” As we reach the final biblical foundation of this series, the Book of Revelation brings us...
Surrounded by a Great Cloud of Witnesses: Faith That Endures Suffering May 22, 2026 — By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” Throughout this series, we have seen a pattern emerge across the pages of Scripture. From Abel, whose blood...
Learning to Suffer Like Peter: Rejoicing When You Share in Christ’s Sufferings May 15, 2026 — By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” If Paul teaches us that suffering is often the mark of authentic gospel ministry, Peter...
State Department Delay Sends the Wrong Message on Religious Freedom May 15, 2026 — Religious freedom conditions remain troubled in much of the world, including in some of the most populous nations. These conditions can mean the difference between life and death, but they...
U.S. Administration Strives to Protect the Persecuted Church May 14, 2026 — Note: ICC is an apolitical entity and does not support political causes or parties. ICC’s focus is to ease the suffering of Christians in hostile places. By ICC Fellow Lisa...
Paul: The Marks of a True Apostle — When Suffering Becomes the Proof of Authentic MinistryMay 8, 2026 — By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” Few figures in the history of the church embodied the cost of following Jesus as clearly...
When Persecution Fuels the Mission: The Early Church Discovers the Cost of Following JesusMay 4, 2026 — By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” The Book of Acts tells the story of the early church as it began to...
ICC President Shares Vision with Christian Leaders at RLPApril 27, 2026 — International Christian Concern (ICC) President Shawn Wright recently shared his vision with more than 70 ministry leaders on ways to work together to serve the more than 388 million persecuted...
The Cross-Shaped Life: The Cost of Following JesusApril 17, 2026 — By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” The turning point of the gospel story occurs when Jesus begins to explain to his disciples that his mission...
The Suffering Servant: God’s Redemptive Strategy for a Broken World April 10, 2026 — By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” Throughout Scripture, we encounter a recurring pattern: the righteous suffer while the wicked often seem to prosper. From...
Job and the Mystery of Suffering: When the Righteous Suffer Without Explanation April 2, 2026 — By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” If the blood of the martyrs still speaks, are we listening? For many believers, the question...
The Prophetic Pattern: Why God’s Messengers Were PersecutedMarch 27, 2026 — By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” When we read the story of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4, we encounter the...
The First Martyr: What Cain and Abel Teach Us About PersecutionMarch 20, 2026 — By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” The story of persecution in the Bible begins not in a battlefield or a courtroom,...
