Christians Increasingly Targeted in BJP-Controlled Odisha

November 13, 2024 — 11/13/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — Just six months after the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in tribal-dominated Odisha state, the number of attacks against Christians...

The Psychological Toll of False Blasphemy Accusations in Pakistan

November 11, 2024 — 11/11/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — For Christians in Pakistan, the consequences of facing blasphemy accusations are demonstrably horrific. Less clear, however, are the consequences for Christians who have not...

Strength Amid Persecution: Preparing Pastors to Handle Hardship

November 11, 2024 — 11/11/2024 India (International Christian Concern) – Rising anti-Christian sentiment has recently led to more incidents of brutality and violence against Christians in India. At least 161 incidents of violence against Christian...

Against All Odds: Pranathi’s Journey from Poverty to Possibility

November 9, 2024 — 11/09/2024 India (International Christian Concern) – When 8-year-old Pranathi was asked about her life’s ambition, she answered the question without any hesitation. “I want to become a doctor,” she said. Although...

Police Watch as Mob Attacks 14 Christians in Chhattisgarh

November 8, 2024 — 11/8/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — As police officers watched, hundreds of people attacked 14 Christians on Oct. 30 in Chhattisgarh, India, after they defied orders to abandon their Christian...

Rescued by Faith

October 28, 2024 — 10/28/2024 India (International Christian Concern) – Pastor Ravi lives in a quiet village in Madhya Pradesh, India. He was raised in a devout Hindu family and immersed in the practice...

High Court Calls for Regulation of Christian Institutions in India

October 28, 2024 — 10/28/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — The High Court of Tamil Nadu made a significant statement on Oct. 23, saying there is a need for Christian institutions to be regulated...

Report Shows Christian Persecution Worsening Worldwide

October 24, 2024 — 10/24/2024 United Kingdom (International Christian Concern) — A report released on Tuesday shows that Christians around the world are enduring increased levels of violence, discrimination, and other human rights abuses....

Hindu Organizations Attempt to Stop Two Large Christian Gatherings

October 21, 2024 — 10/21/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — Two Hindu nationalist organizations are trying to stop two large public Christian conventions scheduled to take place in different provinces of the Central Indian...

80-Mile-Long Human Chain Forms to Protest Politician’s Anti-Christian Remarks

October 14, 2024 — 10/14/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — Christians in Chhattisgarh formed an 80-mile-long human chain to protest inaction against a member of the legislative assembly who made derogatory remarks about Jesus...

After Centuries of Genocide and Persecution, Christianity Continues to Grow

October 11, 2024 — 10/11/2024 (International Christian Concern) — Since the death of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, in 33-36 A.D., Christians have endured unrelenting persecution and, at times, even genocide. Despite this, the...

U.S. Government Commission Finds Worsening Persecution in India Amid Elections

October 9, 2024 — 10/9/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — A special mid-year report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released last week found that persecution in India has continued to...

Rescued from the Rubble

October 9, 2024 — 10/9/2024 Nepal (International Christian Concern) — After an earthquake struck Nepal in November 2023, Sabita struggled to provide for her two young children. The earthquake — which killed more than...

11 Female Evangelists Arrested on False Charges of Forced Conversions

October 7, 2024 — 10/7/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — Eleven Christian women evangelists from Hyderabad, along with seven other local Christian men and women, were arrested and arraigned on false charges of trying...

Muslim Doctor Denies Elderly Christian Medical Care

October 4, 2024 — 10/4/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — When Yousaf Masih Gill first met with the doctor assigned to care for his gravely ill father at Civil Hospital of Sahiwal in Punjab,...

Pastor Found Guilty of Forced Conversions in India

September 30, 2024 — 9/30/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — Despite being granted bail, a pastor working for a missionary organization in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh was convicted on Wednesday on...