World Council of Churches Condemns Ongoing Strikes on Burmese CiviliansFebruary 19, 2026 — Following the bombing of a predominantly Mennonite village in western Myanmar earlier this month, the World Council of Churches (WCC) this week issued a public condemnation of the ongoing violence....
Christian Communities Warn of Political Marginalization Amid Deepening BARMM Electoral CrisisFebruary 17, 2026 — The fragile peace in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is facing significant challenges. Christian settler communities have cautioned that, in the absence of Senate Bill 1587 to...
Unregistered Worship Spaces, A Looming Crisis for Malaysian Christians?February 13, 2026 — A recent directive from Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim concerning unauthorised places of worship has sent ripples through the country’s diverse religious landscape. The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity,...
China Named Global ‘Puppet Master’ of Religious PersecutionFebruary 12, 2026 — At a congressional hearing on Feb. 4, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback testified on the global state of religious freedom. He asserted that China continues to...
South Korean Pastor Released from PrisonFebruary 5, 2026 — Pastor Hyun-Bo Son, arrested in September 2025 in South Korea, was released from prison this week. International Christian Concern (ICC) has previously reported on Pastor Son’s controversial arrest. Pastor Son...
21 of 22 Churches Destroyed in Christian Town Since 2021 CoupFebruary 4, 2026 — On Jan. 30, the Burma Research Institute (BRI) released a scathing report detailing destructive attacks, killings, and harassment of Christians and church buildings since the military coup in 2021 that...
Searching for God in the Dark of NightFebruary 4, 2026 — In a remote area of a Southeast Asian country, a teacher named Erina has some of her students over to her house at night so they can read together. These...
Report Reveals Top Global Christian PersecutorsJanuary 30, 2026 — In a January 2026 report, the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) detailed some of the world’s top perpetrators of violence against Christians across five continents. The group, with the...
Judge Blocks Termination of Protections for Migrants from MyanmarJanuary 29, 2026 — A federal judge has ordered a temporary halt to the U.S. government’s plan to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Myanmar living in the United States — a shift from...
Radical Islamic Organizations Reject Christian Revival ServicesJanuary 28, 2026 — The Christian New Year celebration on Jan. 6 in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, was rejected and disrupted by the radical organization PASS (Defenders of Ahlus Sunnah). The organization protested the...
My Husband Abandoned Me, Then I Found GodJanuary 28, 2026 — I am Mila, a mother of one child (in Southeast Asia). I was born and raised as a Muslim. Since childhood, I have often studied various religions because I wanted...
Indonesian Pastor Banned from Celebrating ChristmasJanuary 20, 2026 — On the evening of Dec. 24, 2025, roughly 70 members of the GMII Church Bethlehem Jonggol congregation in Sukasirna Village, Bogor, Indonesia, were banned from celebrating Christmas. Christmas services scheduled...
Landmark ICJ Hearing Begins on Genocide in MyanmarJanuary 20, 2026 — Public hearings began Monday in a case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning Myanmar’s treatment of the ethnoreligious minority Rohingya community. In 2016, Myanmar’s military launched a genocide...
Chinese Christians in US Host Prayer Event for Persecuted Churches in ChinaJanuary 16, 2026 — In light of the Jan. 6 government crackdown on Early Rain Covenant Church and the arrest of its leaders, hundreds of Christians gathered in person and online to fast and...
Several Christians Detained Amid Crackdown on Christianity in ChinaJanuary 15, 2026 — Chinese authorities detained leaders and members of the Early Rain Covenant Church in China on Jan. 6 amid the nation’s continued persecution of Christians. Among those detained, the whereabouts of...
Myanmar’s Military Junta Attempts to Legitimize Its Rule with Election, AmnestiesJanuary 8, 2026 — The military junta ruling Myanmar, midway through a three-phase election cycle designed to create a veneer of legitimacy for a group of rulers who deposed the elected government in 2021,...
