Ministry of Religion Urges Churches to Maintain Diversity during Election Season

July 2, 2024 — 7/1/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — As this fall’s regional elections approach, Jeane Marie Tulung, director general of Christian community guidance at the Ministry of Religion, is reminding the church...

Six Lao Christians Arrested at Prayer Meeting

July 1, 2024 — 7/1/2024 Laos (International Christian Concern) — Authorities recently arrested a pastor and five Christians during the middle of a prayer gathering in Tahae village, Khammouane Province. The village chief and...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Says Myanmar is Being Suffocated

June 26, 2024 — 6/26/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — Speaking at an interactive dialogue last week, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, spoke of the dire state of human rights...

Authorities Threaten Indonesian Church with Eviction

June 18, 2024 — 6/18/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Local authorities have threatened Indonesian Christian Huria Church (HKI) Juanda Depok with eviction because of its proximity to the Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII)...

Crowns of Courage: Wang Zhiming’s Impact on Christianity in China

June 15, 2024 — 06/15/2024 China (International Christian Concern) – Around the world, tyrannical governments view the growth of Christianity as a threat to their power. Flexing their figurative muscles, they crack down on Christian...

Human Rights Groups Advocate for Vietnamese Christian Activist

June 14, 2024 — 6/14/2024 Thailand (International Christian Concern) — Thai police arrested Vietnamese national Y Quynh Bdap, a Christian activist, on Tuesday following his meeting with the Canadian Embassy to obtain asylum. In...

‘Balloon Wars’ Inflate Tension Between North Korean, South Korea

June 13, 2024 — 6/13/2024 North Korea/South Korea (International Christian Concern) — Tensions between North Korea and South Korea have escalated as various inflammatory items have crossed the border recently. North Korea has...

Report Highlights Murder of 54 Christians at Byeongchon Church during Korean War

June 13, 2024 — 6/13/2024 South Korea (International Christian Concern) — In a recent press release, South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission highlighted the murder of 54 Christians between July and September 1950 by...

Christian Arrested for Social Media Post Commemorating Tiananmen Square Massacre

June 11, 2024 — 6/11/2024 China (International Christian Concern) — At 7 a.m. on June 4, Fu Lijun, a Chinese Christian, heard a knock on his door. When he opened it, Chengdu National Security...

Church Receives Building Permit after 5 Years of Waiting

June 11, 2024 — 6/10/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — After waiting patiently for five years, a Pentecostal church in Margodadi Village, Jati Agung District, South Lampung Regency, has finally received approval to build...

Organization Criticizes Controversial Muslim Leader’s Conversion Tactics

June 7, 2024 — 6/7/2024 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) — The Global Human Rights Federation (GHRF), a Malaysian organization, has publicly criticized a controversial Muslim leader's recent TikTok video detailing his religious conversion tactics...

Religious Tolerance Increases in Predominantly Muslim Indonesia

June 6, 2024 — 6/6/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — A new report shows Indonesia has experienced increased religious tolerance in the last year. According to the Religious Harmony Index (KUB), 76% of Indonesians...

World Observes 35th Anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square Massacre

June 5, 2024 — 6/5/2024 China (International Christian Concern) — Tuesday marked 35 years since the Chinese Communist Party crushed the student-led pro-democracy protests centered on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Martial law was...

Hong Kong Christians Share Prayer Online to Mark Tiananmen Square Massacre

June 4, 2024 — 6/4/2024 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) — After Chinese Communist Party officials canceled Hong Kong’s annual observation of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Victoria Park in 2019, Hong Kong...

Petition Denouncing the Disappearance of Missing Pastor Gains Nearly 30,000 Signatures

June 1, 2024 — 5/31/2024 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) — The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) recently reposted a petition on the social media site X demanding answers from the Malaysian government...

History of Christianity, Persecution in Japan Displayed in Paris Art Exhibition

May 31, 2024 — 5/30/2024 France (International Christian Concern) — The difficult, troubled, yet faithful history of Christianity in Japan is currently on display in a Paris art exhibition titled “From Samurai to Manga,...