China Sends Prominent House Church Leader to JailAugust 3, 2016 — ICC Note: Following up on today's earlier news post, it is now evident that lawyers defending Christians are not the only ones suffering through China's trial week for arbitrary offenses;...
China Puts Legal Activists Against Government Abuse on TrialAugust 3, 2016 — ICC Note: It is a difficult life for civil and human rights lawyers in China, many of whom are significant advocates for the country's persecuted Christians. These lawyers combat a...
Bestselling Chinese Author Predicts a “Christian Future” for ChinaAugust 2, 2016 — ICC Note: The article by Yu Jie alluded to in this blog is a phenomenal testimony of the work of the Lord's Providence in China and in Jie's own life. He depicts...
Evangelicals Resist Imposition of Sharia Law in MalaysiaAugust 1, 2016 — ICC Note: While so much energy has been put forth in America over the past several decades to remove any Christian influence from government, a reversed but highly threatening trend...
The Japanese Church that Withstood Centuries of Persecution May Now Become a World Heritage SiteAugust 1, 2016 — ICC Note: The story of Christianity in Japan over the past 500 years has not risen to the same effect of prolific evangelism and church planting that nearby world powers...
30 Christians Seized by Chinese Authorities during Weekly Worship ServiceJuly 29, 2016 — ICC NOTE: 30 Christians were seized by China's religious affairs bureau during a worship service in early July. Yet another fine example of how China believes Christianity to be a...
Islamic Jihadists Target Christians in the Southern Philippine Island of MindanaoJuly 29, 2016 — ICC NOTE: As the Islamic State continues to influence radical Islamists across the globe, well established terror groups like Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines have increased their activities. Recently they...
Catholic Official Speaks Up for Bullied Ahmadiyya CommunityJuly 28, 2016 — ICC Note: Even in Indonesia, heralded (perhaps wrongfully) by many as a nation where moderate Islam flourishes, minority Muslim groups like the Ahmadis find it difficult to obtain the same...
Chinese Government Tries to Silence Human Rights Lawyer by Taking Him to a Luxury VillaJuly 28, 2016 — ICC Note: Given the amount of congressional attention and legal advocacy from the United States that has been provided on behalf of persecuted religious minorities in China in recent years,...
Crackdown on Christian House Churches Happening in XinjiangJuly 27, 2016 — ICC Note: Life for the Christian church in Xinjiang is difficult enough in a province that is largely depleted economically and predominantly Islamic. But it seems like the CCP prefers...
Malaysian Man Finally Released from Prison after Acting as the Prison’s Minister for 28 YearsJuly 27, 2016 — ICC Note: For the untold numbers of Christians suffering seemly without relief in prisons around the world, Mr. Sam's story is a story of exceptional inspiration. The full scope of...
Chinese National Anthem Sung at Zhejiang Theological Seminary’s CommencementJuly 26, 2016 — ICC Note: The underground church is strong in China, but state-sponsored churches are essentially guaranteed to suffer Communist infiltration of core Christian doctrines. The president of this seminary must be...
Out of All Nations, China has Yielded the 7th Largest Number of Citizens who have Joined ISISJuly 25, 2016 — ICC Note: Sadly, ISIS recruits come from a much wider demographic than may be first anticipated, as some of the largest groups of recruits come from nations like Russia and...
The G20 Summit Won’t Be Safe in China unless Churches are Silenced, Authorities SayJuly 25, 2016 — ICC Note: China's fear of mass crowds and Western religion extends far back beyond the beginning of the nation's Communist Party. But China's decision to silence churches in expectation of...
Over 100 Vietnamese Pastors Jailed and Threatened with Poison for Preaching the BibleJuly 22, 2016 — ICC Note: The condition of the church in Vietnam is much like that of China in that Christians flock to underground house churches rather than state-sponsored ones so that they...
Imprisoned Chinese Pastor Pens Letter of Being “Brought Closer to God”July 22, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Countless Christian pastors and church members remain incarcerated in China for their beliefs. Many are in locations considered to be black jails, facilities where there is no contact...
