Padang Christians Face Intimidation and Disruption During ServicesSeptember 12, 2023 — 09/12/2023 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Members of the Indonesian Bethel Church (GBI) Solagracia in West Sumatra faced intimidation, threats, and disruption by community members while holding a prayer service...
Xi May Skip Major G20 Leaders’ Summit in Snub to IndiaSeptember 1, 2023 — 09/01/2023 India (International Christian Concern) — Chinese government officials hinted on Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping may forgo his usual attendance at the annual gathering of G20 leaders to...
UN Relief Chief Visits Myanmar Amid Intensifying War Crimes by JuntaAugust 26, 2023 — 08/25/2023 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — Martin Griffiths, a British diplomat and current Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs for the United Nations, recently visited war-torn Myanmar (commonly known as Burma) to...
Mob Damages Church Building in IndonesiaAugust 24, 2023 — 08//24/2023 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The Pentecostal Missionary Church in Kabil Village, Indonesia, was recently destroyed by a radical mob that was protesting its construction in a majority-Muslim area....
Indonesian Church Repeatedly Denied Permit to Hold Worship ServicesAugust 9, 2023 — 08/09/2023 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) - An Indonesian church in East Jakarta has gone viral on social media because of pressure to shut down from government authorities and the local...
Rohingya Christians: The Oppressed of the OppressedAugust 7, 2023 — by Mark S. 08/07/2023 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) -- The Rohingya are among the world's most oppressed groups. But within the Rohingya there is a subgroup who are the oppressed...
Burmese Junta Grants Ousted Civilian Leaders Token ReprieveAugust 2, 2023 — 08/02/2023 Burma (International Christian Concern) — The Burmese military, or Tatmadaw, announced on Tuesday that it would reduce Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint’s sentences. Suu Kyi and Win...
Road to a Newly Constructed Church Blocked OffAugust 2, 2023 — 08/02/2023 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – After finally finishing construction on their church building, the congregation of the Indonesian Pentecostal Church in Sungai Bahar, Muaro Jambi, suddenly faced a new...
It Is Better to Give Than to ReceiveJuly 27, 2023 — 07/27/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In the heart of Vietnam, many years ago, I embarked on a journey to meet with victims of persecution. It was a perilous undertaking,...
Chinese Communist Party Government Rewrites Portions of the BibleJuly 20, 2023 — 07/21/2023 China (International Christian Concern) – The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government is rewriting portions of the Bible in an effort to increase its control over religion in country, according...
Secretary Blinken Meets with Top Chinese Diplomat at ASEAN MinisterialJuly 14, 2023 — 07/14/2023 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Wang Yi, the county's seniormost diplomat and former Foreign Minister, met on the sidelines of this...
Ramdan’s Story: Carrying the Cross for the Sake of ChristJuly 12, 2023 — 07/11/2023 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) – My name is Ramdan, and I am a former Muslim living in a city where most citizens practice Islam. Several years ago,...
ASEAN States Kick Off Ministerial Amid Worsening Conditions in MyanmarJuly 11, 2023 — 07/11/2023 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On Tuesday, the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched its 56th ministerial meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia. The regional bloc was founded in...
Chinese Government Fines Underground PastorJuly 11, 2023 — 07/11/2023 China (International Christian Concern) – The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government fined the pastor of an underground church in Xiamen, China, according to the U.S.-based Christian nonprofit ChinaAid. Pastor...
Unbowed by the Evil That Reigns in MyanmarJuly 10, 2023 — By Mark S. 07/10/2023 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) -- Since the February 2021 military coup in Myanmar (commonly known as Burma), the number of the nation's Christian churches that have...
Indonesian Minister of Religion Announces Plan to Simplify Approval Process for Houses of WorshipJuly 6, 2023 — 07/06/2023 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) ––Indonesian Minister of Religion, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, announced a plan to regulate established houses of worhsip. Quomas says the plan to build a house of...
