Entire Chinese Church Congregation Seeks Refugee Status in United States

September 6, 2022 — 09/06/2022 Thailand (International Christian Concern) - The world is watching the ongoing crisis of the entire church congregation who left China due to religious persecution to seek asylum in South...

Burmese Military Launches Bloody New Offensive

September 5, 2022 — 09/05/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) - Since launching a new offensive in Myanmar’s Sagaing region two weeks ago, the Burmese military has reportedly been wreaking havoc. According to Radio Free Asia,...

Nuns Shut Down Accusations of Terrorism

September 2, 2022 — 09/02/2022 Philippines (International Christian Concern) - A group of nuns in the Philippines was accused by the government of violating the country's anti-terrorism laws and financing the Communist Party of...

Church Prohibition in Bengkulu Province Mediated by Government

September 1, 2022 — 09/01/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On August 9, the North Bengkulu Regency Ministry of Religion Office, together with the North Bengkulu Regency Government and other related parties, conducted a...

ERCC Member Briefly Taken Away for Illegal Gathering

August 30, 2022 — 08/30/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On August 28, as some of the members of Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) were gathering for house worship in the morning, the police...

Linfen Church Leaders Placed Under Detention

August 29, 2022 — 08/28/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – Preacher Li Jie, his wife Li Shanshan, and Preacher Han Xiaodong from Linfen Holy Covenant Church in Shanxi province are detained for the alleged...

ERCC Member Released after 12 Days of Detention

August 27, 2022 — 08/27/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A member of the Chengdu-based Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) was released on Friday after being detained for 12 days. The police took brother...

Embassies in Vietnam Release Statement Condemning Religiously Motivated Violence

August 26, 2022 — 08/26/2022 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) - On Monday, seven embassies in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi issued a joint statement marking the “International Day Commemorating Victims of Violence Based on Religion...

Wenzhou Christian Criminally Detained in Sichuan, Seminaries Shut Down

August 25, 2022 — 08/25/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On August 20, a Christian woman named Li Chunqing from Zhejiang province’s Wenzhou sent out an open prayer letter for her husband, Lin Xuesui,...

Assembly of Chinese Catholics Highlights Disturbing Socialist and Nationalist Influences on the Chinese Church

August 24, 2022 — 08/24/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - The 10th National Assembly of Chinese Catholic Representatives, a gathering of all the Chinese Catholic organizations officially controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), concluded in...

A New Wave of Christian Refugees Floods into India

August 22, 2022 — 08/22/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) - Since the February 2021 coup that deposed Myanmar’s democratically elected government, the ruling military junta has instated a reign of terror for the country’s...

Christians Detained in Taiyuan and Beijing Released

August 21, 2022 — 08/21/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – Two heavily targeted house churches in Beijing and Taiyuan are relieved as their members were released this week after detention. On August 18, Zong...

Assembly of Registered Catholic Leaders Lauds Itself for Maintaining “Correct Political Direction”

August 20, 2022 — 08/20/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - On Thursday, August 18, the 10th National Assembly of Chinese Catholic Representatives, the most important meeting of the “official” Catholic leaders registered with the...

Imprisoned Church Elder Formally Charged With “Subverting State Power”

August 19, 2022 — 08/19/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - On March 16, 2021, several members of Guiyang Renai Reformed Church gathered for a Bible study in a rented room at Wenzhou Hotel. Police...

Junta Sentences Suu Kyi to Further Time in Prison as UN Special Envoy for Myanmar Visits

August 18, 2022 — 08/18/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The military junta in Myanmar moved to further sentence former democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, just hours before UN special envoy...

Christian Organization Charged with Financially Supporting Communist Party in Philippines

August 18, 2022 — 08/18/2022 Philippines (International Christian Concern) - On August 15, Manila charged a Catholic missionary group with sending funds to support a terrorist group. At least 16 people, including several nuns,...