Australian AG Reaffirms Ban on Prayer Aimed at Changing Someone’s Sexual OrientationSeptember 12, 2025 — On Sept. 5, Michael Daley, attorney general of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, reaffirmed the ban on praying over those who are part of the LGBTQA community. Daley confirmed during...
New Law Criminalizes Praying with Someone About Gender, Sexual IdentityApril 17, 2025 — On April 4, the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) began enforcing a new law criminalizing anti-conversion therapy, which now includes praying with someone about their gender or sexual...
#RedWednesday Event to Commemorate Persecuted Christians WorldwideNovember 15, 2024 — 11/14/2024 Global (International Christian Concern) — Christian charity organization Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has organized an event on Nov. 20 to raise awareness of the plight of...
Tamil Christian Asylum Seeker Burns Himself and Dies in AustraliaSeptember 3, 2024 — 9/3/2024 Australia (International Christian Concern) — Mano Yogalingam, a 23-year-old asylum seeker died on Wednesday, Aug. 28 after setting himself on fire. Yogalingnam died in a hospital as a result of suffering...
Report’s Recommendations Would Restrict Australia’s Faith-Based SchoolsMay 31, 2024 — 5/31/2024 Australia (International Christian Concern) — A recent Australian Law Reform Commission report recommended changes to how independent faith-based schools should be run. The Australian Christian Schools Alliance called the...
Stabbed Bishop Returns to Preach Two Weeks after AttackApril 30, 2024 — 4/29/2024 Australia (International Christian Concern) — Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel returned to the Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, April 28, to preach his first sermon...
Knife Attack During Livestreamed Worship Service in Australian Deemed Terrorist Act April 17, 2024 — 4/17/2024 Australia (International Christian Concern) — Australian authorities have determined a knife attack that took place during the evening of Monday, April 15, at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in...
Australian Preacher, 4 Church Members Stabbed During Livestreamed Bible StudyApril 15, 2024 — 4/15/2024 Australia (International Christian Concern) — Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel of Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Sydney, Australia, was stabbed during a church Bible study as it was streamed...
One Australian School Counters Christianity DeclineJanuary 29, 2024 — 01/29/2024 Australia (International Christian Concern) -- Christianity is still the major religion in Australia, but numbers are quickly declining each year. In this new 'post-Christian' environment, Religion Unplugged recently detailed...
Australia Churches Learn COVID-19 and Lockdown LessonsJanuary 24, 2024 — 01/23/2024 Australia (International Christian Concern) -- Australian researchers have published their findings on key lessons Australian churches should remember and learn from COVID-19 and the enforced lockdowns and mandates. Researchers...
Australia’s Christian heritage continues to be eroded and attackedNovember 17, 2023 — 11/16/2023 Australia (International Christian Concern) -- Yet another attack on Australia’s Christian heritage took place this week with renewed calls from atheist groups and politicians to remove the use of...
Doctor Kenneth Elliot Freed After 7 Years in CaptivityMay 24, 2023 — 5/24/2023 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern)—Kenneth Elliot, an Australian doctor kidnapped in Burkina Faso and held captive by al-Qaeda for more than seven years, has finally returned home to his family. ...
Former High Court Justice Decries Religious Freedom in AustraliaJune 17, 2021 — 06/17/2021 Australia (International Christian Concern) – Michael Kirby, a former justice on Australia’s highest court, decries what he calls “excessive protection” for religious freedom in light of a new survey...
Religious Freedom on the Agenda as Blinken Embarks on First Trip AbroadMarch 15, 2021 — 03/15/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) – Landing in Japan this morning, Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off the first in a series of meetings with key U.S. allies...
Turkey Halts Celebration of Greek LanguageFebruary 10, 2021 — 02/10/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – February 9 marks the international day to celebrate the Greek language. Ankara University, Istanbul University and Trakya University were forced to cancel their joint plans...
Australian Bill Draws Criticism from Religious Freedom AdvocatesFebruary 8, 2021 — 02/08/2021 Australia (International Christian Concern) – Australian lawmakers in the state of Victoria recently took on a debate surrounding the ban of subversive conversion methods that are already banned in...
