Colombian Pastor Killed on New Year’s EveJanuary 9, 2026 — On New Year’s Eve, Pastor José Otoniel Ortega was repeatedly shot by three armed attackers in the Santa Elena neighborhood in Magdalena Department, Colombia. He was taken to a nearby...
Trend of Missing Christian Leaders Emerges in ColombiaJuly 25, 2025 — 7/25/2025 Colombia (International Christian Concern) — Father Carlos Saúl Jaimes Guerrero of Our Lady of Grace of the Order of Saint Augustine is the latest church leader reported missing in...
Bodies of Evangelical Christians Found in Mass Grave in Colombia July 24, 2025 — 7/24/2025 Colombia (International Christian Concern) — The bodies of seven Evangelical Christians and a relative to one of the victims were found on July 1 in a mass, shallow grave...
El Salvador’s Election Brings Concerning “New Ideas”March 6, 2024 — 03/06/2024 El Salvador (International Christian Concern) – El Salvador hosted presidential and congressional elections in early February, leading to the re-election of highly popular Nayib Bukele of the New Ideas...
Nicaraguan Priest Speaks Out on Ortega’s Brutal Authoritarian Regime February 15, 2024 — 02/15/2024 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) — Speaking to an audience of 1,500 gathered for the IRF Summit in Washington, D.C., a Nicaraguan priest recently told his story of persecution...
State Department Announces Annual Country Designations: India and Nigeria Excluded from CPC ListJanuary 5, 2024 — 01/05/2024 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) — The U.S. State Department released its annual report on country designations yesterday, highlighting both positive and concerning developments regarding religious freedom across the...
Pope Francis Condemns Nicaragua’s Persecution of the Catholic ChurchJanuary 3, 2024 — 01/03/2024 Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — In his widely-watched annual address from the Vatican, Pope Francis highlighted and condemned Nicaragua’s Ortega regime for its ongoing and severe persecution of the...
Persecution Does Not Go UnnoticedJanuary 17, 2020 — By Benjamin Harbaugh On December 18th, 2019, the U.S. Department of State released its annual list of countries that engage in “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom,”[1] called...
New Penal Code in Bolivia Could Restrict Religious FreedomJanuary 17, 2018 — ICC Note: Church leaders in Bolivia are again concerned with the new impositions from the government since these new measures, will likely intervene with their freedom of religion. It is...
Colombian Government Takes Active Steps in Advancing Religious FreedomJune 26, 2017 — By Rafael Cardona 06/26/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - On June 9, 2017, Colombia’s Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Rivera Florez, signed and issued Resolution 0889 (RES-0889), which outlines...
Evangelical Pastor Forgives Man Who Stabbed Him During Church ServiceJanuary 12, 2017 — ICC Note: According to a video message recorded from a hospital room, Valdemiro Santiago, a pastor in Brazil who was recently stabbed during a church service, has forgiven his assailants....
Nicaraguan Government Shuts Down Evangelical Prayer VigilSeptember 28, 2016 — Nicaragua’s Government Denies Use of Public Space to Evangelical Group 09/28/2016 Washington, D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Alianza Evangelica Nicaraguenze (Evangelical Alliance of Nicaragua, AEN)...
Another Church Burned to the Ground by the Mapuche Resistance in ChileAugust 11, 2016 — Iglesia La Batalla (The Battle Church) in Collipulli, Chile Reduced to Rubble and Ashes by Arson Fire 08/11/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern): International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that...
Chile: Church Burned Down, at Least 16 Destroyed this YearAugust 5, 2016 — ICC Note: A group of unidentified attackers recently burned down a Catholic church and destroyed its nearby power lines in southern Chile. Police have since reported that there have been...
Colombia: Churches Celebrate Ceasefire after 50-Year Civil WarJune 24, 2016 — ICC Note: The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have just declared a ceasefire, ending a 50-year civil war that displaced millions and killed hundreds of thousands....
Chile: Church Attacked as Student Protest Turns ViolentJune 13, 2016 — ICC Note: Last week, a student protest in Chile turned violent as protesters sacked a Catholic church in Santiago, destroying a statue of Jesus in the process. The attackers were...
