Appeals Court Declines to Reconsider Ruling Against Football Coach Who Lost Job for Praying on Field

January 26, 2018 — ICC Note: As previously reported, Joe Kennedy, a former football coach at a Washington high school, was fired in 2015 over his practice of praying on the 50-yard-line. Last August,...

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback Confirmed as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom

January 25, 2018 — Brownback Will Now Lead the US Government’s Diplomatic Efforts on Religious Freedom 1/25/2018 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – ICC is pleased to report that the US Senate has confirmed...

Atheist Groups Lodge Complaint with DoD Over Prayers at Military Graduation Ceremonies

January 24, 2018 — ICC Note: In a joint letter of complaint to the Department of Defense, the Freedom From Religion Foundation and American Atheists stated their grievances regarding prayers being said at military...

Atheist Activist Group Wants Santa Fe Ten Commandments Monument Moved to Private Property

January 19, 2018 — ICC Note: Earlier this month, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) issued a letter of complaint regarding a Ten Commandments monument located in a public park in Santa Fe. As...

White House Announces Religious Freedom Day

January 16, 2018 — President Trump Proclaims January 16 as Annual Religious Freedom Day 1/16/2018 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump publically proclaimed January 16 as the national...

Atheist Group Forces Louisiana Sheriff’s Office to Remove Christian Facebook Posts

January 15, 2018 — ICC Note: Following a letter of complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a sheriff’s office in Louisiana has been forced to remove Christian posts from the office’s public Facebook...

Gideons No Longer Allowed to Offer Bibles at Kansas Elementary School Following Complaint

January 10, 2018 — ICC Note: Following a letter of complaint from the American Humanist Association (AHA), a Kansas school district has decided that Gideon International may no longer offer Bibles to students at...

Judge Sides with Humanists Challenging Prayer at Graduation, Ceremony at Chapel

January 2, 2018 — ICC Note: In 2013, the American Humanist Association (AHA) issued a letter of complaint to South Carolina’s Greenville School District after an elementary school hosted its graduation ceremony at a...

Wife, son of Chinese Christian human rights lawyer Zhang Haitao flee China

December 28, 2017 — ICC Note: Prominent Chinese Christian human rights lawyer Zhang Haitao was sentenced to 19-year jail term for “incitement to subvert state power” and spying charges last year. He is a...

Iowans give this Burmese Christian widow a warm Christmas gift

December 27, 2017 — ICC Note: Christian refugees Stephen and Ester Kiim fled Myanmar from religious persecution in 2011 to move to Des Moines, Iowa. Last April, Stephen was shot and killed in an...

US government responds in court fight over Indonesian Christian immigrants

December 21, 2017 — ICC Note: U.S. District Court Judge Patti Saris in Boston blocked immigration officials from removing 51 Indonesian Christian immigrants until the court considers their request for a preliminary injunction last...

Indiana High School Takes Down Church Banner Following Complaint from Secularist Group

December 19, 2017 — ICC Note: Following a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), an Indiana high school recently removed a church banner from its football stadium. The FFRF suggested that the...

Atheist Group Lodges Complaint after Coach Photographed Praying with Team

December 1, 2017 — ICC Note: The Freedom From Religion Foundation recently issued a letter of complaint after the coach of an Indiana high school football team was photographed praying with players. The letter,...

Boston judge grants reprieve to Indonesians fighting deportation

November 28, 2017 — ICC Note: Around 50 Indonesian Christians who are afraid to be sent back to Indonesia will be allowed to stay in the United States until the court considers their request for...

Maine School Reverses Course After Employee Reprimanded for Offering to Pray for Coworker

November 28, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, an employee at a school in Maine was recently reprimanded for offering to pray for a coworker who also attends her church. In a move...

Prayer of Thanks Removed from Elementary School’s Thanksgiving Program Following Complaint

November 27, 2017 — ICC Note: On November 10, the Freedom From Religion Foundation issued a letter of complaint to the superintendent of an Arkansas school district. The complaint arose after the organization learned...