14 Christians Killed During Church Service in Burkina Faso

December 2, 2019 — 12/02/2019 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) – In the middle of a church service in Hantoukoura town of Burkina Faso, unidentified gunmen opened fire on Sunday, killing 14 people and...

Church Attack in Rimenze, South Sudan Displaces Thousands

November 19, 2019 — 11/19/2019 South Sudan (International Christian Concern) – An attack on the Rimenze Catholic Church in South Sudan has left thousands of people without homes or hope and four people dead....

China Increases Church Surveillance and Monitoring

November 16, 2019 — 11/16/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Surveillance and tracking devices have reportedly been installed in churches across China as part of authorities increasing desire to control the movements of Christians...

Chinese Government to Offer Compensation After Church Demolition

November 10, 2019 — 11/10/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – A Catholic community in Wu Gao Zhang has reportedly been granted new land and rebuilding compensation for a new church following the demolition of...

UAE to Begin Iraqi Church Restoration

October 21, 2019 — 10/21/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The United Arab Emirates, a Muslim-majority country, has pledged its support to help rebuild two historic churches in Mosul, Iraq. The efforts come in...

Egyptian Church Burned, Faces Potential Rebuild Barriers

October 18, 2019 — 10/18/2019 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – On Wednesday, October 16, St. George Church in al-Mansoura of Dakahlia Governate, was partially burned, reportedly due to an electrical spark that ignited the...

U.S. Designates IS-Philippines Leader as Global Terrorist

September 13, 2019 — 09/13/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – On September 10, the U.S. government declared the leader of the Islamic State’s militant branch in the Philippines as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist...

Philippine President Duterte: No Need to Celebrate Arrival of Christianity

September 9, 2019 — 09/09/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – On Friday, Sept. 6, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stated that there is no need to celebrate 500 years of Christianity in the Catholic majority...

DNA Tests Confirm Indonesian Couple as Jolo Cathedral Bombing Terrorists

September 8, 2019 — 09/08/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On September 5, Indonesian police said that an Indonesian militant and his wife carried out January suicide bombings at a Catholic cathedral in the...

Coptic Church Stands Tall in Rosetta Against Hostile Legalism

September 7, 2019 — 09/07/2019 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – In an incredible court ruling in 2016, a centuries-old church was spared the axe and hammer of demolition in the Alexandria Administrative Court under...

Syrian Churches Bear the Marks of War

September 5, 2019 — 09/05/2019 Syria (International Christian Concern) – A recent report from the Syrian Network for Human Rights states the number of damaged churches across Syria since 2011 could be as high...

Despite Delay, Algerian Officials Seal Church Shut

September 4, 2019 — 09/04/2019 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – After Algerian Christians successfully prevented a church closure in Ighzer Amokrane on August 26, police discretely sealed the building shut early in the morning...

Suspects Linked to 2018 Surabaya Church Bombings Arrested

August 28, 2019 — 08/28/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – During an Aug. 26 media briefing, Indonesian police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo told reporters that they have arrested six terrorist suspects, two of whom have...

Police in Inhil Regency Disband Church During Service

August 27, 2019 — 08/27/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On August 25, the Inhil District Civil Service Police Unit stopped the worship activities at the GPdI (Indonesian Pentecostal Church) Efata Church in Sari...

Soldiers Continue to Guard a Catholic Church Under Terrorist Threat

August 23, 2019 — 08/23/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Despite a reduced risk of terrorist threat issued earlier against a Catholic shrine in the northern Philippines, security forces continue to guard the place...

Wall of Church in Central Java Torn Down by Unknown Neighbor

August 19, 2019 — 08/19/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The wall of Syaloom Church Bethel Indonesia (GBI) at Solo, Surakarta in central Java was found to have been torn down on Monday afternoon....