Remains of Kidnapped Missionary Found in Mali April 2, 2021 — 04/02/2021 Mali (International Christian Concern) – DNA tests confirmed that the body of Beatrice Stoeckli has been recovered, months after her reported death at the hands of Islamic extremists. Switzerland’s Foreign Ministry announced...
American Missionary Kidnapped in Southern NigerOctober 28, 2020 — 10/28/2020 Niger (International Christian Concern) – On October 27, a missionary named Phillip Walton, was at his home in the town of Birnin Konni, near the border with Nigeria. He...
Chinese Government Demolished Swedish Missionaries’ GravestonesOctober 18, 2020 — 10/18/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – The Shanxi government destroyed more than 20 Swedish missionaries’ gravestones in their designated cemetery on September 12. An adjoining house for visitors was demolished...
First Baptized Convert in Myanmar Remembered ForeverJuly 1, 2020 — 07/01/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On June 27, 1819, U Naw became the first reported Christian to be baptized in Myanmar (previously named Burma during that time). U Naw...
Australian Missionary Acquitted of Fraud in CambodiaApril 24, 2020 — 04/24/2020 Cambodia (International Christian Concern) – Australian missionary Martin Chan, who was arrested last November while boarding a flight to Hong Kong, has been cleared of criminal fraud on April...
Remembering the U.S. Missionary Who Brought Christianity to MyanmarApril 12, 2019 — 04/12/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – 169 years ago today, Adoniram Judson, the American missionary who first brought the gospel to Burma, died at sea and was buried in the...
North Korea Releases One South Korean, Still Detains Six Including MissionariesAugust 7, 2018 — ICC Note: North Korea released a South Korean man arrested in July after he illegally crossed the border into the North. South Korean government continues to press for the return of...
Philippines Arrests Missionary, Bars Two Others from LeavingJune 27, 2018 — ICC Note: A United Methodist Church missionary was arrested in Manila last month while two other missionaries have been prevented from leaving the country. The Philippine government puts them on “watch...
US Missionary to Niger Still Alive After 20 Months in CaptivityJune 7, 2018 — ICC Note: Jeff Woodke, a US missionary based in Niger, was kidnapped by an Islamic Extremist group in 2016. This Monday, 4 June, the president of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, has...
Missionary Shares How Her Abduction Helps Lead Captors to ChristApril 12, 2018 — ICC Note: Gracia Burnham, a Kansas missionary who was abducted by Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines in 2001 along with her husband, shares recently how her year-long abduction planted seeds...
Young Adventist Missionary in Papua, Indonesia KilledApril 8, 2018 — ICC Note: A 24-year old medical missionary serving in a remote area of the Star Mountain regency in Papua, Indonesia, was violently killed on March 29, 2018. Police is still...
Missionaries in Northeast China Spread Gospel to North KoreaApril 5, 2018 — ICC Note: Along the Chinese border, many missionaries are risking their lives to spread Christianity to North Korea. They host or provide refuge to North Korean defectors, and in terms...
Thousands in Burkina Faso Protest Two Year Captivity of Doctor by Terrorist GroupJanuary 18, 2018 — ICC Note Thousands of people in Burkina Faso marched in protest of the continued captivity of an Australian doctor, Ken Elliott. Mr. Elliot was captured along with his wife more...
Mastermind Behind Kidnapping of Four British Missionaries in Nigeria DeadJanuary 14, 2018 — ICC Note The leader of the gang that kidnapped four British missionaries, killing one, late last year, has been killed. Peregbakumo Oyawerikumo masterminded the kidnapping of the four missionaries for...
Murderers of Father Fausto Tentorio identified in the PhilippinesDecember 30, 2017 — ICC Note: Six years ago, Father Fausto Tentorio from Italy, a missionary from the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) was killed on the island of Mindanao. Father Tentorio served...
Somali Christian Serves Christ in Most Dangerous Country in AfricaDecember 14, 2017 — ICC Note- An ex-Muslim leader came to Christ in Somalia due to outreach done by World mission. Now that he has come to Christ, he has decided to become a...
