Vietnam Forces Evangelical Church to Cancel CongressDecember 3, 2020 — 12/02/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – Vietnam’s largest evangelical church group has called off its congress to elect candidates for the next term of its clergy council, after the Vietnamese...
Indonesian Terrorist Burns Down Church and Christian Homes, Killing FourNovember 27, 2020 — Salvation Army’s Post in Central Sulawesi Attacked 11/27/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on November 27, an alleged terrorist attacked the Salvation Army’s service post...
Vietnamese Catholic Activist Arrived in the U.S. for AsylumNovember 26, 2020 — 11/26/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – A Vietnamese Catholic activist, who joined to protest the Nghe An police harassment of students organizing religious activities and was arrested, has arrived in...
Indonesia Nabs Dozens of Suspected TerroristsNovember 13, 2020 — 11/13/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Indonesian counter-terrorism police, Densus 88, has arrested dozens of people across Indonesia in recent months amid concerns about growing terrorist activities as the pandemic...
Dozens of Places of Worship Shut Down in Indonesia in Recent YearsNovember 12, 2020 — 11/12/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – In the last three years, more than 23 houses of worship in Indonesia were forcibly shut down or vandalized, according to the country’s human...
Hardline Islamic Group Leader Returns to IndonesiaNovember 11, 2020 — 11/11/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On November 10, the leader of a notorious Indonesian radical Islamic group who fled the country in 2017 to avoid a pornography charge, has...
Christians in Myanmar Cast Their Votes Hoping for Better FutureNovember 9, 2020 — 11/09/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On November 8, Myanmar held its general elections, where more than 37 million eligible voters got to cast their votes to elect the lawmakers...
Indonesian Bishops Condemn Killing of Catechist in PapuaNovember 8, 2020 — 11/08/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Last week, Catholic bishops in Indonesia met with government officials to express concern about the violence in Papua province after a Catholic catechist was...
Papuan Pastor Allegedly Killed by an Indonesian SoldierNovember 3, 2020 — 11/03/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – According to an independent investigation, a soldier from the Indonesian Army tortured and shot dead a 67-year-old Protestant pastor, during a search for missing...
Papuan Tribe Once Hostile to Missionaries Receives BiblesOctober 31, 2020 — 10/31/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – When the plane loaded with more than 2,000 Bibles recently landed in Indonesia’s Papua, the women of Yali tribe rejoiced as they received more...
More Aid Needed for Chin Christian IDPs and RefugeesOctober 27, 2020 — 10/27/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On October 21, U.S. refugee and immigration advocates called for more help for ethnic Chin Christians internally displaced in Myanmar, and those who have...
Lao Christians Detained in Jail for Planning Christian FuneralOctober 19, 2020 — 10/19/2020 Laos (International Christian Concern) – For over three months, four Lao Christians have been jailed in the country’s Khammouane province for planning a Christian funeral that is contrary to...
Samarinda Church Bombing Victims Slowly RecoverOctober 16, 2020 — 10/16/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The two toddlers who were critically injured during the 2016 Samarinda church bombing have now reached school age, yet they still have a long...
Christians in Laos Driven Out from Homes for Refusing to Renounce FaithOctober 14, 2020 — 10/14/2020 Laos (International Christian Concern) – On October 10, the authorities in Laos’ Saravan province drove out seven Laotian Christians from their homes for they refused to renounce their faith....
Imprisoned Vietnamese Activist Banned from Reading BibleOctober 13, 2020 — 10/13/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – Vietnamese activist and veteran Le Dinh Luong, who was arrested on July 24, 2017 for alleged subversion, while serving his 20-year sentence, has been...
Philippines Arrests Indonesian Woman Plotting a Suicide Bomb AttackOctober 12, 2020 — 10/12/2020 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – On October 10, the Philippine authorities captured an Indonesian woman they suspect was plotting a suicide attack. According to Benar News, the woman, identified...
