Pope Francis Urges International Community to “Think of Myanmar”October 17, 2022 — 10/17/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) - ICC has reported extensively on the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar following the February 2021 military coup which deposed the nation's democratically elected government. Christians,...
Chinese Christian Fined for “Unauthorized Religious Training”October 16, 2022 — 10/16/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - On September 13, Ji Chun’gang, a Christian man, was fined 150,000 yuan ($20,850 USD) for “carrying out religious training without authorization.” An announcement of...
Three-Self Churches Begin Building their Own Apps and WebsitesOctober 15, 2022 — 10/15/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – Under China’s new religious information law, many state-sanctioned Three-Self churches have begun to set up their own websites and Apps. The "Administrative Measures for...
Ethnic Pwo Karen Christian Pastor Murdered in PatheinOctober 14, 2022 — 10/14/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – An ethnic Pwo Karen Christian pastor was murdered at his residence inside the church compound at night on September 2. Rev. Mahn Kyaw Soe...
Priests in Papua Petition Government for Fair TrialsOctober 13, 2022 — 10/13/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) - In Papua, a tumultuous majority-Christian region of Indonesia, over 100 Catholic priests have signed a petition seeking fair trials in cases of violence. ...
Indonesian Police Kill MIT’s Last Member Involved in Christian AttacksOctober 12, 2022 — 10/12/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On September 30, the Indonesian Police's special counterterrorism squad, Densus 88, said that they killed a militant who was the last remaining member of...
Chinese Authorities Shut Down House ChurchOctober 11, 2022 — 10/11/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - Berea Church, a house church in Putian, Fujian Province, was recently shut down for “conducting activities in the name of a social group without...
Religious Leaders in Indonesia Use Social Media to Combat RadicalismOctober 10, 2022 — 10/10/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) - The chairman of Indonesia’s Religious Harmony Forum (FKUB), Prof. KH Zainal Abidin, asked religious leaders, including church leaders, to intensify “da'wah” or “messages of...
Christian Students Condemn Kendari Church AttackOctober 9, 2022 — 10/09/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The Indonesian Christian Student Movement (GMKI) Kendari Branch condemned the attack on the Pentecostal Church in Indonesia (GPDI) of the Jesus Shepherd Congregation in...
Shanxi’s Linfen Holds Seventh Seminar on Sinicization of ChristianityOctober 8, 2022 — 10/08/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On September 24, more than 90 pastors from the state-vetted Three-Self churches attended the seventh seminar on the Sinicization of Christianity, held in Yaodu...
Benedictine Monk Dies from Cancer After Allegedly Being PoisonedOctober 7, 2022 — 10/07/2022 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) - Father Anthony Padua Nguyen Huyen Duc passed away on October 4 in a German hospital. He was 50 years old and had been battling...
Preachers from Linfen Church Formally ArrestedOctober 6, 2022 — 10/06/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On September 30, Preacher Li Jie and Preacher Han Xiaodong from Linfen Holy Covenant Church in Shanxi province, detained in August for the alleged...
Christian Activist’s Six-Year Jail Sentence UpheldOctober 5, 2022 — 10/05/2022 Cambodia (International Christian Concern) - In 2019, Christian political activist Theary Seng was arrested after being accused of treason for supporting the former opposition leader Saim Rainsy and the Cambodian...
Christian Family Threatened with Eviction in ChinaOctober 4, 2022 — 10/04/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) is a house church in China whose members have faced substantial persecution from the Chinese government over the last...
90-Year-Old Hong Kong Cardinal Arrested for Running Pro-Democracy FundOctober 3, 2022 — 10/03/2022 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) - Cardinal Joseph Zen, one of the highest-ranking Catholic clergy members in Asia, stood trial on Monday, September 26, for his role in running a...
Hong Kong Pastor Charged With Sedition Slams Draconian Legal SystemSeptember 21, 2022 — 09/21/2022 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) - A Hong Kong pastor who was arrested and detained for sedition in April of this year represented himself in court this past week. ...
