12/25/2020 Africa (International Christian Concern) – After the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria(ISIS) lost control of their caliphate in late 2017, many people hoped that the group would no longer be able to attack innocent civilians. This proved to be a short lived...
12/25/2020 Bangladesh (International Christian Concern) – According to Asia News, Bangladesh’s Christian community celebrated the Christmas holiday amid tight security. Security measures were announced in the days leading up to the holiday after leaders of the...
12/25/2020 Azerbaijan (International Christian Concern) – According to the public details shared by Azerbaijan, their 2021 budget includes a 20.5% increase on defense and security spending. This increase follows their invasion, which was supported by Turkey, into...
12/24/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – While the rest of the world celebrates Christmas with joy and social distanced services, Christians in China once again face challenges and restrictions as the government continues to clamp down on Christianity....
12/24/2020 Sudan (International Christian Concern) – According to Shanbago Awad Mugadam, a lawyer in Sudan who has been assisting Christians with legal aid, said that police have arrested nine men in connection with the burning of a church property on five separate...
In case you missed it, you can read Part 1 here. 12/24/2020 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On Monday, you read how almost a million Christians across Southeast Asia have little access to the Bible. One pastor reached out to International...
12/24/2020 Gaza (International Christian Concern) – The Hamas-led Ministry of Religious Affairs has instructed Gaza’s Muslims to limit their interactions with Christians, according to Fides. Such instructions were met with pushback, resulting in the ministry then...
12/24/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to the Urdu Point, security has been beefed up in and around churches in Pakistan. These security measures have been put in place in preparation for the Christmas holiday and a week after a major terror...
12/23/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – The tomb of eight British missionaries and more than 40 Chinese Christian Martyrs was again desecrated in China’s Shanxi province. According to An Yankui, the preacher at Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church, the tomb...
12/23/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Nigeria, Africa’s largest country by population may be nearing a failed state status according to the Financial Times in the UK. A failed state, as defined by the Britannica, is a “state that is unable to perform...
12/23/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Last week, security forces in Pakistan reportedly stopped a major terror attack planned to take place on Christmas Day in Peshawar. In a raid on a house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district, four terrorists,...
12/23/2020 Nagorno-Karabakh (International Christian Concern) – UNESCO has released a statement that they have made proposals to organize a mission into Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh), something which requires the agreement of both Armenia and Azerbaijan. The...
ICC’s staff member in Indonesia reported that the congregation of the Kemah Daud Christian Church in Bandar Lampung was disbanded during their worship service by local authorities and residents.
The forced closure of the church was contrary to Indonesian President Jokowi’s recent appeal and undermined the Indonesian Constitution, which guarantees freedom of worship and religion for all.
2/24/2023 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – ICC’s staff member in Indonesia reported that the congregation of the Kemah Daud Christian Church in Bandar Lampung was disbanded during the...
PRAY for Christian women and girls in Nigeria! ICC recently spoke to one mother and her 16-year-old daughter, who were victims of an attempted rape in Nigeria. Thankfully, they survived, but not without injury.
The mother shared, "I have nothing to say but thank God. Please tell Christians to pray for me and my daughter."
Terrorists, like the Fulani militants and Boko Haram, target schools and villages and kidnap young girls to convert to Islam. Women, viewed as the source of the next generation, are sold as brides (or child brides).
ICC is assisting the mother and her teenage daughter as they get back on their feet. ... See MoreSee Less