By Linda Jones 12/20/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) – Many cases of persecution against Christians in India have been reported in the past year as the level of intolerance continues to increase steadily. Pastors, evangelists, and ministry...
ICC Note: Following a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), an Indiana high school recently removed a church banner from its football stadium. The FFRF suggested that the banner was unconstitutional because it included an ad for the church on...
By Linda Jones 12/14/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern)- Christians in Indonesia face severe persecution at the hands of radical Muslims, sometimes the government, and even their family members. Many of them live in fear of attack or harassment...
By Linda Jones 12/7/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern)- Christian persecution continues to prevail in many African nations without any form of repercussions for the perpetrators. Islamic groups like Boko Haram, Fulani militants and al-Shabaab, among...
ICC Note: The Freedom From Religion Foundation recently issued a letter of complaint after the coach of an Indiana high school football team was photographed praying with players. The letter, as sent to the district’s superintendent, suggested that the prayer was...
By Amy Penn 11/29/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Its persistence is insidious, its destruction continuous, and its presence ignored. Religious intolerance and violence have plagued Egypt’s religious minorities for generations. In 2017 alone,...
ICC Note: As previously reported, an employee at a school in Maine was recently reprimanded for offering to pray for a coworker who also attends her church. In a move that caused great backlash, the school stated that the employee’s actions were “not acceptable” and...
By Claire Evans 11/27/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – A small woman clad in black stands in front of her humble house, surrounded by her four children. “Please, pray for my children and me,” she entreats. She belongs to one of the...
ICC Note: On November 10, the Freedom From Religion Foundation issued a letter of complaint to the superintendent of an Arkansas school district. The complaint arose after the organization learned that students at a local elementary school would be participating in a...
ICC Note: City officials in Sweetwater, TN are considering adjusting a city ordinance following a local Christian’s, Paul Johnson, claims that he was banned from street evangelism. Johnson, whose legal team is associated with the First Liberty Institute, claimed that...
By Nathan Johnson 11/21/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Martha is a 6-week-old baby who has lived her entire life inside the AIC Witu internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Kenya. For the entirety of her young life, she has slept in a tent...
By Nathan Johnson 11/21/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – “Islam was a yoke to my heart. I felt as if I was forced to believe in things that were a heavy burden to carry. So three weeks ago, I yielded to the call of God and put my faith in...
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