Bridging Hope and Healing: Reaching the Unreached in Rural Muslim Communities of the PhilippinesOctober 1, 2025 — 10/1/2025 Philippines (International Christian Concern) — Across the rural landscapes of the Philippines, many small villages remain untouched by the gospel — places where access to spiritual truth is limited...
Marcos Signs Law Expanding Sharia Courts Across the Philippines, Raising Concerns Among Christians October 8, 2024 — 10/8/2024 Philippines (International Christian Concern) — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. recently signed Republic Act (RA) 12018 into law, expanding the Sharia judicial system in the Philippines by creating three...
Political Alliance Emerges to Contest Elections in the Philippines’ Only Muslim-Majority RegionMay 8, 2024 — 5/8/2024 Philippines (International Christian Concern) — The outcomes of next year’s elections are expected to have huge ramifications on the plight of Christians in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...
Balancing Acts in the PhilippinesJanuary 3, 2024 — 01/03/2023 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Mindanao is a beautiful yet difficult land where complex religious and political issues collide to bring instability and persecution to many Christians. Mindanao is...
Four Killed in Philippines Church BombDecember 5, 2023 — ISIS-Affiliated Terrorists Bomb Catholic Mass in Mindanao, Philippines 12/05/2023 Philippines (International Christian Concern) — On Sunday, Dec. 3, a bomb killed four people and injured 54 others at a Catholic...
Christian Organization Charged with Financially Supporting Communist Party in PhilippinesAugust 18, 2022 — 08/18/2022 Philippines (International Christian Concern) - On August 15, Manila charged a Catholic missionary group with sending funds to support a terrorist group. At least 16 people, including several nuns,...
Troops Kill Abu Sayyaf Leader in Southern PhilippinesMarch 31, 2022 — 03/31/2022 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Filipino military forces killed a top-ranking Abu Sayyaf Group leader during a gunfight on March 25. The leader, named Radzmill Jannatul, was killed in...
Former Hardline Group Leader Allegedly Involved in Philippines’ Cathedral BombingJanuary 18, 2022 — 01/18/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Former Secretary-General of an Islamic hardline group in Indonesia is said to be related to the 2019 cathedral bombing in Jolo, Sulu Province, Philippines....
Philippines Police Arrest Bomb Expert Associated with Church AttackNovember 26, 2021 — 11/26/2021 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – An Abu Sayyaf bomb expert believed to be linked to a January 2019 church bombing in the southern Philippines was arrested on Tuesday, November...
Philippines Lifts Ban on Carol SingingNovember 21, 2021 — 11/18/2021 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – On November 10, the Department of Health in the Philippines lifted a ban on carol singing which was imposed last year due to the...
