Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Church Demolitions in Sudan Sparks Strong Congressional Response
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2017
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a new bipartisan letter from the US House of Representatives was sent today to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, requesting that he raise the issue of Christian churches being targeted in…
Iran: Four Christians Receive 10 Year Sentences
Posted on Monday, July 10, 2017
A judge in Iran has sentenced four Christians to 10 years imprisonment each for engaging in missionary activities and “conducting activities against national security.”
Palm Sunday Bombings of Egyptian Coptic Churches Kill 44
Posted on Sunday, April 9, 2017
At least 44 people were killed in bomb attacks on the symbolic cathedral seat of the Coptic Pope and another church on Palm Sunday, prompting anger and fear among Christians and troop deployments across Egypt.
900 Churches in Nigeria Destroyed by Boko Haram
Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2017
At least 900 Christian churches have been destroyed at the hands of Boko Haram in northern Nigeria, as part of the Islamic radical group's campaign to drive out all Christians from the north, the youth wing of the…
ISIS Puts Out Holiday Attack List Of U.S. Churches
Posted on Friday, December 23, 2016
The Islamic State published the names and addresses of thousands of churches in the United States and called on its adherents to attack them during the holiday season, according to a message posted late-night Wednesday in the group’s…
Christians Win Nepal’s First Anti-Evangelism Case
Posted on Wednesday, December 7, 2016
A court in Nepal has dropped a case against eight Christians, the first religious freedom dispute since the country's new constitution was implemented last year.
Christian pastors face death penalty if convicted in Sudan
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2016
Last December, two evangelical pastors from the Church of Christ in Sudan were taken from their churches and thrown into jail. Last month, the Rev. Abdulraheem Kodi and the Rev. Kuwa Shamal Abu Zumam were charged with numerous…
Christianity in Africa Threaten by Rise of Militant Islam
Posted on Friday, September 9, 2016
As the world focusses on potential military advances against the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, it risks overlooking another vast region where militant Islam is a growing threat to the Church - in the continent where…
Russian Believers May Need to Disobey New Law
Posted on Saturday, August 27, 2016
Christians in Russia are grappling with a new law that effectively makes it illegal for them to share their faith, preach or pray outside of officially designated sites.
