Christian Family Terrorized by Extremists for Running Summer Program in Pakistan
(International Christian Concern) –A Christian family in Lahore, Pakistan has reported being “terrorized” by local extremists after opening a summer education program. According to the Christians, the extremists More...
Sri Lanka ‘radical Buddhist’ monks break into a Christian church, attacked student says Bishop Asiri Perera
Earlier this month, on August 4, a young Christian belonging to the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka was attacked and beaten by a group of radical Buddhist monks. According to local Christians, news of the attack shook More...
Boko Haram Maimed 8 Christian Women during Attack on Cameroonian Village
(International Christian Concern) –On July 29, Boko Haram attacked the village of Kalagari in Northern Cameroon. During this attack, Boko Haram terrorists approached the village, surprising the local vigilante More...
Extremists Attack Parish House in Southern Pakistan and Demand Priests Vacate Homes
(International Christian Concern) –On August 2, two young priests, named Fr. Anthony Abraz and Fr. Shahid Boota, were attacked, beaten, and robbed by a group of seven Muslim extremists in Karachi, located in Pakistan’s More...
Indonesia Muslim scholar Abdul Somad says Christian cross is ‘an element of the devil’
A Muslim preacher in Indonesia, has sparked religious controversy since a video of him calling the Christian cross “an element of the devil” during a sermon went viral on social media. The insulting remarks More...
Kenyan woman thrown out of her home, beaten by husband for having a Bible in the house
A Christian woman (name not given for security) in Kenya was beaten and thrown out of her home by her husband when he found she had hidden a bible in the house. This lady, according to MorningStar News, comes from More...
Another Attack Targets Christians in Nigeria, Fulani Militants shot 3 Men
(International Christian Concern) –International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Thursday evening, August 1, 2019, Fulani militants ambushed and shot three young men, all members of the Baptist church More...
Protestant Pastor, Ernesto Estrella was Shot Dead in Southern Philippines
(International Christian Concern) –A pastor from the United Church of Christ in Philippines (UCCP) was killed in Antipas, Cotabato Friday morning, according to the police. The victim was identified as Ernesto More...
China: officials arrest seven Christians at an electronics store, biblical audio products warrant ‘illegal business’
Seven employees at Shenzhen Cedar Electronics in China’s Guangdong province were arrested on July 22 for “illegal business operations,” according to Father Francis Liu from Chinese Christian fellowship of More...
Pastor Jeremiah Omolara murdered in Nigeria, militants kidnapped his wife and son
On Sunday evening, Pastor Jeremiah Omolara of Living Faith Church was attacked while driving with his wife and son in Kaduna state. According to the report given by the Punchng.com, gunmen ambushed the family as More...
China silent on Qin Derfu’s detention as wife Xiao Hongliu seeks answers
After her husband was arrested in the December 9th crackdown last year, the wife of a detained Christian from Sichuan’s Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) has been longing to hear about the update of her husband’s More...
Egypt graverobbers steal dead priest’s cross, then body for ransom
Graver robbers in Sharouna, a village south of Cairo, targeted the tomb of a priest who died 13 years ago, according to the Watani news outlet. They initially wanted to steal his crucifix, but then also stole the More...
Pentecostal community of India accused of bribing people to convert to Christianity
In a continuation of attacks on India’s small Christian community, Vasudev Devannai, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan in Northern India, who is fully involved in Hindu-nationalist party, Bharatiya More...
Pakistan Muslims attack Christian church during prayer, beating men and women
On July 23, Internal Salvation Church, a church located in Bhiki village in the Sheikhupura district of Punjab, was attacked by a mob of Muslim men. According to local reports, these men barged into the church during More...
Iranian Christian women Mahrokh Kanbari get one year in prison over ‘propaganda’ charge
A 65-year-old Iranian woman named Mahrokh Kanbari was sentenced to a year in prison after being charged with “propaganda against the system.” She was originally arrested before Christmas on the charge of “acting More...
Christian, Illyong Ju Relatives of North Korean Defector Killed for Sharing Gospel
(International Christian Concern) –At the State Department’s religious freedom ministerial last week, a North Korean defector shared what it’s like to live as a Christian in North Korea, telling President More...
Christian girl Suneha Sajid raped by Muslim employer, then accused of theft, her whole family attacked
Suneha Sajid, a 14-year-old Christian girl, was falsely accused of stealing gold worth about 1,500,000 PKR ($9,312.00 USD) by her Muslim employer in Shahdara, Lahore on July 8, 2019. photo Applysense Shamim, Suneha’s More...
Boko Haram Displaces Thousands in Northern Cameroon
(International Christian Concern) –Boko Haram has been wreaking havoc and destruction across northern Nigeria and the lake chad regions of Cameroon, chad, and Niger for over a decade. Just over a week ago, the More...
Priest and Passenger Attacked by gunmen in Enugu, Nigeria
(International Christian Concern) –PunchNG has reported that another priest has been attacked while travelling in Nigeria. The priest, Rev. Fr. Ikechukwu Ilo, was travelling to his parish on Wednesday night with More...
Christian Teenager Targeted in Turkey for Wearing Cross Necklace
(International Christian Concern) –Hristiyan Haber reports a hate attack in Gebze, Turkey, where two unidentified individuals targeted a 19-year-old teenager for wearing a cross necklace. The teenager attends More...
