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...
Indias Unregistered Churches Caught in the Crosshairs
(International Christian Concern) –“For the first time in 45 years, I feel like I don’t have the right to live as a Christian in my own country,” Pastor Sheeja Thomas, a house church leader in Hyderabad, More...
Syrian Man, Mustafa Alowemer Indicted on Terrorism Charges, Planning Attack on Church
A federal grand jury on July 17 returned a three-count indictment (the Indictment) against Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 21, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in connection with his planned attack on a Christian church in More...
Church in India Completely Destroyed in Suspected Arson Attack
(International Christian Concern) –On June 26, a church was burned to ashes in Charla, a village located 150 miles north of Hyderabad, Telangana’s state capital. The entire structure, made of thatch, wooden More...
ICC: Forty Christians attacked by Hindu extremists in India, kicked out of their homes, beating them
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Sunday, April 14, 40 Christians were violently kicked out of their homes by Hindu extremists in Patamanda village, located in India’s eastern state of More...
Turkey builds first new church, but it’s on top of a Christian graveyard
(International Christian Concern) –Earlier this month, Turkey announced that the construction of the country’s first new church would begin next February. While there are several churches throughout Turkey, More...
Pakistani Christians Fear New Security Mandate may Lead to Church Closures
(International Christian Concern) –On January 2, the government of the Punjab province in Pakistan mandated that churches comply with set security standards by March 31 or faced forcible closure. Pakistani Christians More...
Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte Mocks Holy Trinity and Rants Against Church
(International Christian Concern) –Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte once again made comments against Christian doctrines and Catholic Church in a derogatory tone. On December 29, in a speech in Kidapawan City, More...
Iraq launches Campaign to Rebuild Mosul Churches
(International Christian Concern) –On Wednesday, the Nineveh Governor released a statement saying that Mosul’s local government is making efforts to rebuild churches in West Mosul. The statement says that the More...
Cross removed from Church in India’s Jharkhand State
(International Christian Concern) –Members of the Sarna tribal community, an animist group in India, removed a cross from a church building in Jharkhand state before holding a purification ceremony to covert the More...
Egypt Court rules on Muslim attack against Giza Church
(International Christian Concern) –This past December, ICC reported on a mob attack in an Egyptian village of Kafr El-Waselin. The mob was protesting a service building used by St. Tadros Church. On October More...
Algerian police shut the doors of a another Christian church over ‘code violations’
(International Christian Concern) –Algerian police shut the doors of a church on October 16. Government officials ordered the church to close in February after inspecting the site and demanding the church be renovated More...
Wenzhou city: China government getting churches under ‘control’ with three person teams
(International Christian Concern) –In its latest attempt to ensure that religion is under the government’s control, Wenzhou city, also known as “China’s Jerusalem,” has set up a three-person team mechanism More...
ICC: Iran losing control as people seek freedom
(International Christian Concern) –This year, a hopeful thirst for freedom has defined Iran. Protests, which started in late December of 2017, continued throughout the spring and summer, spreading to every corner More...
Indonesia: Three Christian churches closed due to ‘administrative reasons’
(International Christian Concern) – On September 27th officials in western village of Alam Barajo district closed 3 churches for “administrative reasons.” Indonesia ensures freedom of religion to all More...
Rome State Archives to join Museum of the Bible in 2018
People will soon get a unique opportunity to see ancient cultural treasures from Rome with a visit to Washington. Museum of the Bible, the 430,000-square-foot museum that opens this November just three blocks from More...
Lee Strobel’s ‘Case for Christ’ live event set for April 6 in cinemas
Once an investigative journalist, now a Christian author and apologist, Lee Strobel went from resolute unbeliever to all-in Christ-follower. Depicted in his book, The Case for Christ, Strobel’s life-changing story More...
CLAAS requests prayers for the Pakistani politicians initiating a debate to amend the blasphemy law
Nasir Saeed, Director CLAAS-UK has sent a special request to churches and individuals, asking them to pray for Senator Farhatullah Baber and other members of the Senate Committee on Human Rights in Pakistan, who are More...
Update Easter massacre in Pakistan: funerals, chaos, recovery
The bomb killed at least 74 people and injured more than 300, with BBC reporting more updates. It was the deadliest terror attack in the history of Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous, and most Christian, state. More...
Texas Episcopalian minister Clay Lein recounts conversion from atheism through ‘prayer time’
An ordained Episcopalian minister who is now the rector of St John the Divine in Houston, ministering to over 4,000 members shared his amazing testimony and conversion from atheism in a new interview. “I More...
