Boko Haram execute Christian NGO woman kidnapped with five men, threaten to behead their prisoners
In July, Boko Haram kidnapped six aid workers from the group Action Against Hunger. They quickly released a proof of life video showing that they had the workers, including one Christian woman named Grace. During More...
Pakistani Christians Javaid Masih and Suleman Masih murdered by Muslims in Lahore
Two Pakistani Christian brothers, Javaid Masih and Suleman Masih, were killed by three extremist Muslims in Lahore on August 21st. The names of attackers are Abdul Majeed, Muhammad Amjad, and Muhammad Naveed. Bashiran More...
Wife of Murdered Bible Translator, Eveline Fung in Stable Condition
(International Christian Concern) –Suspected Fulani militants attacked the village of Wum in Northern Cameroon on August 25. During this attack, the militants killed a bible translator, Angus Fung, who had helped More...
Bible translator Angus Abraham Fung killed in Cameroon machete attack, 6 others murdered
Northern Cameroon has become a hotbed for political and military violence. In 2016, the English speaking parts of Cameroon declared that they wanted to become a new nation known as Ambazonia. Due to this conflict More...
Pastor Alfrery Líctor Cruz Canseco shot and killed at Mexico church during Sunday gathering
Pastor Alfrery Líctor Cruz Canseco was shot during Sunday’s gathering for service on Sunday as Fraternidad Cristiana church in Tlalixtac de Cabrera, a town in Oaxaca, La Prensa reported. There are mixed More...
Young Christian in Sri Lanka Assaulted by Radical Monks
(International Christian Concern) –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 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...
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...
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...
Pakistan denies Peter Jacob’s claim that 70 killed over blasphemy charges
In an interview with the Catholic News Service (CNS), Peter Jacob, the Executive Director of the Center for Social Justice in Pakistan, claimed that 70 people have been killed as a result of blasphemy accusations More...
North Korea executes Christians over the gospel, says defector Illyong Ju
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 Donald Trump and about the execution More...
Tragedy in Sri Lanka: How Church Leaders and Members Can Respond to Secular Media
As the World Asks Why?, Christians Offer Hope Reports of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday tragedy have flooded the news, prompting some to ask if God forgot His people on the most sacred day of the Christian calendar. More...
Hindu radicals behead Anant Ram Gand for converting to Christianity
(International Christian Concern) –A Christian man in India’s Odisha state, formally known as Orissa, was found beheaded earlier this month. According to Persecution Relief, a local ministry in India, this Christian More...
Open Doors Report highlights persecution against women, Christian sex trafficking, Sharia Law practices
In the latest in-depth report focused on gender persecution, the 2019 Open Doors World Watch List reveals that gender contributes to a large disparity in the methods used for religious persecution. While men experience More...
Jesuit priest Father Paolo Dall’Oglio remembered after disappearance in Syria six years ago
Portrait of Father Paolo Dall’Oglio SJ, founder of the Community al-Khalil in Deir Mar Musa, Syria, taken in the premises of the Community’s new monastery Deir Mariyam al-Adhra in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi More...
Christian Teachers, Daniel Wekesa and Philip Okumu Killed in Kenya School Attack
(International Christian Concern) –After weeks of waiting for DNA tests to confirm the identities of Mr. Philip Masinde Okumu and Daniel Wekesa Wangila, their families finally laid them to rest. The two Christian More...
Egyptian Police Officer Murders Two Christian Men
(International Christian Concern) –International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on the evening of December 12, Egyptian police officer Rabi Mustapha Khalifa shot and killed Coptic Christian Emad Kmal More...
John Chau killed by remote Sentinelese people while on illegal ‘adventure’ or missionary trip
An American man has been killed by an isolated Indian island tribe known to attack outsiders with bows and arrows. Police identified John Allen Chau as the man killed after fishermen ferried him onto the island More...
Egypt Responded to Massacre of Christians, Attack claimed by ISIS
(International Christian Concern) –This weekend, Egyptian Security Forces announced the deaths of 19 terrorists whom they alleged were complicit in the implementation of the massacre of Christians on November More...
Somali Islamic militants ambushed a school, two Christians killed
(International Christian Concern) –International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on the morning of October 10, Somali Islamic militants ambushed a school at 1:00 a.m. in Mandera East and bombed the teachers’ More...
