China sentences Pastor Wang Yi to 9 years in prison for ‘subversion of state power’ and ‘illegal business’
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Pastor Wang Yi from Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) in Sichuan was sentenced to nine years in prison for “subversion of state power” and “illegal More...
Christian Cho Yusang released from Nepal jail after arrest for handing out Bibles, leaflets
A 73-year old Christian, Cho Yusang was released from jail in Nepal on August 7, 2019 after being arrested for two weeks because he was allegedly forcefully converting Nepali locals. He was arrested on July 23, More...
Pastor Andrew Brunson free from Turkish prison
Along with thousands of Christians and other faith-based groups, the Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC) Coalition is celebrating the release of imprisoned North Carolina pastor Andrew Brunson from his two-year More...
Survey: Over 65% in Turkey approve of jailing Pastor Andrew Brunson
Pastor Andrew Brunson (International Christian Concern) – A Turkish journalist with ties to the political elite has published the results of a poll in the Daily Hürriyet surveying public opinion about the More...
Tips For Surviving Your First (and Hopefully Last) Trip to Jail
Life is extremely difficult sometimes and while that doesn’t excuse any bad choices we make, it does help explain some of them. However, occasionally the choice we decide to make is worse than the usual bad day More...
Iran: Christians Eskandar Rezaei, Soroush Saraei jailed for helping students get exemption from Islamic studies
Iranian Christians request renewed prayer for Eskandar Rezaei and Soroush Saraei who were each sentenced in December to eight years of prison for aiding students seeking exemption from Islamic studies classes. Both More...
Mariam Ibrahim attachsk Saeed Abedini’s tirade, ‘this is not what the Bible taught us’
The Christian community prayed and rallied for the release of jailed pastor Saeed Abedini, but since his release he has divided believers with his actions. Most recently, Abedini faces harsh words from Mariam More...
Pakistan: Evangelist Babu Shahbaz charged for allegedly committing blasphemy
Babu Shahbaz, a Christian form Kamahan village, Lahore has been arrested by police after allegedly committing blasphemy. On December 30, 2016 Nishtar Colony Police Station, Lahore registered FIR No. 1906/16, offence More...
Five Pakistani Christians cleared of blasphemy charges
On Monday, an anti-terrorist court acquitted five Christians of blasphemy charges, while two were jailed for six months under the blasphemy law and anti-terrorist act. The case was registered on August 16 last More...
CLAAS speaks out against ‘shameful treatment’ of Pakistani Christian leaders
CLAAS has expressed its grave concerns over the growing misbehaviour towards and shameful treatment of the Pakistani Christian religious leadership. On Sunday 12 June Muslim head constable Amir Abdullah hurried More...
Iran claims GOP wanted Pastor Abedini, prisoner release delayed until after election
Pastor Saeed Abedini was imprisoned in Iran for working with an effort to build an orphanage, but after years in jail, the American pastor was finally released. Now a top Iranian official claims that Republican More...
Neghmeh Abedini calls for a three-week fast, draw closer to the Lord
Pastor Saeed Abedini’s wife called for a three-week fast to draw closer to the presence of the Lord as the Christian pastor remains jailed in an Iranian prison. Naghmeh Abedini was inspired to draw closer More...
Pastor Farshid Fatih among the Christians released from Iranian prison
Pastor Farshid Fatih was released from prison in Iran last week after his arrest almost five years ago. According to International Christian Concern, Fatih and 60 other Christians had been arrested during a raid More...
Naghmeh Abedini petitions Iranian President Rouhani for Pastor Saeed’s release
The wife and children of imprisoned pastor Saeed Abedini petition the President of Iran for his release. Naghmeh Abedini writes that “Saeed is not a threat to Iran or the stability of its government” More...
Pastor Saeed Abedini suffers in Iranian prison as Obama pats himself on the back
The press conferences and talking heads are still analyzing the Iranian nuke deal, yet American Pastor Saeed Abedini is left suffering in prison with several other Americans. Betrayed by the President’s promises More...
US Senate passes resolution for White House to pressure release of Pastor Saeed Abedini
The U.S. Senate has voted unanimously to pass a resolution urging the Obama administration to do more to free an American pastor imprisoned in Iran, as well as all Americans incarcerated in the country. The resolution More...
Pastor Saeed Abedini prays for America on his birthday while in Iranian prison
Imprisoned pastor Saeed Abedini will mark his 35th birthday on the same day as the National Day of Prayer and reports detail how the pastor received a visit from a family member, is praying for America. 2015 will More...
China: Christian persecution risest to the highest level in a decade
Persecution of Christians in China reached its highest level in more than a decade last year as the government cracked down on church growth, according to a new U.S.-based advocacy group report. China Aid Association More...
Read Pastor Saeed Abedini’s letter to his son Jacob
Saeed Abedini’s son Jacob will turn seven next week and the imprisoned pastor now knows that he will not be home for his birthday. Saeed has not seen his son since he was four years old. He wrote Jacob the following More...
Saeed Abedini shares disturbing story of 6 executed in Iranian prison
Pastor Saeed Abedini, the American Christian pastor jailed for over two years in Iran, shared the shocking beating and execution of six fellow prisoners during a rare visit from a family member. Saeed’s wife, More...
