China Will Stamp Out Five “Illegal Social Organizations” Including House Churches

04/03/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – According to China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA), China will launch a campaign to toughen its clampdown...

Gunmen Burn Down Church, Kill Eight Christians in Kaduna State

05/23/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Eight Christians were killed and a church was burned down on May 19th, during an attack in the...

No Record Found Showing the Departure of Missing Pastor and Wife

07/11/2021 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – A missing Malaysian pastor and his Indonesian wife did not leave Malaysia in November 2016 or later,...

Pregnant Woman Survives Massacre by Hiding Four Days in a Pit with her Five...

09/12/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Last month, gunmen suspected to by Fulani militants attacked multiple Christian villages in Plateau State’s Riyom Local Government Area....

Beijing Shuts Down Christian School, Hundreds of Students Deprived of Education

11/06/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – A Christian school in Beijing’s Tongzhou district was shut down by the authorities last September, leaving hundreds...

Jihadists Decapitate Pastor, Force Wife to Carry His Severed Head

12/17/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) – According to military sources, suspected Islamic extremists decapitated a pastor in Cabo Delgado last Wednesday, and forced...

Two Iranian Christian converts released from prison but one faces internal exile

Two Christian converts were released from prison on 20 January at the conclusion of their one-year prison sentences for membership of a house church,...

Fulani Militants Kill 142 People In Deadly Attacks Across Central Nigeria

04/28/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – On April 10, armed groups of radicalized Muslim Fulani herdsmen simultaneously attacked an estimated ten villages in...

Closure of Large Church in Beijing Deepens Shadow on Religious Freedom in China

The growing crack-down on unofficial churches in China deepened on Sunday (Sept. 9) when authorities closed one of the largest churches in Beijing, according...

Police in Algeria Close Down Another Church

10/21/2018 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – Algerian police shut the doors of a church on October 16. Government officials ordered the church to close in...
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WCC executive committee statement urges “Christian witness and action for human dignity and human...

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee published a statement entitled “Christian witness and action for human dignity and human rights,” in...

Four Students Injured as Myanmar Military Shells Bible School in Shan State

Four men were wounded as a Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) shell struck the premises of a Bible school in northern Shan State on November 3.

WCC acting general secretary: “We are a fellowship united by faith for action”

In his last report to the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca...