FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | November 7, 2019 WASHINGTON—As of Monday, nearly 90,000 individuals have signed onto a petition calling for the release of American pastor Bryan Nerren, who has been…
Word & Way | Morning Star News correspondent | Nov. 5, 2019 Tennessee pastor Bryan Nerren, shown with his wife Rhonda and their children, is stranded in India awaiting a…
FaithWire | Will Maule | Nov. 4, 2019 An elderly man has been viscously attacked on the New York subway for simply preaching the gospel. According to witnesses, the 79-year-old…
Premier U.K. | Nov. 4, 2019 Pastor Aarón Méndez Ruiz and Alfredo Castillo de Luna were forcibly taken from a migrant shelter in the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo…
Tennessean | Natalie Neysa Alund and Brinley Hineman | Oct. 30, 2019 A Middle Tennessee pastor has been arrested in India and is unable to return to the U.S. due to alleged religious…
International Christian Concern | Oct. 29, 2019 Pastor Targeted After Telling Customs Officials He Is a Christian 10/29/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) learned that…
Breitbart | Frances Martel | Oct. 24, 2019 Christian persecution in Iraq and Syria has decreased dramatically in the aftermath of the fall of the Islamic State, a report published…
Morning Star News | India Correspondent | Oct. 24, 2019 Hindu extremists assaulted pastor Ramesh Pargi in Dahod District, Gujarat state, India, on Oct. 22, 2019. (Morning Star News) NEW…
Christian Post | Michael Gryboski | Oct. 21, 2019 Chinese government officials tear down a 3,000-seat church located in Anhui province in October 2019, according to the human rights group…
BreakPoint | The Stream | Oct. 18, 2019 HYDERABAD, India – Police broke up a congregational gathering of 6,000 worshippers in northern India on Tuesday (Oct. 15) after Hindu extremists leveled…
Middle East Concern | Oct. 18, 2019 Iranian Christians request prayer for nine men of the “Church of Iran” denomination who have each received a five-year prison sentence due to…
Standard Digital | Cyrus Ombati | Oct. 16, 2019 A Catholic priest was kidnapped, brutally murdered and buried in a shallow grave in Embu County. The body of Father Michael…
CSW | Oct. 15, 2019 The Sudanese Church of Christ Executive Committee CSW has learned that criminal charges against eight leaders of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) were confirmed…
***NEWS RELEASE*** | For Immediate Release | October 14, 2019 Save the Persecuted Christians:As Attacks on India’s Christians Ramp Up, Believers in Jesus Christ Are More at Risk Each Day…
The Cititzen | Oct. 7, 2019 IN SUMMARY Gregg Schoof, a Baptist, has been operating in Rwanda since 2003, mainly through his church and a radio station, Amazing Grace FM,…
USCIRF | Oct. 1, 2019 On China’s National Day, USCIRF Urges U.S. Government to Take Action on Religious Freedom WASHINGTON, DC – Today marks the 70th anniversary of the People’s…
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett |Sept. 30, 2019 Indian authorities jailed church leaders and their families after Hindu extremists disrupted a worship service, beat individuals, and livestreamed the events…
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | September 28, 2019 A massive crackdown on house churches by radical Hindu groups has led to the jailing of at least eight Christians on…
Elombah News | Sept. 27, 2019 United Kingdom has opened an investigation into the killing of farmers by suspected herdsmen in Benue State and other parts of the country. Also…
Christian Post | Samuel Smith|Sept. 27, 2019 A group of Christians meet together near their rebuilt church in Kandhamal. | John Fredricks WASHINGTON — Over 1,400 incidents of persecution against…
Premier | Sept. 18, 2019 According to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), 2,000 villagers from Hitté and Rounga in Burkina Faso's Loroum Province, fled their homes…
***NEWS RELEASE*** | September 10, 2019 Save the Persecuted Christians: Mexico Has Become One of the Most Dangerous Places for Clergy, as They Face Extreme Violence WASHINGTON—The latest casualty in…
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | Sept.11, 2019 Hindu extremists raped the 4-year-old daughter of a pastor in central India because he refused to stop sharing the Gospel, a…
Morning Star News | Sept. 5, 2019 Muslim Fulani herdsmen injured Baptist pastor Elisha Noma while holding him captive. (Morning Star News) JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Baptist pastor…
FoxNews | Caleb Parke | Sept. 5, 2019 A pastor on the China-North Korea border shared his faith with at least 1,000 North Koreans in the Hermit Kingdom before he was assassinated in…
Gakwerere | Sept. 4, 2019 Pastor Gregg Schoof was the owner of amazing Grace radio which the satanic system ruling Rwanda had its broadcasting license revoked in April 2018. Pastor…
War Desk News | Sept. 3, 2019 The 42 years old cleric who was the presiding priest of St Peters Parish, Ahmadu, met his untimely death at Kpankufu village, between…
Middle East Concern | Sept. 3, 2019 Algerian Christians request prayer as the campaign by authorities to close churches intensifies. Early in the morning of 2 September, gendarmes came to…
Rev. Hkalam Samson Targeted for Conversation with US President Persecution | Aug. 29, 2019 08/29/2019 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 26,…
Punch Nigeria | Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo | Aug. 29, 2019 Bandits have reportedly ambushed and killed a Catholic priest at Kufai Amadu in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State,…
Middle East Concern | Aug. 27, 2019 Algerian Christians request continued prayer as the government campaign against churches continues. On 21 August, MEC reported that closure orders had been issued…
Morningstar News | Aug. 26, 2019 The Rev. Jeremiah Omolewa of Living Faith Church in the city of Kaduna, Nigeria, was killed and his wife kidnapped on Aug. 4, 2019.…
Middle East Concern | Aug. 26, 2019 On 26 August MEC issued an email requesting prayer for an appeal court hearing scheduled for 3 September in which three separate cases…
Zenger News Service | Doug Burton The kidnapping of pastors for ransom has reached epidemic levels in Nigeria. “Just in the last month there have been a lot of pastor kidnappings,”…
Aug. 21, 2019 | Middle East Concern Algerian Christians request prayer for the continued campaign by the authorities to close churches. On Sunday, 18 August, the churches in Akbou and…
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Alfrery Líctor Cruz Canseco | Facebook/AlfLic Cruz Correction appended A pastor in southwest Mexico was shot and killed after a…
Aug. 19, 2019 | Clarion | By Mario Alexis Portella The author with surviving victims of Boko Haram (Photo: Courtesy Mario Alexis Portella) At least 1,200 people were killed and…
Li Sent Back to Hometown After Eight Months Imprisonment Aug. 19, 2019 | International Christian Concern International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that over the weekend, elder Li Yingqiang from…
Aug. 15, 2019 | Juicy Ecumenism | By Scott Morgan Since January 2019, twenty people have been killed and several churches have been destroyed by Islamist forces operating in the…
Aug. 12, 2019 | International Christian Concern Imprisoned Pastor Wang Yi Continues to Face Legal Persecution International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 10, Early Rain Covenant Church…