1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (389+ words) Pastor John Cao, a Chinese Christian leader who completed a seven-year prison sentence in 2024, has been diagnosed with late-stage prostate cancer and a spinal tumor, according to reports from Christian advocacy organizations. His diagnosis has renewed concerns about his continued…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (386+ words) A Kurdish pastor has been released from a Syrian prison after being detained for two weeks without an official charge. Pastor Nihad Hassan was visiting family in Afrin, Syria, when authorities arrested him on July 20. He was reportedly detained because…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (383+ words) For many years, people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have been living through ongoing ADF terrorist atrocities. Many families have lost loved ones, homes, and everything they had because of the armed conflict. Many others have been…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (569+ words) Under the guise of a literary launch for a book about a Hindu monk in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, a Hindu religious leader issued a definitive, public call to make the central Indian state “church-free.” This marks a chilling…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1015+ words) The Armenian government’s confrontation with the Armenian Apostolic Church has reached an unprecedented point, with Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II appearing in court on criminal charges last week while the newly elected parliament opened without the Catholicos for the…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (965+ words) A pastor in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains was recently executed alongside six other people after being detained by an armed faction. Another church leader was abducted from the same region days later. The attacks are part of a growing wave of…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (251+ words) Pastor Y Nuen Ayun, a member of the Montagnard and Ede people group, has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison and an additional four years of probation. Authorities arrested him in October 2025 for leading and pastoring…...

1+ week, 25+ min ago   (421+ words) Part Four of the series, “When Creation Groans” By ICC Fellow Lisa Navarrette Throughout this series, we have explored how climate-related challenges can complicate the lives of Christians already suffering because of persecution. We have examined how changing environmental conditions…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (334+ words) In the hills of Sudan’s Nuba Mountains, grief continues to deepen as Christian communities face repeated attacks on their leaders. The attack is part of an alarming pattern of targeted violence against clergy in the region, coming only weeks after…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (359+ words) The broken doors have been repaired, the benches were returned to their places, and the Bibles were gathered from the floor, but the fear remained. For many believers in Zanzibar and parts of coastal Tanzania, Sunday worship is no longer…...