Jun 6, 2024 | News & Stories
The three women entered the Tunisian church shortly before worship. Speaking Arabic, they asked if they could join the service. The church members assumed they were Tunisians who were interested in Christianity, and they welcomed them. But as they chatted, the...
Jun 3, 2024 | News & Stories
Social media is helping bring the gospel to northern Africa. It has led the younger generation to be open to faith in Christ. Christians can actively engage others on social media and lead them toward Jesus. “This is a big opportunity, and this is happening,” an ICR...
May 30, 2024 | News & Stories
Ten years ago, ICR director Joe and an Egyptian ministry partner had reason to celebrate: seven Muslims had decided to leave Islam and follow Jesus in the previous 12 months. “It used to be that when one Muslim came to faith, it was a miracle,” Joe said. Though it is...
May 28, 2024 | News & Stories
One of ICR’s main functions in the U.S. is to share stories of our persecuted brothers and sisters. Through five meetings for ICR Ambassadors hosted in churches and homes, three conferences and a dinner, Christians have gathered to learn about what their brothers and...
May 24, 2024 | News & Stories
The mosque’s loudspeakers began wailing early in the morning on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. Christians in the Jaranwala colony immediately felt a chill of fear, knowing something was about to happen. In Pakistan, anything was possible. Christians are an unprotected...
May 21, 2024 | News & Stories
Imagine going through life as a second-class citizen, denied many basic rights and with no opportunity to ever better your situation. That is where many Pakistani Christians find themselves in daily. They are given the worst jobs, unable to access good education and...
May 16, 2024 | News & Stories
Yemenis have been living in a war zone since 2015, with the country’s rule being divided between the Internationally Recognized Government (IRG), backed by Saudi Arabia, and Iran-affiliated Houthis. Each year, it seems the conditions grow worse. The humanitarian...
May 15, 2024 | News & Stories
When a missile destroyed a house just 300 meters from her home, Samah immediately took flight with her three sons and two daughters. They fled at night, carrying what they could in cloth bundles. When they finally stopped running, they tied the clothes to a tree to...
May 6, 2024 | News & Stories
Life for Afghan refugees in Pakistan is not easy, but it is about to get even harder. ICR has been caring for Afghan refugees in Pakistan since the 2021 Taliban take-over in Afghanistan. Many of those who fled left because they knew that as converts to Christianity,...
May 3, 2024 | News & Stories
Some people say Cuba is like a sinking ship. Yet, as many on the island try to flee this desperate situation, the church is experiencing rapid growth. Many people agree that the situation in Cuba is the worst it has ever been. Up to half a million Cubans left the...
May 3, 2024 | News & Stories
More people fled Cuba in 2022 than ever before in the country’s 64-year history as a communist regime. According to U.S. government data, 250,000 Cubans, or two percent of the country’s population, migrated to the United States in 2022. After decades of heavy-handed...
May 2, 2024 | News & Stories
Manipur is a small state in the far eastern part of India. It is one of a handful of Indian states separated from the rest of the subcontinent by the countries of Bangladesh and Nepal. Manipur is home to 3.3 million people. More than half of the state’s...