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JULY <strong>2024</strong><br />
ON THE COVER<br />
A student at Hope House in Nigeria listens<br />
intently to the lesson. Hope Houses in Nigeria<br />
and around the world empower young Christian<br />
students to seek a brighter future through<br />
the power of education. Photo: International<br />
Christian Concern<br />
FEATURES<br />
10<br />
BREAKING THE CYCLE OF<br />
PERSECUTION AROUND<br />
THE WORLD<br />
The impact of ICC’s Hope<br />
Houses<br />
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TRANSFORMING A<br />
GENERATION IN INDIA<br />
AND BEYOND<br />
Empowering Christian<br />
youth to dream big<br />
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COURAGE &<br />
COMPASSION &<br />
VIOLENCE IN THE DRC<br />
ICC supports displaced students<br />
giving back to their community<br />
RECURRING<br />
04<br />
06<br />
08<br />
20 SPECIAL<br />
22<br />
ICC NEWSROOM Your Source for <strong>Persecution</strong> News<br />
WEST WATCH Issues Involving Christianity in the West<br />
YOUR HANDS AND FEET ICC Projects Made Possible by Our Supporters<br />
THE WHISPER An Excerpt from ICC President Jeff King’s New Book<br />
FEATURE<br />
CROWNS OF COURAGE Highlighting Those Who Have Sacrificed Everything for Christ<br />
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OUR MISSION: Since 1996, ICC has served the global<br />
persecuted church through a three-pronged approach of<br />
advocacy, awareness, and assistance. ICC exists to bandage<br />
the wounds of persecuted Christians and to build the church<br />
in the toughest parts of the world.<br />
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Publisher Jeff King<br />
Managing Editor Alex Finch<br />
Editor and Designer Hannah Campbell
Education Can Break the Cycle of <strong>Persecution</strong><br />
As a father, I want nothing more than to see my children succeed —<br />
a universal hope and truth for all parents.<br />
Yet for the persecuted, their children will be lucky to receive a few<br />
early years of education before having to start day labor for the rest<br />
of their lives.<br />
Education is at the root of an evil cycle of persecution in so many<br />
countries. Generation after generation, Christians face educational<br />
discrimination to keep them enslaved in systems and cultures.<br />
So, a good education is the key to breaking this vicious cycle.<br />
That’s why we started Hope House (for younger grades) and Generation<br />
Transformation (teens and beyond) years ago. More than<br />
300 children and young adults are enrolled in these outstanding Bible-centered<br />
education programs.<br />
When I reflect on our ministry and the privilege to serve the persecuted,<br />
I think of Smith Sabir. He was a third grader when his parents<br />
were killed in the horrific All Saints Church attack in Pakistan more<br />
than a decade ago. We “adopted” Smith and have cover his schooling<br />
ever since.<br />
Sabir can explain best the value of our educational initiatives.<br />
“I often think of God’s strange plans,” Sabir said. “He took my parents<br />
to heaven, but He gave me ICC to take care [of] me, stand with me,<br />
strengthen me, and build my future. I have learned a lot from ICC on<br />
how to love others and engage in charity work. I would love to follow<br />
ICC’s footsteps in the future if I could.”<br />
Thanks for being our partner in the holy work of rescuing and rebuilding<br />
the lives of the persecuted!<br />
JEFF<br />
Jeff King, President<br />
International Christian Concern<br />
Author: “The Whisper” (NEW!), “The Last<br />
Words of the Martyrs,” and “Islam Uncensored”<br />
Discover the Life-Changing Lessons<br />
of the Persecuted<br />
ICC President and author Jeff King has released his third book,<br />
“The Whisper.” In this 30-day devotional, King presents stories of<br />
persecuted believers and unpacks their spiritual wisdom as they<br />
walk with the Lord through trials and triumphs. How are they<br />
able to endure such suffering and remain joyful in the Lord? What<br />
lessons can we learn from them?<br />
Visit www.persecution.org/books and read a preview on page 20.<br />
Out<br />
Now!<br />
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ICC Newsroom<br />
YOUR SOURCE FOR PERSECUTION NEWS<br />
Azerbaijan Destroys Armenian Church and<br />
Village, Builds Mosque in Conquered Artsakh<br />
Months after the fall of Artsakh,<br />
Azerbaijan destroyed the St. John<br />
the Baptist Church in the town of<br />
Shusi and the entire Karintak village.<br />
Azerbaijan is also building a large mosque<br />
in Karintak, known as Dashalti in Azeri.<br />
Both the church and the village were in<br />
the Shushi province of Artsakh, which is<br />
now integrated into the Shusha province<br />
of Azerbaijan following the conquest of<br />
Artsakh in September 2023.<br />
Azerbaijan had conquered the Shushi<br />
province during the 2020 conflict over<br />
Artsakh. In 2021, an Azerbaijani legislator<br />
posted to X (then Twitter) a photo of<br />
Christian clerics praying at the St. John<br />
the Baptist Church in Shushi, citing “the<br />
national cultural diversity existing in<br />
Azerbaijan” and “the atmosphere of ethnic<br />
and religious tolerance.” The fall of Artsakh<br />
in 2023, however, and the continuing<br />
destruction of Armenian Christian heritage<br />
proves otherwise.<br />
The church in Shushi, built by Armenians<br />
in 1847, was known in Armenian as St.<br />
Hovhannes Mkrtich or Kanach Zham (the<br />
green chapel). Azerbaijan destroyed the<br />
church and several surrounding buildings<br />
during the winter of 2023-<strong>2024</strong> according<br />
to satellite imagery published by Caucasus<br />
Heritage Watch, an investigative institution<br />
supported by Cornell University.<br />
ADF Militants<br />
Kill 11 Christians,<br />
Kidnap Others<br />
in DRC’s Ituri<br />
Province<br />
At about 8 p.m. on Monday,<br />
May 13, members of the Allied<br />
Democratic Forces (ADF) carried<br />
out a brutal attack in Ndimo<br />
village, Ituri province, in the<br />
Democratic Republic of Congo.<br />
The Islamic extremist group killed<br />
11 Christians, kidnapped several<br />
others, and set houses on fire.<br />
“The timing of the attack<br />
coincided with the presence of<br />
the military administrator of the<br />
territory in the Bandavilemba<br />
area,” a resident of Ndimo in<br />
the Irumu territory told an<br />
International Christian Concern<br />
(ICC) staff member. “This led<br />
to speculation that the ADF<br />
terrorists targeted this area due<br />
to the administrator’s visit, aiming<br />
to disrupt stability and sow fear<br />
among the local population.”<br />
One survivor told ICC that the ADF<br />
rebels left many people homeless<br />
while other innocent civilians<br />
burned to ash.<br />
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VISIT OUR WEBSITE, PERSECUTION.ORG, FOR THE LATEST NEWS<br />
350 Hostages Rescued from Boko<br />
Haram Extremists<br />
Nigerian military forces rescued 209<br />
children, 135 women, and six men from<br />
Boko Haram on May 21. Many of the<br />
hostages had been held captive by the<br />
terrorists for years.<br />
Authorities found the victims in the<br />
Sambisa Forest in the heart of Boko<br />
Haram’s territory in the North.<br />
“I always wanted to escape but couldn’t<br />
because of the children,” Hajara Umara<br />
High Court Rules in Favor of<br />
Christian Burial Rights in India<br />
In a decision that will have ramifications<br />
across India regarding the burial rights of<br />
Christians, the High Court of Chhattisgarh<br />
in Central India ruled in April that a man<br />
has the right to Christian burial on his own<br />
land.<br />
The man, Ishwar Korram, 54, died on<br />
told the Associated Press. “If they caught<br />
you trying to escape, they would torture<br />
you and imprison you indefinitely.”<br />
The Islamic extremist group is responsible<br />
for the kidnapping and death of thousands<br />
since its establishment in 2009. According<br />
to U.N. agencies in Nigeria, extremist<br />
violence has caused the death of 35,000<br />
people and the displacement of 2.1 million<br />
people.<br />
April 25 at an area hospital. Local police<br />
prevented Ishwar’s son, Sarthik Korram,<br />
from burying his father because of his<br />
father’s Christian faith. Leaders of Ishwar’s<br />
Hindu-majority village also opposed the<br />
burial and offered no place for people of<br />
other faiths to bury their loved ones.<br />
Christian Journalist’s<br />
Whereabouts<br />
Unknown on Day of<br />
Scheduled Release<br />
Zhang Zhan, a 40-year-old Christian<br />
blogger, journalist, activist, and<br />
former human rights lawyer, was<br />
scheduled to be released on May 13<br />
after four years in prison.<br />
Zhang was imprisoned in May<br />
2020 after she was convicted of<br />
reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak<br />
in Wuhan, China. The Free Zhang<br />
Zhan campaign issued a statement<br />
saying there was no confirmation<br />
of her release from prison and that<br />
Zhang’s family had been pressured<br />
by Chinese officials not to give any<br />
media interviews about her case.<br />
Zhang’s case highlights the Chinese<br />
government’s arbitrary arrests<br />
of Christians, journalists, human<br />
rights lawyers, and other activists<br />
who challenge the Communist<br />
government’s policies.<br />
“ICC joins the Free Zhang Zhan<br />
campaign and other international<br />
advocacy groups and Christian<br />
ministries in calling on the Chinese<br />
government to immediately confirm<br />
Zhang’s release to her family,” an<br />
ICC staffer said.<br />
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West Watch<br />
ISSUES INVOLVING CHRISTIANITY IN THE WEST<br />
Christian Refugee Says He Lost Job<br />
for Beliefs Shared on Social Media<br />
Felix Ngole, a health care worker living in England, said he was<br />
denied a job at a British health care provider after the staff<br />
uncovered statements he made on social media years earlier<br />
expressing his biblical perspective on gender and sexuality. The<br />
decision came after the employer, Touchstone Support, had<br />
already determined that Ngole was the best candidate for the<br />
position.<br />
Ngole is now suing Touchstone Support at an employment<br />
tribunal in Leeds, England.<br />
“I was told I was the best candidate for the job, then suddenly<br />
I found I was unemployable because they discovered that I am<br />
a Christian,” Ngole said after the first court hearing this April.<br />
“No one has ever told me that I have not treated them well<br />
in my professional experience. I have never been accused of<br />
forcing my beliefs on anyone. I have supported vulnerable<br />
individuals from all backgrounds, including LGBT.”<br />
This is not Ngole’s first time facing religious discrimination and<br />
persecution. A native of Cameroon, Ngole fled his home country<br />
because of his faith and became a refugee in England. He was<br />
pursuing a master’s degree in 2014 when he commented on<br />
Facebook, where he discussed the biblical view of sexuality,<br />
citing the books of Leviticus and Matthew. Three months later,<br />
an anonymous complaint to his university led to his expulsion. A<br />
British court ruled in 2019 that the school “wrongly confused the<br />
expression of religious views with the notion of discrimination”<br />
and that expressing theological views on what defined sin does<br />
not mean a person “will discriminate on such grounds.”<br />
It was a landmark case for free speech and religious freedom in<br />
England. And it would not be the last time Ngole would suffer<br />
consequences for expressing his religious beliefs.<br />
Describing his initial interview with Touchstone, Ngole said he<br />
“was delighted to be invited to the interview so that I could<br />
showcase my skills. I saw it as a step closer to my dream job. It<br />
was a brilliant interview; I was greeted warmly, and they were<br />
really kind to me. I was offered the job, and they were already<br />
talking to me about my first day and who my line manager<br />
would be.”<br />
Then, Touchstone learned the details about Ngole’s legal case<br />
with his university.<br />
“When I received the email telling me that the job had been<br />
withdrawn, it was a shock,” Ngole said. “I was very confused<br />
and distraught, and I wanted to know why. The reasons they<br />
gave for withdrawing the job offer were an attack on me and<br />
my faith. They made it seem that 100% of the people I would<br />
be helping would be LGBT and that I had to pledge allegiance to<br />
the LGBT flag and forget about my Christian beliefs.”<br />
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The Capitol Dispatch, at www.persecution.org/icc-advocacy<br />
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Catholic Group Allowed to Continue Decades-Old<br />
Tradition of Memorial Day Service<br />
On May 23, the National Park Service<br />
(NPS) reversed a decision that<br />
barred the Knights of Columbus<br />
from holding a commemorative service<br />
in Poplar Grove National Cemetery near<br />
Petersburg, Virginia.<br />
The American Catholic organization had<br />
been conducting a Memorial Day Mass<br />
at the military cemetery since the 1960s<br />
until the NPS denied it a permit in 2023.<br />
First Liberty Institute, the legal<br />
organization representing the Knights of<br />
Columbus, said that the federal agency<br />
“denied the Knights a permit to hold<br />
the service in the cemetery, citing a new<br />
policy that designates ‘religious services’<br />
as prohibited ‘demonstrations.’”<br />
This denial was supposedly in accordance<br />
with a 2022 NPS policy that sought<br />
to limit the sort of “activities” that<br />
could be conducted in governmentmanaged<br />
cemeteries. These activities<br />
were described as those that “might”<br />
be permitted in other national parks<br />
but would be “inappropriate in national<br />
cemeteries because of their protected<br />
atmosphere of peace, calm, tranquility,<br />
and reverence.”<br />
The State of Virginia officially supported<br />
the Knights of Columbus in its battle<br />
against the NPS. The state’s attorney<br />
general filed an amicus brief supporting<br />
the Knights’ legal case in court. On the<br />
social media site X, formerly known as<br />
Twitter, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin<br />
applauded the NPS’s decision to allow the<br />
Memorial Day service to resume.<br />
“Virginia is the birthplace of religious<br />
liberty and I applaud our AG @<br />
JasonMiyaresVA standing side by side<br />
with the @KofC to protect this important<br />
and worthy tradition,” his post said.<br />
Roger Byron, senior counsel at First<br />
Liberty, released a statement that said,<br />
“The Knights are thrilled that they will be<br />
able to exercise their religious beliefs and<br />
keep this honorable tradition alive. We<br />
appreciate the tremendous support of<br />
Governor Youngkin and Attorney General<br />
Miyares in this case.”<br />
School Reverses Ban on Students Sharing Bible Verses<br />
The American Center for Law and Justice<br />
(ACLJ) recently declared victory in a<br />
case that nearly restricted the religious<br />
liberties of two young students.<br />
In April, two 9-year-old elementary school<br />
students were banned from sharing<br />
Easter eggs containing Bible verses.<br />
Just before Good Friday, the children<br />
assembled the eggs, which also included<br />
candy and poetry, to share with their<br />
classmates. However, they were told by<br />
school administrators that they could<br />
not distribute them due to their religious<br />
messages.<br />
According to the ACLJ, “When the<br />
teachers checked inside the eggs and saw<br />
the Bible verses, they didn’t allow [the<br />
students] to hand them out due to the<br />
religious content.”<br />
Under the First Amendment of the U.S.<br />
Constitution, citizens have the right<br />
to freely exercise their religion, which<br />
includes distributing Bible verses.<br />
As a result of ACLJ’s representation of<br />
the children, the school reversed course<br />
and agreed to allow its students to share<br />
religious items with one another “in<br />
a non-disruptive manner during noninstructional<br />
time.”<br />
Many Christians see signs of religious<br />
intolerance spreading throughout the<br />
U.S. and the Western world.<br />
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Your Hands and Feet<br />
ICC PROJECTS MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR SUPPORTERS<br />
Fleeing War and Finding<br />
a Stable Future<br />
AFRICA Solange’s life has been fraught with challenges<br />
since fleeing the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for<br />
Uganda. Her children fell sick upon their arrival, and she had<br />
no means of income. Though ICC purchased pigs, goats, and<br />
hens to sustain her family, many of these animals succumbed<br />
to diseases early on. Despite these hardships, Solange remains<br />
grateful for what remains.<br />
“Due the wars going on in my country I had to come to Uganda<br />
for safety and had no relatives to help me, but I thank ICC for<br />
the support they gave me. I managed to cook food for my<br />
kids for a good period of time. They can now sleep well, and I<br />
was able to pay medical bills for my kids when they could get<br />
sick,” she said.<br />
Caring for five children and three grandchildren, Solange<br />
continues to face significant difficulties. Living in a remote<br />
area worsens her struggles, especially during the rainy season<br />
when muddy roads hinder transportation. Despite these<br />
obstacles, ICC is helping her again to start a small business<br />
selling household essentials, offering hope for a more stable<br />
future.<br />
“I don’t know how to express my gratitude for the immense<br />
support and assistance that was provided to me during my<br />
time as a refugee. Your generosity in providing me with<br />
mattresses, blankets, food, and financial aid has made an<br />
incredible impact on my life, and I am forever grateful for your<br />
unwavering support,” she said. “You have not only given me<br />
a comfortable place to rest but have also restored a sense of<br />
dignity and security in my life.”<br />
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Sunita’s Faith-Fueled<br />
Ministry<br />
SOUTH ASIA Sunita serves passionately in northern India,<br />
spreading the gospel through her evangelism ministry. After<br />
receiving Bible training, she started her ministry and leads worship<br />
services in her village. As a part of ICC’s Bikes and Bibles program,<br />
she has been able to reach many nearby villages, sharing God’s<br />
love and hoping to establish more worship services.<br />
Despite her dedication, Sunita faces significant challenges due to<br />
her family situation. Her husband has been bedridden for 10 years<br />
following a severe accident, and she struggles to care for him and<br />
their family while evangelizing. These responsibilities have limited<br />
her ability to fully commit to her ministry work.<br />
To support her family and ministry, Sunita decided to use her<br />
tailoring skills. ICC helped her set up a tailoring business, providing<br />
a means for her to earn a livelihood at home. This business also<br />
offers training opportunities for other women in the church to<br />
become self-sustained.<br />
“ICC has been a tremendous blessing to us, providing us with a<br />
tailoring shop. My husband and I are confident that this business<br />
venture will enable us to generate income and support both our<br />
family and ministry,” she said. “It empowers us to carry out our<br />
ministry independently, without relying on anyone else. We are<br />
incredibly grateful to ICC for their support and generosity.”<br />
Roua’s Resilient Return<br />
MIDDLE EAST<br />
Roua lived a normal life with her family in<br />
Bartella, Iraq, attending school while her father worked. Their<br />
lives were disrupted one morning by the sounds of shelling and<br />
explosions. Fearing for their safety as ISIS approached, they fled<br />
to Erbil, the only safe haven for Christians. The journey stretched<br />
for hours due to the influx of displaced people. The fear of ISIS’s<br />
advance haunted Roua as they waited at the Erbil checkpoint.<br />
Once they reached Erbil, Roua’s family moved into a church with<br />
two other families. They endured difficult conditions, separated<br />
by curtains, and the hot summer months made life particularly<br />
hard. Despite these challenges, Roua’s father urged her to<br />
continue her studies. She persevered, completing high school in<br />
makeshift caravans with scarce resources.<br />
After three years of displacement, Mosul and the Nineveh Plains<br />
were liberated, and Roua’s family returned to find their home<br />
destroyed. With the help of the local church, they rebuilt their<br />
house. Roua graduated but struggled to find a job. She decided<br />
to start a resin art business to support her family. With assistance<br />
from ICC, she acquired the necessary supplies and expressed<br />
immense gratitude for the support, which renewed her hope and<br />
optimism.<br />
“I am very happy and optimistic in life because there are people<br />
like you who help those in need to improve their work and live<br />
through their efforts. Now, I confidently tell people that I am<br />
the owner of a resin project because all my materials are of a<br />
high quality,” Roua told us. “I thank you from the bottom of my<br />
heart because you have revived hope in my life. My prayers and<br />
gratitude are always with you. I will never forget your kindness.”<br />
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Breaking<br />
the cycle of<br />
persecution<br />
AROUND THE WORLD<br />
THE IMPACT OF ICC’S HOPE HOUSES<br />
In many countries where they are the minority<br />
religion, Christians are considered second-class<br />
citizens. Christian children are denied a quality<br />
education. Hope House provides Christian students<br />
with supplemental classes like literature, social studies,<br />
mathematics, discipleship, and Bible classes.<br />
In a culture that tells them that they will forever be secondclass<br />
citizens, Hope House provides an opportunity for a<br />
better life.<br />
“I had to go to work at 10 years old. I want to see Hana<br />
educated and reach his dreams — to have the chance I<br />
didn’t have,” said Yousef, father to Hana, a Hope House<br />
student in the Middle East.<br />
ICC’s Hope House program is the only one of our major<br />
programs that is found in each region we work in. Students<br />
from across the world are accessing quality education in<br />
the hopes of transforming their futures. But persecution<br />
looks different in each region of the world, so we adjust<br />
our strategy to make sure our programs are effective.<br />
Middle East<br />
Hope House first started in Egypt as education centers in<br />
poor villages with families pressured by persecution from<br />
the surrounding society. They are located in local churches,<br />
and establish programs to assist Christian families in these<br />
contexts.<br />
Children in Egypt struggle to obtain an education in<br />
overcrowded, poorly resourced Egyptian schools. Children<br />
face discrimination for being Christians in these school<br />
systems and continue to face discrimination in the job<br />
market and community when they grow older.<br />
Hope House helps Christian children learn through<br />
personalized afterschool education, Bible lessons, and<br />
personalized care and attention through nutrition and<br />
medical support for impoverished families. This impacts<br />
the children through better grades in school, deeper<br />
spiritual discipleship through Bible classes and Scripture<br />
memory, and stronger connection to the local church.<br />
Christian women face many unique challenges as well,<br />
including sexual harassment from Muslim men, attempted<br />
forceful conversions to Islam, and economic vulnerability<br />
as widows. Hope House helps Christian women through<br />
literacy classes, income generating projects, and<br />
awareness and Bible study/support groups.<br />
Africa<br />
Hope Houses throughout Africa engage families with<br />
local churches through children’s ministry. Churches<br />
hosting Hope Houses have seen attendance grow, with<br />
families previously not attending the local church coming<br />
since they see the change in their children’s learning and<br />
character. The pastors and the families have grown closer,<br />
and most of the churches have begun family discipleship<br />
meetings, springing from the Hope Houses.<br />
In one way or the other, each Hope House in Africa has<br />
started with just that — hope. Every one of our homes<br />
can be traced back to an individual or group who dared to<br />
hope on God’s provision when no resources were in sight.<br />
The first Hope House we started in Africa was at an IDP<br />
camp in Nigeria, where Jihadists have forced millions<br />
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of Christians out of their ancestral farmlands.<br />
Having been raised on the outskirts of one of<br />
these camps, Amos, a young Christian man,<br />
noticed that an entire generation of Christian<br />
children were growing up lacking an education.<br />
Without any school supplies, classrooms, or even<br />
chairs for the students to sit in, Amos gathered a<br />
few of his friends and together they went to the<br />
camp each week to teach the children.<br />
Eventually, what began as a small group of good<br />
Samaritans was blessed by the resources given<br />
to ICC.<br />
After meeting the volunteers, we empowered<br />
them with items such as whiteboards, markers,<br />
desks, pencils, and workbooks. Within a year<br />
we completely renovated weak structures on<br />
the property into solid schoolhouses, provided<br />
training and full-time salaries to each volunteer,<br />
Top left: Volunteers build a Hope House<br />
location in Nigeria.<br />
Top right: Children from Egypt attend<br />
their Hope House program in the local<br />
church building.<br />
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Two students who have<br />
experienced the effects of<br />
persecution were able to<br />
receive an education because<br />
of your generous support.<br />
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and created an additional 20 teaching jobs. We<br />
were even able to hire women living in the IDP<br />
camp, who had previously been teachers before<br />
having to give up everything to flee jihadist<br />
violence.<br />
Today, the project has turned into a full-fledged<br />
Hope House and has even expanded to include<br />
a second Hope House at a similar camp down<br />
the road. Children who once spent their days as<br />
beggars now receive free lunch every day. They<br />
enjoy fieldtrips, debate club, Bible studies, sports<br />
teams, computer classes, school celebrations,<br />
and free healthcare.<br />
But God hasn’t stopped there. Further north<br />
in Nigeria we found a similar situation in that<br />
of Madame T, who gave up her profession as a<br />
lawyer to start a school for children orphaned by<br />
Fulani militants.<br />
And then there was Dorcas whom we met in the<br />
DRC, a woman who obeyed God’s calling to take<br />
care of children orphaned by the ISIS-affiliated<br />
ADF.<br />
In each of these cases God put a calling on the<br />
hearts of His people and asked them to act in<br />
faith. And in each instance, ICC was able to join<br />
them in their journeys by providing the resources<br />
needed to offer these children food, clothing,<br />
education, and a safe place to grow.<br />
South Asia<br />
Continuing our journey East, Hope Houses in<br />
South Asia also are unique to the situations in<br />
India and Pakistan.<br />
The Christian community in India is spread out.<br />
Unlike neighboring Pakistan, which has Christian<br />
districts, India’s churches are often house<br />
churches in small villages — a handful of families<br />
mixed in with the majority Hindus, often far away<br />
from a major city.<br />
Because of the low concentration of Christians<br />
in each area, a typical school is not efficient.<br />
What we have done instead is partner with local<br />
churches in these villages to establish a learning<br />
center on the grounds. The average learning<br />
center will have 30 to 40 children and one to two<br />
teachers. This model is cost-efficient, as it costs<br />
roughly a fourth of what a regular tuition center<br />
would cost and a fraction of a dedicated school.<br />
Instead of one school that few Christian children
can attend, we have 10 learning centers that tailor to the spread out<br />
community. Additionally, we have found that having the children<br />
attend class in the church has also increased the attendance for<br />
worship services as well, meaning as the children grow and learn,<br />
the church grows with them.<br />
“We love our children like God loves His children. We want the<br />
absolute best for them, for their future. In the developing world,<br />
that means education. Founded on His teaching and love, we will<br />
pour into this next generation of Christians so they may grow p<br />
healthy, wiser, and know peace,” said an ICC staffer in charge of<br />
the program in the region.<br />
Christians in Pakistan are often concentrated in specific areas of a<br />
city. These Christian districts have dedicated church buildings, but<br />
often lack schools or have poor education programs.<br />
Working with local partners, we have committed to opening<br />
schools that will address the specific challenges this community<br />
faces. Tailoring the education to their needs and ensuring they are<br />
primed to take their roles as competent Christian workers.<br />
Unlike government schools, we are driven to do well by faith. While<br />
we primarily serve the larger Christian community, we’ve decided<br />
to take on Muslim students in similar dire straits as the Christians.<br />
We have had instances where Muslim neighbors will attend<br />
church with their Christian neighbors because the community of<br />
a neighborhood is tighter and more influential. While the primary<br />
goal is to educate the next generation of Chirstian children, we<br />
hope to spread the love of Christ through inclusion of Muslim<br />
children as well. Our prayer is that they see and experience that<br />
true joy, learning, peace, and prosperity comes with a relationship<br />
with Christ.<br />
A young student in our Hope House India<br />
program learns to read and write.<br />
Southeast Asia<br />
In Southeast Asia, ICC will start its first Hope House this summer!<br />
The program will revolve around supporting children ages 5 to 9<br />
from a Muslim background who have converted to Christianity.<br />
Unlike Hope Houses in the other three regions, education will<br />
look different because the countries ICC is operating in are often<br />
Muslim-majority, and converts from Islam are under massive<br />
threat. Children in these countries will receive their education<br />
secretly in a home or local church.<br />
Because Christians in Southeast Asia are under immense pressure<br />
from extremist groups and government authorities, many<br />
believers operate underground. Our prayer is for these children to<br />
have access to quality education and biblical teaching, so they can<br />
grow strong in their faith in an environment hostile toward their<br />
beliefs.<br />
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Transforming a<br />
Generation in India<br />
Empowering Christian youth to dream big<br />
BY ICC’S SOUTH ASIA TEAM<br />
(and beyond)<br />
India is witnessing a profound shift among young adults<br />
through ICC’s Generation Transformation (GT) program.<br />
We aim to break the cycle of poverty and persecution by<br />
offering educational and vocational training opportunities that<br />
promise a brighter, more stable future.<br />
A Legacy of Support and Sustainability<br />
For years, ICC has aided pastors and house churches in India,<br />
helping them sustain their families through livelihood and<br />
relief efforts. However, recognizing that stability is only the<br />
beginning, and the focus is now shifting to the next generation.<br />
“We are so excited to have our Generation Transformation<br />
program in India. The perfect place to start is with the children<br />
of those we have already served with livelihoods. By God’s<br />
grace, we can transform the lives for these families, and break<br />
the cycle of poverty for our brothers and sisters,” said an ICC<br />
staffer.<br />
To create a lasting impact, the children of these beneficiaries,<br />
once shackled by the limitations of their socio-economic<br />
conditions, are being given the chance to dream bigger and<br />
achieve more. Through education, these young individuals can<br />
transcend their current circumstances and build successful,<br />
independent lives. We’ve seen our GT students in other<br />
countries thrive in their schooling and land successful jobs<br />
once they graduate from the program.<br />
Transforming Lives Through Education<br />
The GT program is a targeted effort to provide access to<br />
job-oriented courses for underprivileged Christian youth.<br />
By covering tuition fees and boarding expenses, GT aims<br />
to empower these young Christians to secure dignified<br />
employment, thereby achieving financial stability and breaking<br />
free from the cycle of persecution that often accompanies their<br />
socio-economic status.<br />
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Starting with 20 Christian students, the GT program provides<br />
the necessary financial support and guidance for them to<br />
enroll in job-oriented courses. These courses, varying in<br />
duration from six months to three years, promise lucrative<br />
employment opportunities in both the private and public<br />
sectors. By the end of their training, these students are not<br />
just qualified but are also positioned to lift their families<br />
out of poverty and shield them from religious persecution.<br />
Hindu nationalist groups and local government authorities<br />
often persecute Christians as they push to make India<br />
a purely Hindu nation. Nearly 80% of India’s 1.4 billion<br />
people are Hindus. About 14% are Muslims, and anywhere<br />
from 2.5% to 5% are Christians.<br />
Several states have anti-conversion laws, which are used<br />
against evangelists and pastors. These laws forbid the<br />
conversion of Hindus. Those who have converted to<br />
Christianity are often forcefully reconverted to Hinduism<br />
through ceremonies known as Ghar Wapsi, which means<br />
“homecoming.” Christians ans other religious minotiries<br />
face discrimination in this environment, and because of<br />
that, are often relegated to the lowest jobs in society.<br />
Expanding Horizons with Vocational Training<br />
In addition to formal education, the GT program includes<br />
vocational training aimed at equipping young Christians<br />
with practical skills. This year, we supported a summer<br />
vocational training program focused on mobile repair<br />
and computer courses. This initiative sought to empower<br />
the Christian youth in the community by providing them<br />
with skills that can enhance their economic status and<br />
employment prospects.<br />
To ensure the program’s ongoing success, beneficiaries must<br />
actively take part in their school or community fellowship<br />
and maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0. Additionally, they must<br />
submit all necessary educational, training, and business<br />
documents by the specified deadlines. These requirements<br />
are designed to foster a sense of responsibility and<br />
commitment among the students, further ensuring that<br />
the support they receive translates into tangible, long-term<br />
benefits.<br />
The GT program is more than just an educational initiative;<br />
it is a movement towards creating a future where<br />
underprivileged Christian youth in India can break free<br />
from the constraints of poverty and persecution.<br />
By investing in their education and vocational skills, ICC<br />
is not just changing individual lives but is also paving the<br />
way for a more equitable and just society. As these young<br />
individuals step into their new roles as educated and<br />
skilled professionals, they bring with them the promise of<br />
a brighter, more inclusive future for India.<br />
“We are so excited to have our<br />
Generation Transformation program<br />
in India. The perfect place to<br />
start is with the children of those<br />
we have already served with<br />
livelihoods. By God’s grace, we can<br />
transform lives for these families,<br />
and break the cycle of poverty for<br />
our brothers and sisters”<br />
— ICC STAFFER<br />
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Courage &<br />
Compassion<br />
& violence<br />
in the democratic republic of the congo<br />
ICC supports displaced students giving<br />
back to their community<br />
BY LYNN ARIAS<br />
Children and students alike in the Democratic Republic of<br />
the Congo (DRC) continue to endure extremist Islamist<br />
attacks and militia violence, forcing them to leave school<br />
and flee their homes.<br />
According to UNICEF, “in both 2021 and 2022, DRC had the<br />
world’s highest levels of verified cases of sexual violence<br />
against children committed by armed forces and armed<br />
groups [and] ... in 2022, 730 children were verified as<br />
abducted, making it the highest number of abductions<br />
ever verified by the United Nations in the DRC.”<br />
As a result of the ongoing violence, a reported 750,000<br />
children have been forced to leave school and discontinue<br />
their education.<br />
In the face of overwhelming hardships, some of these<br />
students pursue their education elsewhere and pledge to<br />
return to the DRC to help their fellow citizens overcome<br />
near-insurmountable odds.<br />
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ICC assists Christian learners in<br />
continuing their education and<br />
is honored to come to the aid of<br />
displaced students, like Kahindo,<br />
Mary, and Kavira in the DRC.<br />
In 2021, when Kahindo was 19-years<br />
old, she and her parents were<br />
abducted by the Allied Democratic<br />
Forces, ADF, an Islamic terrorist<br />
organization with ties to the Islamic<br />
State group (ISIS).<br />
According to Kahindo, “the rebels<br />
appeared abruptly and pulled us<br />
away into the thick forest. They<br />
were conversing in Swahili and<br />
Arabic, saying that they would kill<br />
us for refusing to become Muslim.<br />
The rebels separated me from my<br />
parents and, for three days, they<br />
sexually abused me in turns. They<br />
were eight in number.”<br />
Kahindo’s mother managed to flee<br />
and went to the authorities for help.<br />
When the police returned, a gun<br />
battle ensued and Kahindo made a<br />
daring escape during the confusion.<br />
She made her way to safety and back<br />
to her mother, however, her father’s<br />
whereabouts remain unknown.<br />
After being resettled with a Christian<br />
host family, Kahindo began to focus<br />
on her education. She completed<br />
secondary school and hopes to<br />
become a doctor in the future.<br />
“I desire to study medicine so that I<br />
can help young girls and women who<br />
get sexually assaulted by the rebels,”<br />
Kahindo said. “I am undergoing<br />
treatment and counseling, and I<br />
would not wish other young girls<br />
to go through the same experience<br />
I went through. I have received<br />
admission at a local university, and I<br />
trust that the Lord provides funds for<br />
tuition and upkeep.”<br />
ICC paid the tuition and living<br />
“I desire to study medicine so that<br />
I can help young girls and women<br />
who get sexually assaulted by<br />
the rebels.”<br />
— KAHINDO, FIRST YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT AND ADF<br />
KIDNAPPING SURVIVOR<br />
expenses for Kahindo’s first year of<br />
medical school and will continue to<br />
track her progress.<br />
Like Kahindo, Mary was also<br />
abducted by the ADF in 2021. She<br />
was 17-years-old at the time of<br />
her abduction and recounted her<br />
harrowing story to ICC.<br />
“They abused my mother and me<br />
for three days successively,” Mary<br />
said. “They told us to deny Jesus<br />
and become Muslims. My mother<br />
and I, we were about to die. With<br />
wounds and fatigue, we were crying<br />
and weeping. With weakness in our<br />
bodies, we couldn’t walk with them<br />
in the forest.<br />
“They decided to shoot us, but<br />
their chief said to tie us to different<br />
trees. They left us tied up in trees<br />
in the forest. Without food or water<br />
to drink, we faced the fear of the<br />
forest animals, which could devour<br />
us. By the grace of God, my mother<br />
was able to untie herself, and then<br />
she untied me. We couldn’t walk<br />
easily because of the pain from the<br />
gunshot wounds. We spent two days<br />
until we reached a refugee camp.”<br />
Like Kahindo, Mary desires to give<br />
back to others who have endured<br />
similar traumas at the hands of<br />
the ADF by becoming a medical<br />
professional.<br />
Through our Generation<br />
Transformation program, ICC has<br />
paid two years of Mary’s complete<br />
tuition expenses and intends to fully<br />
fund the rest of her educational<br />
career.<br />
Kahindo and Mary’s stories aren’t<br />
uncommon in the DRC. The situation<br />
in the central African nation is rapidly<br />
deteriorating.<br />
The United Nations General<br />
Assembly Security Council released<br />
its “Children and Armed Conflict”<br />
report in June 2023. Findings in the<br />
report state that from January to<br />
December 2022, “the United Nations<br />
verified 3,377 grave violations<br />
against 2,420 children … including<br />
abductions ... sexual violence …<br />
killing and maiming … [and] attacks<br />
against schools and hospitals.”<br />
Despite Christians being the religious<br />
majority in the DRC, they are<br />
routinely attacked and murdered by<br />
the Islamic ADF and other terrorist<br />
groups.<br />
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The State Department has placed several DRC provinces,<br />
including North Kivu, Ituri, the Eastern DRC Region, and several<br />
Kasai provinces, on their ‘do not travel’ list due to “violent crime,<br />
such as murder, rape, kidnapping, and pillaging.”<br />
The perils endured by Christians living in the DRC was captured in<br />
the words of local church leader Mulinde Esemo in an ICC report<br />
from 2023.<br />
“We are living in a very tense situation here in Eastern DRC, both<br />
in towns and in the villages,” Esemo said. “Scores of believers<br />
have been killed in cold blood by the ADF rebels. It is a massacre<br />
like one killing animals.”<br />
Even children who are not abducted by ADF rebels are still victim<br />
to the volatile circumstances in the country. Kavira’s parents<br />
were unable to raise the necessary funds to send her to college<br />
to pursue her medical degree.<br />
Hearing of her desire to care for those in her country, ICC paid for<br />
her medical schooling through our Generation Transformation<br />
program.<br />
“Studying has always been a challenge for me due to my financial<br />
constraints and the fate of being affected by ADF rebels, but<br />
thanks to your support, I can pursue my education without<br />
worrying about the burden of unpaid fees,” Kavira said.<br />
Although danger and life-threatening situations abound in the<br />
DRC, the perseverance of survivors like Kahindo, Mary, and Kavira<br />
shows immense courage and compassion to help others who are<br />
enduring a dark tunnel of persecution and violence.<br />
“I am expressing my genuine gratitude and sincere thanks to<br />
ICC for sponsoring my studies,” Mary said. “It was a miracle for<br />
me because I couldn’t be as I am according to my background. I<br />
have chosen medicine to make a real difference in people’s lives<br />
by helping to alleviate pain and suffering as I have experienced.<br />
May God be with you members of ICC and bless you forever and<br />
forever.”<br />
Like Mary, Kavira told ICC, “The love and care that you have<br />
shown me through your continuous support have has touched<br />
by heart deeply. It is a privilege for me to have the opportunity<br />
to study without any hindrences. Completing my education and<br />
eventually becoming a doctor will not only fulfill my personal<br />
aspirations, but will also benefit society as a whole by adding<br />
another skilled healthcare professional to the workforce.”<br />
Top: Kahindo pursuing her medical degree to help other girls affected by the violence in the DRC.<br />
Middle and Bottom: Kavira in medical school and in the field learning from other doctors.<br />
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Shouting from the Rooftops<br />
What’s Been Whispered to Me<br />
The following is an excerpt from ICC President Jeff King’s new book, “The Whisper”<br />
I<br />
was called to International Christian Concern (ICC) through<br />
a miraculous dream. It was one of the rare times of life that<br />
you have absolutely no doubt about the direction you are<br />
going and what the Lord’s will for you is.<br />
On starting with ICC, I began to go through the ICC files country<br />
by country to learn about persecution. At the time there was a<br />
massive Jihad against Christians in Indonesia. The reports I read<br />
and the photos I saw in the Indonesia files were simultaneously<br />
revolting and heartbreaking. I had never seen anything like the<br />
violence that was being perpetrated against Christians.<br />
It was the beginning of many times of questioning The Lord over<br />
the years as to why He had called me to persecution ministry. At<br />
heart I’m an evangelist and my life mission I think is to call the<br />
dead to life and the living to the deep.<br />
But he had placed me in a backwater of Christian ministry. Most<br />
people didn’t care about persecution and many that would care<br />
found it too hard to deal with the heartbreak, violence, and<br />
bloodshed of persecution.<br />
In those early months, the Lord repeatedly whispered to me an<br />
unmistakable message. If I had to put it into words it was that<br />
I was to Listen, Learn, and Shout to the world the transforming<br />
lessons of the persecuted and the martyrs. He told me those<br />
lessons weren’t just for me but the church.<br />
Soon after I went to China, and I asked for a meeting with pastors<br />
that had endured long prison sentences. I spent several hours<br />
with those pastors and each of those hours was an absolute<br />
gift given to me by the Lord. There were many things they told<br />
me that afternoon that were transformative but two of the key<br />
points were:<br />
1. <strong>Persecution</strong> is a gift because it breaks our self-reliance and<br />
makes us dependent and connected to the Lord.<br />
2. They told me their biggest worry was that the pastors who<br />
were younger than them whom they were mentoring hadn’t<br />
been hunted and tortured and murdered like they had been.<br />
You could spend years absorbing and unpacking both of those<br />
points and I did as I served the persecuted, met with them, and<br />
read reports of their torture and death.<br />
The Lord told me to learn the lessons of the persecuted and it<br />
took 10-plus years until I could begin to articulate what I was<br />
seeing and learning from the persecuted. Since that time, much<br />
of my communication revolves around those very lessons I was<br />
told to learn and shout.<br />
Discover the Life-Changing Lessons<br />
of the Persecuted<br />
ICC President and author Jeff King has released his third book,<br />
“The Whisper.” In this 30-day devotional, King presents stories of<br />
persecuted believers and unpacks their spiritual wisdom as they<br />
walk with the Lord through trials and triumphs. How are they<br />
able to endure such suffering and remain joyful in the Lord? What<br />
lessons can we learn from them?<br />
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That includes my latest book, “The Whisper: Lessons of Renewal<br />
Whispered from the Prisons of the Persecuted, a 30-Day<br />
Devotional.”<br />
Those lessons I was so privileged to learn I’ve built into the<br />
stories of “The Whisper.”<br />
The most surprising thing for me after two decades of<br />
persecution ministry is that I can now answer the question of<br />
“Why persecution ministry, Lord?”<br />
The lessons of the persecuted revolve around deep devotion,<br />
not despite but rather because of their deep suffering. I’ve<br />
come to see that the suffering we endure in this life is vital<br />
to our spiritual life. For only in the tomb can we experience<br />
resurrection. And we are not above our master, for the Lord to<br />
use us to our utmost we must surrender to our suffering and<br />
our death.<br />
But suffering is not your destination. Rather, it is a door to<br />
transformation that the Lord wants you to pass through to get<br />
to where you can’t get to without it.<br />
If you want to understand more, you can find “The Whisper” on<br />
Amazon or visit www.persecution.org/books.<br />
Be Blessed,<br />
Jeff King, President<br />
International Christian Concern<br />
Author: “The Whisper” (NEW!), “The Last Words of the<br />
Martyrs,” and “Islam Uncensored”<br />
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Crowns of Courage<br />
HIGHLIGHTING THOSE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED EVERYTHING FOR CHRIST<br />
ETERNAL GLORY<br />
THE UNBREAKABLE<br />
FAITH OF LICINIUS’S 40<br />
CHRISTIAN WARRIORS<br />
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Photo: “The Forty Martyrs of<br />
Sebaste.” Panel with carved relief in<br />
ivory; Constantinople, 10th century<br />
AD. Bode Museum, Berlin, Germany.<br />
Background Photo: Trajan’s Column in Rome Photo by Briana Tozour / Unsplash<br />
Looking back to the year 313, pagan Roman<br />
emperor Licinius was determined to rid his<br />
army of Christianity as he feared an uprising.<br />
This posture stood directly in opposition to<br />
an edict from Saint Constantine the Great which<br />
provided Christians with religious freedom under<br />
the law.<br />
One of Licinius’s military commanders who ruled<br />
with an iron fist was a man named Agricola.<br />
Under his command was a group of 40 Christian<br />
soldiers who refused to submit to his commands<br />
to sacrifice to pagan gods. Due to their refusal,<br />
Agricola put the 40 men in prison, but they held<br />
fast to their faith and kept themselves busy behind<br />
bars with prayer and singing.<br />
Despite mounting pressure, the group of believers<br />
refused to give up their faith.<br />
Eventually, on a particularly cold winter night, the<br />
guards took the 40 soldiers to a lake and threw<br />
them into the frosty water. Hoping to break their<br />
will and entice the men to deny their faith, the<br />
guards built a warm bathhouse along the shore.<br />
Of the 40, only one man chose to abandon the<br />
lake. However, as soon as he stepped into the<br />
bathhouse, he dropped dead.<br />
A few hours into the night, as one of the<br />
guards was keeping watch, he saw a radiant crown<br />
above the head of each of the remaining 39 men<br />
in the lake. Knowing that he was witnessing the<br />
miraculous, the guard shed his uniform and joined<br />
the soldiers in the lake, proclaiming, “I, too, am a<br />
Christian.” His bold act of faith before his fellow<br />
guards, knowing it would surely lead to his death,<br />
brought the group back to 40 faithful believers.<br />
By dawn, the group had miraculously survived the<br />
night. Ushering them into the afterlife, the guards<br />
brought the men from the lake, broke their legs,<br />
and threw them into a fire.<br />
Among the witnesses of the gruesome execution<br />
was the mother of the youngest soldier. Knowing<br />
that the glory of eternity soon awaited him, she<br />
pleaded with her son to persevere to the end.<br />
Indeed, he and the other 39 did just that.<br />
For their faithfulness, these courageous believers<br />
are still honored today for this decision. Though<br />
the pain of martyrdom was great, it paled in<br />
comparison with the glory that awaited them<br />
when they heard the words, “Well done, good and<br />
faithful servant.”<br />
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