December 2016 Annual Report

International Christian Concern
Pastors’ Trip
“My trip with ICC changed my life,” said one pastor about our
first pastors’ trip. We took several pastors to the Middle East so
that they could directly experience the reality of Christians living
under intense Islamic persecution for 1,400 years and to see
how we are making a difference in their lives.
We introduced them to the families of martyrs, had them
preach sermons in small churches, showed them the launch of
a Hope House, and showed them the effect of persecution on
Christian kids. The Church may be asleep about persecution,
but any pastor who comes with us to see the persecuted firsthand
will be changed forever.
Congressional Testimony
In 2016, ICC was called for the first time to testify before
Congress on the horrific persecution of believers taking place
in India under the Modi regime. Speaking in a packed room on
Capitol Hill, ICC’s president, Jeff King, clearly explained the rise in
persecution, telling the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission,
“The silence of Modi and government authorities is deafening.”
This testimony capped off six months of exceptional progress in
uncovering persecution throughout India.
In this “Year of Firsts,” ICC efforts also led to four Member
Letters (a joint letter from numerous senators and congressmen
pushing foreign governments to take action on persecution
in their country).
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