Top 10 Places Christian Persecution Is Most Extreme

Jan 18, 2024

Provide Help and Hope Where It’s Deadly to Love Jesus

Open Doors just released its 2024 World Watch List — a top-50 list of countries where it’s most dangerous, and even deadly, to follow Jesus ...

  1. North Korea

  2. Somalia

  3. Libya

  4. Eritrea

  5. Yemen

  6. Nigeria

  7. Pakistan

  8. Sudan

  9. Iran

  10. Afghanistan

I doubt you are surprised that any of these countries rank this high on Open Doors’ annual list. North Africa and the Middle East are a hotbed for violent persecution of Christians ...

  • Believers in Nigeria and Sudan are routinely targeted. Christian communities are often raided, attacked, and burned ... crops and homes destroyed ... women and children kidnapped by radical Islamists ... lives taken.

  • And in places like Eritrea, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, a believer’s faith in Christ is often kept a secret because of the severe, life-threatening retaliation that can ensue should family members or neighbors find out.

But thanks to your support for Liberty Relief International, you enable our local partners to respond with humanitarian aid and spiritual support.

You essentially become — and your giving continues to be — a lifeline to people faced with unimaginable pain.

I urge you to give today to:

  1. Provide emergency food, water, shelter, and safety to believers in need of immediate support amid unrest and violence.

  2. Offer trauma counseling, literacy and job training, assistance in rebuilding churches and homes that have been attacked or destroyed ... plus Bibles, discipleship training materials, and more.

You and I are blessed to be a blessing.

Let’s make a difference in the lives of persecuted Christians living in the top 10 countries on the World Watch List — and beyond — today. Thank you!

Mat Staver

*Representative names and photos used for security reasons.

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