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1 CORINTHIANS 12:26 SAYS: THAT WE ARE ONE BODY. IF ONE PART SUFFERS, EVERY
PART SUFFERS WITH IT; IF ONE PART IS HONORED, EVERY PART REJOICES WITH IT.

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION

WORLD WATCH

1. NORTH KOREA
2. SOMALIA
3. AFGHANISTAN
4. PAKISTAN
5. SUDAN
6. SYRIA
7. IRAQ
8. IRAN
NORTH KOREA 9. YEMEN
RANKED #1 FOR 10. ERITREA
13 YEARS
It is illegal to be a
Christian in North
Korea and
Christians are
often sent to labor EXTREME PERSECUTION VERY HIGH PERSECUTION HIGH PERSECUTION
camps or are
killed if they are

500 TO 600 KILLINGS OF
CHRISTIANS CHRISTIANS IN
THROUGHOUT THE NIGERIA SAW A
DRAMATIC INCREASE
WORLD THAT CAN'T
214 CHURCHES AND OF MORE THAN 62%
CHRISTIAN PROPERTIES PROFESS THEIR FAITH IN 2016 THE MOST
ARE DESTROYED IN CHRIST FREELY VIOLENT NATION
IS IRAN

772 FORMS OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISM REMAINS THE DOMINANT
VIOLENCE ARE COMMITTED DRIVER OF CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IN THE WORLD
AGAINST CHRISTIANS
(SUCH AS ABDUCTIONS, BEATINGS, RAPES,
ARRESTS AND FORCED MARRIAGES) OPEN DOORS RESEARCHERS
IDENTIFIED 2016 AS
THE WORST YEAR YET
322 CHRISTIANS ARE (THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 25 YEARS)
KILLED FOR THEIR FAITH
90,000 CHRISTIANS KILLED
IN 2016, 1 EVERY 6 MINUTES*
*ACCORDING TO PROMINENT ITALIAN SOCIOLOGIST AND AUTHOR MASSIMO INTROVIGNE

APPROXIMATELY 215 MILLION CHRISTIANS EXPERIENCE
HIGH, VERY HIGH, OR EXTREME PERSECUTION

IN NIGER, MORE THAN 98% OF THE POPULATION IS ISLAMIC,
AND HOSTILITY COMES MORE FROM SOCIETY THAN

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/01/13/report-2016-worst-year-yet-christian-persecution/

https://www.opendoorsusa.org/christian-persecution/world-watch-list/

https://www.opendoorsusa.org/christian-persecution/theology-of-christian-persecution/