Pray for the 50 countries where it is most difficult to follow Jesus
Most dangerous places
Open Doors, a ministry that serves the persecuted church, uses data from field workers to analyze and quantify global persecution. This results in the annual World Watch List.
Countries are “ranked by the severity of persecution of Christians, calculated by analyzing th...
‘Every part suffers’
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
245 million Christians live in the 50 countries (colored) where it’s most dangerous to follow Jesus. (Map by Open Doors)
The great missionary Paul wrote, “If one part suffers, every part suffe...
The normalcy of persecution
A Nepali brother looks into unreached areas on Mission: Nepal 2017. Nepal vaulted to 25th on the 2018 World Watch List after having been unmentioned a year ago. This is because of the passage of anti-conversion laws. Pray for the boldness of the world&rsquo...
Living in a world of hate
North Korea is called “the worst place on earth for Christians.” For the 16th consecutive year, Open Doors – a ministry that serves the persecuted church – ranked North Korea as the most oppressive place for Christians on its 2017 World Watch List.
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Persecution and C4C
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
I was returning from Mission: Nepal in April 2014. As soon as my 14-hour flight from Dubai touched down at JFK, I turned on my phone. Emails poured in. One was from a Climbing For Christ member and minis...
Persecution goes from worse to worst
Open Doors, a ministry that serves the persecuted church, noted last year that 2014 had been an unprecedented year for global persecution of Christians and predicted 2015 would be worse. In releasing the 2016 World Watch List, Open Doors stated: “Chris...
By Gary Fallesen
Climbing For Christ
I want to remind you today of the suffering church. In his second letter to Pastor Timothy, written while he was imprisoned in Rome shortly before his death, the great missionary Paul stated: “Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus...
Persecution going from bad to worse
In releasing its annual World Watch List of the 50 countries where it’s most dangerous to be a Christian, Open Doors ministry claimed, “The year 2014 will go down in history for having the highest level of global persecution of Christians in the...
There is religious freedom as well as equal rights and opportunities for Christians and Muslims to worship and share their faith in Tanzania. This allows room for the Holy Spirit to work.
The coast, Zanzibar and many of the southern provinces are Muslim dominated. Muslim “extremists&rdq...