﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:16:09 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>Climbing For Christ - Pray for the Persecuted Church</title><link>https://www.climbingforchrist.org:443/Postings/rss/category/927/pray-for-the-persecuted-church</link><atom:link href="https://www.climbingforchrist.org:443/Postings/rss/category/927/pray-for-the-persecuted-church" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Fallesen]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[2026 World Watch List]]></title><link>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2026-world-watch-list</link><description><![CDATA[  More than 388 million Christians suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith – that’s one in seven believers worldwide – according to Open Doors ministry, which serves the ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 04:55:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2026-world-watch-list</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a864bf0f-0c87-4791-941c-ee67ca8d7ad3-6112]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Fallesen]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[2025 World Watch List]]></title><link>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2025-world-watch-list</link><description><![CDATA[  Several countries in which Climbing For Christ is working or has members made the 2025 World Watch List of persecuted places [marked with *]. Open Doors reports that 380 million Christians ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2025 05:17:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2025-world-watch-list</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a864bf0f-0c87-4791-941c-ee67ca8d7ad3-5994]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Fallesen]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[2024 World Watch List]]></title><link>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2024-world-watch-list</link><description><![CDATA[ These are the 50 countries where it is hardest to be a Christ follower: 

 1. North Korea 

 2. Somalia 

 3. Libya 

 4. Eritrea 

 5. Yemen 

 6. Nigeria 

 7. Pakistan 

 8. Sudan ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2024-world-watch-list</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a864bf0f-0c87-4791-941c-ee67ca8d7ad3-4750]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Fallesen]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[2023 World Watch List]]></title><link>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2023-world-watch-list</link><description><![CDATA[ Where in the world is it the hardest to be a Christian? 

 North Korea returned to the No. 1 spot on the 2023 World Watch List compiled by Open Doors ministry after having been supplanted by ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 00:48:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2023-world-watch-list</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a864bf0f-0c87-4791-941c-ee67ca8d7ad3-3662]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Fallesen]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[2022 World Watch List]]></title><link>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2022-world-watch-list</link><description><![CDATA[ The 2022 World Watch List was released on Jan. 19 by Open Doors ministry, identifying the top 50 countries where it is most difficult to follow Jesus. Among these are five countries in which ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2022 04:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2022-world-watch-list</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a864bf0f-0c87-4791-941c-ee67ca8d7ad3-3462]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Fallesen]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Praying for persecuted places]]></title><link>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/praying-for-persecuted-places</link><description><![CDATA[  PAKISTAN  

   

  Distributing Bibles is legal in Pakistan but can be opposed by Muslims.  

 It was dubbed one of the biggest stories in Pakistan in 2020: the abduction of a 13-year-old ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 02:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/praying-for-persecuted-places</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a864bf0f-0c87-4791-941c-ee67ca8d7ad3-3368]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Fallesen]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[2021 World Watch List]]></title><link>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2021-world-watch-list</link><description><![CDATA[ ‘They are trying to crush us’ 

 One country calls it “Islamic oppression” and another “clan oppression.” Either way it adds up to persecution. 

 In Turkey, our Kingdom worker claims: “They are ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 23:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2021-world-watch-list</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a864bf0f-0c87-4791-941c-ee67ca8d7ad3-3348]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Fallesen]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[2020 World Watch List]]></title><link>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2020-world-watch-list</link><description><![CDATA[   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 ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2020 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2020-world-watch-list</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a864bf0f-0c87-4791-941c-ee67ca8d7ad3-2475]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Fallesen]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[2019 World Watch List]]></title><link>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2019-world-watch-list</link><description><![CDATA[   ‘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 ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2019 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2019-world-watch-list</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a864bf0f-0c87-4791-941c-ee67ca8d7ad3-2421]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Fallesen]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[2018 World Watch List]]></title><link>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2018-world-watch-list</link><description><![CDATA[    The normalcy of persecution    
    
   
      
 
A Nepali brother looks into unreached areas on Mission: Nepal 2017. Nepal vaulted to 25 th  on the 2018 World Watch List after having been ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2018 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.climbingforchrist.org/Postings/2018-world-watch-list</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a864bf0f-0c87-4791-941c-ee67ca8d7ad3-2387]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>