WORLD WATCH COUNTRY PROFILES 2015
The
Open Doors World Watch List highlights the 50 countries where it is most
difficult to live as a Christian. These are the places where followers of Christ
must keep their beliefs hidden and where living the gospel means facing
beatings, imprisonment, discrimination and abuse.
The
list reports that persecution became more intense in more parts of the world in
2014. While North Korea remains the most difficult place in the world to be a
Christian, persecution is growing most rapidly in Africa, especially sub-Saharan
Africa. In the Middle East, Islamic State violence in Iraq and Syria has
increased the pace of the exodus of the Christian population from the region and
is also having a global impact.
Christians
living in these countries need the support of their family, the body of Christ,
to help them stand firm in their faith.
Please act
now! Invite
your MP to the parliamentary launch
of the 2015 World Watch List on 20 January
Read
more about current persecution
trends
Time
running out for the Middle East church, says CEO Lisa Pearce
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