Category: Persecution

by Joshua M. Greiner
September 8, 2020

Over the last few months and years, religious persecution for many seems to be on the rise. One need only to read the headlines of national media sources to see that there is a battle for the religious rights that our nation was founded on, and the desire to strip Christians of these freedoms.

by Arielle Del Turco
April 14, 2020

Christians in America and around the world are adjusting to the challenges brought on by the coronavirus. For the persecuted abroad, the virus is an added pressure, as some governments are seeking to use the crisis as an opportunity to crack down on believers.

by Lindy Lowry – Open Doors
January 22, 2020

‘Christian faith is under attack and the methods of that persecution are becoming more sophisticated, and thus pose a greater threat,’ says Open Doors CEO David Curry, ‘because they have the ability to oppress on a massive scale now, and I think it’s a blueprint for others.’

by Clare Bruce
January 24, 2020

The Christian non-profit Open Doors is urging Australians to increase their prayer and support for the persecuted church, as believers are targeted with surveillance and biometric technology.

by Michael Brown
August 28, 2019

Arrests, brutal interrogations, imprisonments, disruption of meetings, beatings, destroying of “unauthorized” Bible and Christian books are increasingly common.

by Tony Pearce

Because radical Hindu nationalists view followers of Jesus as alien to the nation, all Christians in India are suffering persecution. Driven by a desire to cleanse their country from Islam and Christianity, nationalists do not shy away from using extensive violence to achieve their goals.” – Open Doors

by Raymond Ibrahim
April 14, 2019

Hardly anyone writes and speaks about the increasing attacks on Christian symbols. There is an eloquent silence in both France and Germany about the scandal of the desecrations and the origin of the perpetrators. Not a word, not even the slightest hint that could in anyway lead to the suspicion of migrants.

by Open Doors

Christians remain one of the most persecuted religious groups in the world. Christian torture remains an issue for believers throughout the world including the risk of imprisonment, loss of home and assets, physical torture, beheadings, rape and even death as a result of their faith in Jesus Christ.

by Lindy Lowry
February 7, 2019

In North Korea the state uses the country’s brutal and intricate penal system as a fear tactic. Anyone who is discovered to be a Christian or is perceived as a ‘threat’ to the spread of the Kim family’s ideology is quickly eradicated from society into detention centers, re-education camps and maximum-security hard labor prison camps where political prisoners are often sent.

by Lindy Lowry 
March 4, 2019

Chinese authorities are now taking steps in rural areas of China to intensify the ongoing crackdown on Christian house churches. The Chinese Communist Party is reportedly resorting to offering monetary rewards to anyone who spies on a neighbor or even family member and reports a group of believers to authorities.