Ten Most Dangerous Places to Be a Christian

Source: Open Doors, January 13, 2021

For the 20th consecutive year, North Korea ranks as the No. 1 most dangerous country for Christians. For three generations, everything in this isolated land has focused on idolizing the ruling Kim family. Christians are seen as hostile elements in society that must be eradicated.

North Korean President Kim Jong-un is reported to have expanded the system of prison camps, in which an estimated 50,000 to 70,000 Christians are currently imprisoned.

Yet behind the news headlines, a massive underground church of an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 believers is growing in North Korea.

» Full story provides a glimpse of life in Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya, Pakistan, Eritrea, Yemen, Iran, Nigeria, and India. See the 2021 World Watch List Report for the 50 countries most difficult for Christians. Let’s pray for believers in these places, as well as praying for their countries and communities.

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