{"id":13578,"date":"2025-01-29T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13578"},"modified":"2025-01-28T14:41:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T22:41:03","slug":"reports-a-global-persecution-index-the-world-watch-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13578","title":{"rendered":"Reports: A Global Persecution Index &amp; The World Watch List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two annual reports related to the persecuted church were released in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International Christian Concern\u2019s Global Persecution Index includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Real-life stories of faith under fire (notably in Iran and Indonesia).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In-depth analysis of drivers of persecution in 20 countries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trends that underscore the urgency of the global situation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ways you can support persecuted Christians through prayer, advocacy, and action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.org\/gpi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the report<\/a>. Registration required (joining their mailing list).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may be more familiar with the World Watch List from Open Doors, an annual ranking of the 50 countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ https:\/\/www.persecution.org\/gpi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a> and find a plethora of related resources, including a video (also below) highlighting the top 10 countries where Christians face extreme persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoors.org\/en-US\/persecution\/persecution-trends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the latest trends<\/a>, some of them encouraging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Open Doors World Watch List 2025 - Top 10 Countries where Christians suffer extreme persecution\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1047127684?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two annual reports related to the persecuted church were released in January. International Christian Concern\u2019s Global Persecution Index includes: Download the report. Registration required (joining their mailing list). You may be more familiar with the World Watch List from Open Doors, an annual ranking of the 50 countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13578\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reports: A Global Persecution Index &amp; The World Watch List<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13578"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13581,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13578\/revisions\/13581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}