{"id":14392,"date":"2026-01-21T17:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T01:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14392"},"modified":"2026-01-22T07:45:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:45:39","slug":"world-the-50-most-dangerous-places-to-be-a-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14392","title":{"rendered":"World: The 50 Most Dangerous Places to Be a Christian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source: Open Doors, January 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Watch List is Open Doors\u2019 annual ranking of the 50 countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution. Explore each country profile and download the data and stories for in-depth information about following Jesus in the most dangerous places. You\u2019ll learn more about Christian persecution and discover how to stand with your brothers and sisters in prayer and action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video below or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoors.org\/en-US\/persecution\/persecution-trends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read about the trends, some of them encouraging<\/a>. You can find many related resources on the Open Doors website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might also appreciate an article about the report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/2026\/01\/christian-persecution-2026-countries-open-doors-watch-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The 50 Countries Where It\u2019s Most Dangerous to Be a Christian in 2026<\/a> (Christianity Today).<\/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 2026 - Top 10 countries where Christian faith should be impossible\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1154078106?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>Source: Open Doors, January 2026 The World Watch List is Open Doors\u2019 annual ranking of the 50 countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution. Explore each country profile and download the data and stories for in-depth information about following Jesus in the most dangerous places. You\u2019ll learn more about Christian persecution and discover how &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14392\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">World: The 50 Most Dangerous Places to Be a Christian<\/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":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14392","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=14392"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14402,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14392\/revisions\/14402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}