Updated: 07/17/2008

Over 200 Million Christians Face Persecution on a Daily Basis Worldwide

Click on Link to see map of various regions where persecution is growing. The Persecuted Church NEEDS your prayers!

Did you know that there have been more Christians killed in the 20th century than in the previous nineteen centuries combined according to reports and sources within the American media? The number continues to grow daily in the 21st century with an ever increasing hatred towards God's people by those who wish to remove Christianity from the face of the planet. As you read more about Christian persecution in Africa, Asia, China, India, Laos, and Vietnam, please pray. And please send Bibles to help strengthen these brave children of God.

Imagine looking over your shoulder because you are studying a Bible, or worshipping in church. Imagine that if you are caught, you could be jailed, beaten, or even killed. To millions of Christians around the world, this is the stark reality. Christians are persecuted daily For instance, in China and Vietnam, Communist governments are cracking down on unregistered house churches, disrupting worship, and arresting their leaders. In parts of Central Asia where the state religion is mandated, Christians are considered traitors to their country and their families. Family members are beaten, and then thrown out of their house and onto the streets. In the Middle East and parts of India and Africa, laws prohibit Christians from evangelizing, and forbid citizens from choosing Christianity over the religion into which they were born. Christians caught sharing God’s Word are chased out of town, beaten, or worse. 
 

Links:

• International Day Of Prayer For Persecuted Church

• The Voice Of The Martyrs

• International Christian Concern For Persecuted Saints

• The Caleb Project

• Open Doors USA

• Sites Dedicated To Helping Persecuted Church

• Recent News Article On Persecuted Church

• Christian Freedom

• Middle East Concern For Persecuted Christians In Moslem Countries

Journals/Articles About Persecution:

The Message To The Church At Smyrna - From Our Bible Prophecy Study

The Apostles Price For Faith

The Generation At The Last - 2005

Echoes From A Church Deceived - 2005

The Way Of The Cross

Chart - Persecution Around The Globe (Countries)

Countries Where Persecution Is Most Severe:

A Christian prisoner in Cuba was asked to sign a statement containing charges against fellow Christians that would lead to their arrest. He said: "the chain keeps me from signing this." The Communist officer protested, "but you are not in chains!"  "I am," said the Christian. "I am bound by the chain of witnesses who throughout the centuries gave their lives for Jesus Christ. I am a link in this chain. I will not break it." - Jesus Freaks, page 49, Albury Publishing, Oklahoma City, OK, 1999

• News of latest persecutions from OPEN DOORS

• News From Release International

• News of latest persecutions from VOICE OF THE MARTYRS

• News of latest persecutions from PRISONER ALERT

• News of latest persecutions from THE PERSECUTED CHURCH (Latest reports dated 2004 but still good site for info)

• News from the BIBLE LEAGUE

• Read about persecutions over past 6 months by clicking here

Pray for the persecuted church in the Middle East and Africa, especially SUDAN

"For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many" (2 Corinthians 1:8-11).

"It is easy to die for Christ. It is hard to live for Him. Dying takes only an hour or two, but to live for Christ means to die daily. Only during the few years of this life are we given the privilege of serving each other and Christ... We shall heaven forever, but only a short time for service here, and therefore we must not waste the opportunity."
-- Sadhu Sundar Singh

'These men of faith I have mentioned died without ever receiving all that God had promised them; but they saw it all awaiting them on ahead and were glad, for they agreed that this earth was not their real home but that they were just strangers visiting down here. And quite obviously when they talked like that, they were looking forward to their real home in heaven. If they had wanted to, they could have gone back to the good things of this world.  But they didn't want to. They were living for heaven. And now God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has made a heavenly city for them. (TLB) Heb 11:13-16'

"A Smoking Flax He Will Not Quench, A Bruised Reed, He Will Not Break,"