The newly released World Watch List from the Christian nonprofit Open Doors revealed which nations in the world are the least friendly to believers seeking to follow Jesus Christ and advance His gospel.
The most recent version of the analysis concluded that one in every seven Christians are persecuted worldwide.
That includes one in every five Christians in Africa, as well as two in every five Christians in Asia.
Each nation on the list is scored with a point system tracking “violence and pressure,” which encompasses the number of physical threats toward believers and the various social and legal obstacles they may face for following Jesus.
Specific ideologies and religions — such as Islam, communism, and nationalistic Hinduism — are responsible for the greatest and
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