Persecution of Christians

About 100,000 Christians die each year for their faith. The number is staggering. No other religion in the world loses so many people simply because of their faith. These martyrs deserve recognition and they deserve praise but sadly they largely go unnoticed in the West. Dying Christians rarely make the news and when they do there sometimes seems to be a palpable sense of 'well they shouldn't be a Christian in a non-Christian country should they?' (an interesting point I have often found is that the media in Britain will happily describe countries as Muslim, Hindu of Buddhist but not Christian, at least not without some sneering). These faithful brothers and sisters will be praised and will have a special place in heaven but what can we do today? I would like to raise some attention to the people who are suffering for having faith in Christ.

In my next series of posts I shall be including information on the top 10 persecuting countries as taken from the open doors website. Please read and pray about these situations.