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November 2 is the deadline to sign the Arise Africa petition calling for a response to violent persecution of Christians! We're aiming for one million names - help us get there!
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Andrew Croft of @OpenDoorsCanada invites Christians to stand alongside fellow believers in sub-Saharan Africa by praying and signing a petition. Read his new contribution on the Faith Today website.
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Andrew Croft of @OpenDoorsCanada invites Christians to stand alongside fellow believers in sub-Saharan Africa by praying and signing a petition. Read his new contribution on the Faith Today website.
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Thus far, 75 Christians have been identified among the lives lost in Nepal flooding.
More:
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Odyssey this, odyssey that...
Friends, you odyssey what God is doing through His Persecuted Church around the world. 🙏⛪️
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Did you know you can get a monthly prayer calendar from Open Doors?
Each day you'll find a new prayer point focused on the persecuted church.
Download your July edition here: opendoorscanada.org/wp-conte…
Join Open Doors tonight for a live event sharing the stories of - and praying for - Christian captives worldwide.
7pm EDT / 4pm PDT
Come hear how you can stand as one with them.
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From a Church Leader in Iran to a widow in Southeast Asia and a Filipino teenager, here are 25 persecuted Christian women you can pray for today.
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Praying for our Iranian-Canadian sister being held in prison. 🙏
“Simin Soheili-Nia, an Iranian-Canadian Christian convert, in Evin Prison.”
Since September 2025, Simin has been behind bars after being arrested upon returning to Iran from Canada, where she had been living after fleeing persecution in 2020.
She went back for one reason: family.
After learning of her father’s death and her mother’s terminal illness, Simin traveled home with her son, hoping for a final goodbye.
Instead, she was detained.
She was taken first to Qarchak Women’s Prison, then transferred to Evin Prison.
Simin had already faced persecution before. In January 2019, she was arrested alongside other Christian converts. By October 2020, they were sentenced to a combined 35 years in prison, with appeals denied in 2021.
Her sentence was later reduced to 3 years and 6 months — yet she remains imprisoned today.
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Persecuted Christians worldwide face innumerable obstacles to attending church, but they rejoice at the opportunity to gather with other believers.
Posting for no reason in advance of Sunday morning. 👀🏒🥅
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Where do Christians experience the most persecution?
Every year, Open Doors does extensive research to try to answer that question, and we publish our findings in the World Watch List - a ranking of the top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.
Here's the top ten 👇
3. Yemen
The indigenous church consists mainly of converts from Islam, who must practise their faith in absolute secrecy. Discovery as a Christian can be deadly because in Yemen apostasy is legally punishable by death.
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1. North Korea
If a North Korean is discovered to be a Christian, the consequences are unimaginably stark: imprisonment in one of its notorious labour camps or immediate execution. The same fate is likely to await other family members.
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You can learn more about all these countries, as well as the rest of the top 50, with the 2026 World Watch List prayer guide. It contains the latest research, statistics, and prayer points for the persecuted church worldwide.
Get your copy today:
opendoorscanada.org/worldwat…
Where do Christians experience the most persecution?
Every year, Open Doors does extensive research to try to answer that question, and we publish our findings in the World Watch List - a ranking of the top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.
Here's the top ten 👇
4. Sudan
Sudanese Christians are currently going through a severe crisis stemming from the brutal civil war. The government reinstated oppressive figures, brought back cruel ‘morality policies’, and is using old Islamic laws to justify forced conversion.
opendoorscanada.org/worldwat…
5. Eritrea
Eritrea is one of the world’s most difficult places to be a Christ-follower. Christians who worship outside state-sanctioned churches face intense surveillance, police raids and indefinite imprisonment, often in brutally shocking conditions.
opendoorscanada.org/worldwat…
6. Syria
Syria's persecution score increased more than any other country this year. Since the fall of the Assad regime at the end of 2024, national instability has resulted in an uptick in violent acts against Christians.
opendoorscanada.org/worldwat…
7. Nigeria
You've probably seen headlines about persecution in Nigeria over the last few months. While the Christian-majority South remains stable, extremists in the North target Christian populations with horrific acts of violence.
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8. Pakistan
As a minority in Pakistan, Christians are exposed to many challenges, from everyday discrimination to the threat of violence.
Increasingly, Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws are used to intimidate Christians and other religious minorities.
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9. Libya
Libyan authorities monitor Christian activities on the internet. Libyan Christians who are from a Muslim background face intense pressure from families and community to renounce their faith. All practice their faith in secret.
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