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World Watch List 2015

The Open Doors World Watch List highlights the top 50 countries where it is most difficult to live as a Christian.

The list reports that persecution became more intense in more parts of the world in 2014. While North Korea remains the most difficult place in the world to be a Christian, persecution is growing most rapidly in Africa, especially sub-Saharan Africa. In the Middle East, Islamic State violence in Iraq and Syria has increased the pace of the exodus of the Christian population from the region and is also having a global impact.

 

 

World Watch List: 2015: Country Profiles

 

WORLD WATCH GUIDE 2015

Discover the world of the persecuted church with our comprehensive guide of the top 50 countries where faith costs the most. The most rigorous and detailed report of its kind, the World Watch List uses data from Open Doors field workers and independent experts to track the deep structures of persecution, measuring the degree of freedom Christians have to live out their faith in five spheres of life – private, family, community, national and church life.

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"It is through persecution that we grow. It is a blessing to be part of Christ's suffering."
- NGUYET, Bible teacher in Vietnam