A watchdog organization that releases a report each year on the global persecution of Christians highlighted the “dramatic increase of persecution against Christians” in China in analyzing its new World Watch List, and lamented that if the Chinese government continues to escalate its mistreatment of Christians, it may become the “single largest violator of human rights worldwide.”
Open Doors USA released its “World Watch List” on Wednesday, which lists and ranks the 50 countries that are most hostile toward those who follow Jesus. While the top ten on the list remain largely unchanged — North Korea, Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya, Pakistan, Eritrea, Sudan, Yemen, Iran and India, this year’s focus is most notably the rise of persecution in China, where an estimated 97 million professing Christians reside. “Policies enacted by the Communist Party in 2018 aimed to Sinicize the church […]
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