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November 10, 2018
Trump Sends State Department to Nigeria Amid Massacre of Hundreds of Christians by Islamic Radicals
Nigeria is about 50% Christian. Of those Christians, around 75% are Protestant, 24% Roman Catholic. Of the remaining 1%, there is a small Orthodox...
November 2, 2018
Five Catholic nuns kidnapped in southern Nigeria
Targeting the Christians of Nigeria are both the Islamic militant group Boko Haram and Muslim Fulani herdsmen. When these groups kidnap Christians,...
October 23, 2018
Nigeria: Dozens of Christians Killed in Muslim Attack on Market
There is a tiny Orthodox community among the 50% of Nigerians who are Christian. All of the Christians of the nation are vulnerable to sudden and...
October 3, 2018
Nigeria: 4 Children, Grandmother Among 17 Christians Slaughtered by Radicals in Mass Raid
Nigeria is about 50% Christian. Of those Christians, around 75% are Protestant, 24% Roman Catholic. Of the remaining 1%, there is a small Orthodox...
September 4, 2018
Video: Nigerian pastor pleads, “Please stand for us. We are dying.”
“Please, I am begging you. Stand for the helpless.” This heartbreaking video demonstrates one of the reasons why the Order began this...
August 31, 2018
Nigeria: Kidnapped Girl Who Refused To Renounce Her Christian Faith Pleads For Help
“Leah Sharibu was abducted from a hostel with more than 100 other school girls but is allegedly the only one still held by the terrorists...
August 26, 2018
European Centre for Law and Justice asks UN to “recognize and put an end to the atrocities being carried about against Christians in Nigeria”
On July 1, ChristianPersecution.com posted a report from the UK’s Express saying that 6,000 Christians had been killed in Nigeria in the last...
July 2, 2018
Death Toll in Jos, Nigeria Attacks at 218, including Assemblies of God Pastor, Wife and Son
Nigerian Christians have begun to protest the government’s inaction against the Muslim Fulani herdsmen who continue to terrorize Christian...
July 1, 2018
Christian Association of Nigeria: Over 6,000 Christians – “mostly children, women and the aged” – killed this year
Nigeria is about 50% Christian. Of those Christians, around 75% are Protestant, 24% Roman Catholic. Of the remaining 1%, there is a small Orthodox...

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Quick facts

  • While about 30 percent of the world’s population identifies as Christian, 80 percent of all acts of religious discrimination are directed at Christians.

    Source: International Society for Human Rights

  • Christians face persecution in more than 60 Countries.

    Source: U.S. State Department

  • Millions of Christians face interrogation, arrest, torture, and/or death because of their religious convictions and cultural/ethnic identification.

    Source: Open Doors USA

  • Between 2007 and 2014, Christians have been targeted for harassment in more countries than any other religious group.

    Source: Pew Research

  • Christian responses to persecution are almost always nonviolent and, with very few exceptions, do not involve acts of terrorism.

    Source: Under Caesar’s Sword