Open Doors World Watch List 2017

Each year the open doors world watch research unit surveys five areas of christian life.

Open doors world watch list 2017. Christian persecution continues to rise january 13 2017 the international nonprofit ministry open doors usa released its annual list of the most dangerous. Each year the open doors world watch research unit surveys five areas of christian life. Open doors world watch list 2017 is now available recent report states anti christian pressure is rising most rapidly in south and southeast asia. Open doors has released its 2017 world watch list wwl and cites increasing concerns for asia along with the middle east due to both ethnic nationalism and islamic extremism.

January 12 2017 12 11 zenit staff news. Published 2017 01 11 00 00 00 utc story by open doors. More ways to give. 2016 was the worst year of persecution on record with a shocking 215 million christians experiencing high levels of persecution for their faith open doors usa ceo david.

Open doors usa po box 27001 santa ana ca 92799 p. 260 m illion christians w orldwide experience high levels of persecution open doors international released its 2020 world watch list wwl on 15 january this year this list is compiled annually to announce the top 50 countries in numeric order where christians experience the worst persecution for their faith. Released at the beginning of each year the list uses data from open doors field workers and external experts on christian persecution to quantify and. 1 on the list for.

Open doors usa is a 501 c 3 organization and charter member of ecfa the evangelical council of financial accountability. Separately it measures violence against christians. Private family community national and within the church. Private family community national and within the church.

World watch list 2017 january 11 2017 by josh seale. The world watch list is an annual report on the global persecution of christians published in the form of a list ranking the top 50 countries where christians are persecuted for their faith. The annual list examines the pressures faced by christians in five spheres of life private family community national and church plus levels of religiously motivated violence in order to rank the top 50. World watch list faq.

Like us on facebook. Scores for each of the six categories are combined to create a total score which determines each country s ranking on the world watch list the top 10north korea ranks no. 2017 world watch list top 10 the 10 countries in the world where it is most difficult to live as a christian. Open doors 2017 world watch list.

Since 2002 north korea has continuously ranked as the country with the worst.