South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
This week we publish the second of two articles by Open Doors SA ahead of the Amka Afrika Prayer Event for persecuted Christians in Africa on September 14 Also see: Pastor Barnabas’s story With the help of Open Doors, we recently told the story of Barnabas, a Nigerian pastor who was violently displaced by […]
This week we publish the first of two articles by Open Doors SA ahead of the Amka Afrika Prayer Event for persecuted Christians in Africa on September 14 See also: Mary’s story In sub-Saharan Africa alone, more than 16 million Christians had been driven from their homes by the end […]
260 million Christians worldwide experience levels of persecution measured as extreme, very high or high, says Open Doors International in its 2020 World Watch List (WWL) that was published today. North Korea, which since 2002 has continuously topped the annual list of the 50 countries where Christians face the worst persecution […]
Persecution of Christians continues to rise with 73 countries showing extreme, very high or high levels of persecution, reports the authoritative Open Doors World Watch List (WWL) for 2019. A year ago 58 countries were listed in those categories. Five years ago, North Korea (#1) was the only country categorised […]
By Open Doors SA It is estimated that for one in every 12 Christians around the world,persecution is a daily reality –they endure intimidation, prison and even death because of their faith. During 2016, Open Doors distributed 2.5 million Bibles and Christian literature worldwide, trained a million people and provided […]
Jan Gouws executive director of Open Doors South Africa looks at religious freedom in South Africa from a global perspective, On April 27, we celebrated freedom in our country. The constitution partly defines this freedom as follows: “everyone has the right to freedom of conscience, religion, thought, belief and opinion”. […]