North Korea (1) tops the World Watch List for the
18th year in a row. Despite its ranking in the top slot it did free
three Korean-American Christians from a North Korean prison.
Persecution of Christians is getting worse. Five years ago only one
country – North Korea – was ranked in the ‘extreme’ category for its
level of persecution of Christians. This year, 11 countries score enough
to fit that category.
China (27) has risen 16 places in the list after new Regulations for Religious Affairs came into force in February 2018.
In Myanmar (18) tens of thousands of members of the
Karen tribe – a majority-Christian ethnic tribe – have been killed and
least 120,000 displaced.
India (10) has entered the top ten for the first time. The BJP-led government continues to promote an extremist militant Hindu agenda.
In Turkey (26) President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has
been stirring up ultra-nationalistic sentiment for some time and this
has caused added difficulties for Christians in Turkey, especially
Evangelicals.
As radical Islam has been forced out of the Middle East, it has
spread into sub-Saharan Africa. Almost 30 violent Islamic extremist
groups are known to be active in the region.
Islamic militants also have also gained strength in failed states like Somalia (3), Libya (4) and Yemen (8), where they continue to recruit, and capture pockets of territory.
The two places where Christians suffer the most violence are Nigeria (12) and Pakistan (5).
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Join Falmouth & Penryn Churches Together for a Virtual Walk of Witness on Good Friday, with reflections, music, paintings, meditations and photographs as we make our way around the churches of the district, on ctcinfohub.org/good-… from 10am on 2 April.
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Today we will be airing a short reading and homily delivered by Dean Roger, followed by singing from @TruroCathChoir including Pader an Arleth composed by @pascoe_russell Visit the page below after 12pm to view:
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Join us on Friday 5 March from 10.15am for 10.30 on YouTube youtu.be/lAWaKsKCQ8U for our livestreamed World Day of Prayer service led by members of Falmouth & Penryn Churches Together.
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“Building on a Strong Foundation” : the theme of this year’s #WorldDayOfPrayer Lovely to chat with Dr Elizabeth Burroughs about 38 hours of prayer by Christian women around the globe. More in @CtcMissioner podcast coming tomorrow! And join @WWDPforEWNI on March 5th #Vanuatu21 🙏 pic.twitter.com/QJkF…