North Korea: she defected, encountered Jesus, then went back

20 Feb 2025
Joo Min (not her real name) once risked her life leaving North Korea to escape starvation and oppression. But then she encountered Christ in a secret safe house run by Open Doors. Raised…

WORLD WATCH LIST - Global trends in 2019

29 Nov 2019
Open Doors latest report brings much sobering reading, but also a few positive glimmers. In Brief: North Korea (1) tops the World Watch List for the 18th year in a row. Despite its…

Gender-based violence against Christians

01 Feb 2019
Afghanistan, Libya, North Korea, Pakistan, and Somalia are the five worst places for women to live, according to the 2019 World Watch List of ‘50 most difficult places to be a Christian’. The…

Global: Christian persecution rising

25 Jan 2019
Figures for the persecution of Christians have shown a 'shocking increase', by 13.9% according to Open Doors World Watch List 2019. Asia has a sharp rise. China rose 16 places to number 27,…

‘Worst Year Yet’: Open Doors Report

28 Mar 2018
The Top 50 Countries Where It’s Hardest to Be a Christian;Islamic extremism now has a rival, according to the 2017 World Watch List For the third year in a row, the modern persecution…

215 Million Christians Persecuted, Mostly by Muslims

31 Jan 2018
by Raymond Ibrahim
January 21, 2018 at 5:00 am https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11775/persecuted-christians-open-doors In short, the overwhelming majority of persecution that these 215 million Christians experience around the world — especially the worst forms, such as…

World Watch List

07 Jul 2015
The Open Doors World Watch List highlights the 50 countries where it is most difficult to live as a Christian. The most rigorous and detailed report of its kind, the World Watch List…