Stories of the Religious Persecution of Christians

Featured Articles Christian Persecution Stories

The Christian persecution stories featured here reveal how, all around the world, believers are experiencing threats, violence and discrimination because of their faith in Jesus Christ. Many persecuted Christians have been driven away from their homes and displaced by mob violence. Meanwhile, others suffer in prison due to false blasphemy charges. Some have been subjected to terrorism, kidnappings, assault and martyrdom. The articles below detail individual accounts of persecution.

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Destroyed Armenian church in Mosul, Iraq

Ten years after Mosul: IS & Christian persecution in Iraq

GCR Advocacy in the News

Pakistani mob persecuted elderly Christian man

Watch: Elderly Christian man persecuted by violent mob

Christian missionaries in Haiti

Young Christian missionaries in Haiti ambushed, killed by gangs

a group of persecuted Nigerian Christian women

Praise report: persecuted hostages freed from Boko Haram

Iran, a country where Christians are persecuted

What’s next for Iran’s persecuted Christians

Fatima, a persecuted Sudanese Christian convert

Beaten for her faith, Sudanese Christian convert clings to Jesus

Suzanne, a persecuted Nigerian woman

Persecuted Nigerian woman forgives terrorists who killed her father

Deborah, a persecuted prisoner of Boko Haram

Deborah: Christian, mother and persecuted prisoner of Boko Haram

Caleb, a persecuted student in Indonesia

Persecuted student in Indonesia faces backlash from Muslim family

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A persecuted Christian in the Middle East, Azad spreads the gospel

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Underground church in the Middle East runs secret Bible printing press