On Wednesday a large number of MPs met to discuss the persecution of Christians around the world and what the Government’s response through the Foreign Office should be.  The debate was secured and organised by Naomi Long MP, with a great deal of support from Open Doors.  Nearly two thousand of their supporters contacted their MP asking […]

Earlier this week Open Doors published their annual World Watch List of the top 50 countries where Christian persecution is most severe.  You can read more of Open Doors’ analysis and stories behind the numbers in this post I produced following their press release. Last year following the publication of the 2012 list I looked into the level […]

For the last 11 years, Open Doors the charity founded in 1955 by Brother Andrew, author of God’s Smuggler has produced a list of the top 50 countries where Christians are most likely to be persecuted.  This is a detailed academic exercise based on a qualitative ranking methodology to ensure it remains as accurate and reliable as possible.  Today […]

For once in the ongoing battle against religious persecution in the international arena we have two fabulous pieces of news in two days. (Photo by Christian Solidarity Worldwide) Today the release has been announced of Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani who has been in prison in Iran since October 2009  after questioning of the Muslim monopoly of the […]

A big thank you to everyone who responded to last month’s post asking you to email your MP to invite them to an parliamentary meeting on religious liberty in the Arab world co-hosted by Open Doors.  Over 2,000 invites were emailed. The meeting took place last Wednesday and I thought it would be good to share […]

On the  10th of July Naomi Long MP and Baroness Berridge will be co-hosting a parliamentary meeting on religious liberty in the Arab world.  Foreign Office Minister for North Africa and the Middle East, Alistair Burt MP, and a senior Egyptian church leader will be among the speakers at this important event. Open Doors UK […]

Both the Barnabas Fund and Open Doors have been busy highlighting the plight of Christians in Syria over the last week.  Their situation is becoming increasingly desperate.  According to Barnabas Fund who have partners on the ground there, the city of Homs, the third largest in Syria, has now seen almost its entire Christian population of […]

Well the blogging break is over and the new look site has finally arrived.  Mostly the blog has been rearranged to make it easier to navigate and hopefully more visually appealing.  I hope it meets with your approval, but do say what you think! The main news is that I’ve put together a campaigns hub.  The Campaigns […]

I don’t normally choose to highlight individual cases of persecution against Christians around the world as sadly there are too many to know where to start.  However I recieved a personal message about this case and feel obliged to highlight it. Eight Coptic families have been forcibly removed from their Egyptian village because of a […]

The email below arrived in my in box today from Open Doors UK.  It’s very good to see that there are plenty of MPs taking the issue of Christian persecution seriously and also that the Foreign Office has made a clear positive statement too.  EDM 2371 states that: That this House commends the progress made […]

Last week Open Doors published their annual World Watch List of the top 50 countries where Christian persecution is most severe.  Having done some rummaging at the Department for International Aid’s website, I can reveal just how much our government gave in aid to these countries on the list.  The number in brackets is the amount […]

Over the last couple of weeks there has been a steady stream of press articles and comment over the internet regarding the persecution of Christians around the world.  This is by no means a new issue but the bombings of churches in Nigeria on Christmas day has again brought this issue into sharp focus. Along […]