In Jesus Name Facts Page

Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world.
More Christians have been martyred in this century than in all preceding centuries combined.
200,000,000 Christians experience severe persecution.
400,000,000 Christians experience serious discrimination.
Tens of thousands of Christians are in jail for their faith.
1/4 of the world is still under atheistic communism.
1/2 of the people in our world cannot freely share their faith.
Millions of Christians meet in secret cell meetings.
80% of Christians live in non-Western countries.
77 countries are reported by our State Department as engaging in severe religious persecution.
Many governments have security forces specifically for the purpose of monitoring people of faith.

Source: Presented by Sharon Payt, Attorney for Senator Brownback, speaker at a Human Rights Conference on Religious Persecution on 6-13-98.