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Here is a continually updated collection of the latest research regarding global religious persecution:

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Christians in Nigeria up to 10 Times More Likely to Be Killed in Jihadist Attacks, New Figures Show (August 2022)
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⇨ ORFA Report
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International Christian Concern Names Worst Persecutors of Christians (July 2022)
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⇨ International Christian Concern “Persecutor of the Year Awards” report
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Open Doors Warns of Rapidly Growing Threat of Digital Persecution Against Christians (July 2022)
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Afghanistan Ranked the Most Dangerous Country to Be a Christian (January 2022)
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⇨ CT: The 50 Countries Where It’s Hardest to Follow Jesus in 2022
⇨ Open Doors World Watch List 2022
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Release International Lists Hotspots Where Christian Persecution Is Expected To Get Worse in 2022 (January 2022)
⇨ The Christian Post
⇨ Release International report: Persecution Trends 2022
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United Christian Forum Says ‘2021 Most Violent Year for Christians’ in India (January 2022)
⇨ The Christian Post
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Nigeria Removed, Russia Added to US State Department’s Religious Persecution List (November 2021)
⇨ CT
⇨ US Department of State: Countries of Particular Concern, Special Watch List Countries, Entities of Particular Concern
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Pew: Religious Terrorism at Record Low, Government Persecution at Record High (September 2021)
⇨ CT
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Christians Face Risk of Genocide in North Korea, New Report Finds (July 2021)
⇨ Premier Christian
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India Urged to Intervene as Hindu Attacks on Christians Increase (July 2021)
⇨ Premier Christian
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2020 Report on International Religious Freedom (May 2021)
⇨ US Dept. of State
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21Wilberforce Releases International Religious Freedom Congressional Scorecard (May 2021)
⇨ Religion News Service – 21Wilberforce News Release
⇨ 21Wilberforce Scorecard website
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Dangerous New Caliphate Emerges in Africa; Extremist Group Boko Haram Responsible for World’s Highest Rate of Religious Violence (April 2021)
⇨ Christian Newswire – Open Doors USA News Release
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ChinaAid Releases 2020 Annual Persecution Report (April 2021)
⇨ Christian Newswire – ChinaAid News Release
⇨ ChinaAid 2020 Annual Persecution Report
⇨ ChinaAid 2020 Annual Persecution Key Findings
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Changing Face of Religious Persecution (April 2021)
⇨ Christian Newswire – Catholic League News Release
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United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 2021 Annual Report (April 2021)
⇨ USCIRF 2021 Report
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At some point in our lives it’s common to wonder whether the Bible is truly trustworthy. Since the Bible describes God’s character, commands, and plans for humanity, the stakes are high if the Bible is not what it claims to be.

Bible Gateway’s Trust the Bible free email series will help you see why you can confidently rely on Scripture for living your life.

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Researchers Have Uncovered Yet Another Secret of the Dead Sea Scrolls, This Time Using Artificial Intelligence
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⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, 2,000-Year-Old Biblical Texts Discovered in Israel, First Since Dead Sea Scrolls
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How Old Are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Carbon-Dating Project to Offer Answers
⇨ The Jerusalem Post
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Many people don’t understand how each individual book of the Bible—Old Testament and New Testament—cohesively fits together to communicate the overarching message of the Messiah. The late theologian B.B. Warfield said the Old Testament is filled with prophets that predict him, patterns that preview him, and promises that anticipate him. Rabbi Jason Sobel, raised in a Jewish home in New Jersey but now a follower of Yeshua, wants to show the many connections in Scripture that he says are hidden in plain sight.

Bible Gateway interviewed Rabbi Jason Sobel (@RabbiJasonSobel) about his book and video lesson, Mysteries of the Messiah: Unveiling Divine Connections from Genesis to Today (Thomas Nelson, 2021).

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Earthrise photo by NASA Earth Day is when we’re encouraged to consider our relationship to, and influence on, the environment around us. While many aspects of the environmental movement have gotten enmeshed in controversial politics, the core topic of environmental care is near and dear to Christian teaching. A careful reading of the Bible—and of the Genesis creation account in particular—shows that stewardship of God’s creation is an important part of our lives as Christ-followers.

The following reflection, from our “Stewardship Bible” online daily devotional, discusses the importance of “place” in the biblical narrative, and seems particularly appropriate for Earth Day.

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This is the one-hundred-fifty-third lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here.

How should we pray? In a teaching as clear and fresh as the blue Sea of Galilee, Jesus said: “This, then, is how you should pray,” and then he just laid it out:

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By Shauna Niequist

‘“The Lord bless you
and keep you;
the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”’
— Numbers 6:24-26

There is a way of living, a way of harmonizing and hitting a balance point, a converging of a thousand balance points and voices, layering together, twisting together, and there are moments when it all clicks into place just for a split second—God and marriage and forgiveness and something deep inside that feels like peace—and that’s the place I’m trying to get to.

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark), 99, the husband of the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II, died April 9, 2021 at Windsor Castle in the English county of Berkshire, two months before his 100th birthday, following an undisclosed infection and a successful procedure for a pre-existing heart condition. His televised funeral April 17 at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle was attended by a small group of his close family and friends.

Staying close to the traditional Anglican funeral liturgy, the service’s hymns and readings reflected Philip’s service in the Royal Navy and his environmental work, with a nod to his Greek Orthodox Christian beginnings.

[Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Faith of Queen Elizabeth: An Interview with Dudley Delffs]

The following Bible verses were either alluded to or directly read during the service:

John 11:25-26

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.

Job 19:25-27

I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another.

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Scripture Read At UK’s Prince Philip’s Funeral
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Fewer Churchgoers Filled Bible Studies and Pews During the Pandemic
⇨ Lifeway Research
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, After a Year of Unknowns, Get Your Life Back with an Online Bible Study by John Eldredge hosted at BibleGateway.com
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When did you last consider the Bible’s book of Revelation to be a wellspring of hope? Or have you always seen it as a declaration of judgment amidst confusing imagery? Of all the books of the Bible, Revelation is the one people seem to be the most afraid to study. They describe it in such terms as terrifying, mysterious, apocalyptic, and perplexing.

Bible Gateway interviewed Margaret Feinberg (@mafeinberg) about her teaching video, Revelation: Extravagant Hope (Zondervan, 2021), part of the Beautiful Word Bible Study Series.

Please describe the Beautiful Word Bible Study Series and your role in it.

Margaret Feinberg: When I was approached to teach on the book of Revelation for this series, I responded, “No way—that’s a heavy and scary book.”

The editor said, “Why don’t you take another look—and pray about it, too.” Those words, “Pray about it,” can truly be the worst (smile).

As I dove in, I began to see the book as a true unveiling or revealing of Jesus Christ and the extravagant hope in him. And that’s not just in the opening or final chapters—it’s everywhere! So I’m thrilled to have created the Revelation DVD teachings and workbook.

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