{"id":114674,"date":"2026-11-08T17:15:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T17:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=114674"},"modified":"2026-11-08T17:15:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T17:15:38","slug":"christian-persecution-in-nigeria-1200-churches-destroyed-annually-hundreds-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/christian-persecution-in-nigeria-1200-churches-destroyed-annually-hundreds-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30ca\u30a4\u30b8\u30a7\u30ea\u30a2\u3067\u5e74\u95931,200\u306e\u6559\u4f1a\u304c\u7834\u58ca\uff1a\u8ab0\u304c\u3069\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306b\u6570\u3048\u305f\u306e\u304b"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The 19,100 churches and the 1,200 a year both come from one Nigerian civil-liberties group, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, known as Intersociety. In 2025 it estimated that 19,100 Christian churches had been lost between July 2009 and September 2025, divided that by sixteen years, and rounded the answer, 1,193.75, up to 1,200. So the 19,100 is one group&#039;s estimate and the 1,200 is that estimate averaged. Its statement gives no itemised list of the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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