{"id":26772,"date":"2025-01-17T17:33:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/nigeria-tops-report-for-number-of-christians-killed-kidnapped-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T17:33:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:33:43","slug":"nigeria-tops-report-for-number-of-christians-killed-kidnapped-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/nigeria-tops-report-for-number-of-christians-killed-kidnapped-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Nig\u00e9ria lidera relat\u00f3rio sobre o n\u00famero de crist\u00e3os mortos e raptados em 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] Church at the Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna, Nigeria. \/ Credit: Father Samuel Kanta Sakaba, rector of a Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna Rome Newsroom, Jan 15, 2025 \/ 11:20 am (CNA). Nigeria was the country with the most Christians killed and kidnapped in 2024, according to the latest report from advocacy group Open Doors.The World Watch List, released Jan. 15, found that 3,100 Christians were killed and 2,830 Christians were kidnapped in Nigeria in 2024, far\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\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Nigeria was the country with the most Christians killed and kidnapped in 2024, according to the latest report from advocacy group Open Doors.The World Watch List, released Jan. 15, found that 3,100 Christians were killed and 2,830 Christians were kidnapped in Nigeria in 2024, far\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-26772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64804,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/christian-persecution-in-nigeria-1200-churches-destroyed-annually-hundreds-killed\/","url_meta":{"origin":26772,"position":0},"title":"Christian persecution in Nigeria: 1,200 churches destroyed annually, hundreds killed","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Setembro 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Nigerian security officers during a military operation ahead of the gubernatorial elections in Benin City, Edo, Nigeria, on Sept. 17, 2020. \/ Credit: Oluwafemi Dawodu\/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 26, 2025 \/ 15:28 pm (CNA). 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