{"id":114674,"date":"2026-11-08T17:15:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T17:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=114674"},"modified":"2026-11-11T19:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T19:36:33","slug":"christian-persecution-in-nigeria-1200-churches-destroyed-annually-hundreds-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/christian-persecution-in-nigeria-1200-churches-destroyed-annually-hundreds-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Persecution in Nigeria: Who Is Killing Christians and How Many Have Died"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>More Christians are killed for their faith in Nigeria than in every other country put together. Open Doors counted 3,490 of them in the twelve months to September 2025, out of 4,849 in the whole world. A wider count, which takes in every Christian civilian killed by the armed groups, comes to 22,835 in six years. They die at three sets of hands: Boko Haram in the north-east, armed Fulani groups who raid the farming villages of the Middle Belt,\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\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More Christians are killed for their faith in Nigeria than in every other country put together. Who is killing them, where, how many have died by each published count, and what Nigerian Christians ask of the rest of the church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[541],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-114674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts-stats"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114990,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/christians-in-iran\/","url_meta":{"origin":114674,"position":0},"title":"Christians in Iran: The Numbers and the Law","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"11 11 \u6708, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Iran recognises its Armenian and Assyrian churches and tries converts from Islam on security charges. 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