From Nigeria to Pakistan, Egypt to Ethiopia, Afghanistan to Syria, Christians are being hunted, burned, beheaded, and crucified—while much of the global Church remains conspicuously silent.
Between 2020 and 2025, the world has witnessed a systematic campaign of extermination against Christians:
- In Nigeria, Boko Haram and Fulani militants slaughtered over 5,000 Christians in 2023 alone. Entire villages were burned to the ground, churches destroyed, pastors executed, and women and children abducted or raped. The world looked away, ignoring the truth as if these lives didn’t matter.
- In Pakistan, Christian neighborhoods were burned to the ground over false blasphemy accusations. In August 2023, the district of Jaranwala was reduced to ash after a fabricated claim, and the government sat idly by while the faithful were beaten, homes looted, and crosses desecrated. Their blasphemy laws shield the violence, making it legal in the eyes of the state.
- In Iraq and Syria, even after ISIS lost territory, their ideology still thrives through affiliates and militias. From the Nineveh Plains to northeast Syria, Christian communities have been targeted for complete eradication. Churches were desecrated, clergy kidnapped, towns emptied. And with Syria’s new regime in 2025, the terror has only intensified—this is not just a war on Christians; it’s a war on their very existence.
- In Egypt, Coptic Christians have been slaughtered in cold blood. Suicide bombers targeted churches during worship, buses filled with pilgrims were ambushed, and entire families were executed for nothing but professing the name of Christ. The Egyptian government issued empty words of condemnation but failed to act and protect those under threat.
- In Ethiopia, ethnic and religious conflict has spiraled into unfathomable violence against Christian communities. Churches have been burned, priests murdered, and families forced to flee for their lives. The world hasn’t wanted to admit the religious dimension of this conflict, labeling it political instability instead of seeing it for what it truly is: religious persecution.
- In Afghanistan, after the Taliban’s takeover in 2021, Christians—especially those who converted from Islam—were hunted down. They were imprisoned, tortured, and executed. Underground churches were wiped off the map, their members left to die as the West abandoned them.
This was no random act of violence. This was calculated, systematic, and unrelenting persecution—against the very people who follow Christ—and yet, the world remains deafeningly silent.
The most shocking part of this slaughter isn’t just the blood spilled. It’s the silence.
Where is the Church?
Where are the megachurch pastors who preach to millions? Where are the leaders of the denominations who claim to carry the Gospel to every corner of the earth?
Where is the World Council of Churches—quick to speak on political elections and climate change—but completely silent when our brothers and sisters are burned alive? Where is the Vatican—quick to voice opinions on immigration, inequality, and the environment, yet utterly slow to condemn the genocide of its own faithful?
Where are the Christian media empires? The glossy magazines, televised sermons, and digital ministries that sell inspiration and worship albums, but have nothing to say when the body of Christ is being brutally massacred?
The churches in the West have lost their prophetic voice. Instead of standing with the persecuted, they’ve traded conviction for comfort. We no longer hear sermons filled with fire or doctrine grounded in truth. Instead, we get TED Talks from pulpits. We get therapy sessions disguised as sermons. We get watered-down worship, stripped of reverence and awe.
And in all this silence, one voice stands above the rest—Glenn Beck. Through the Nazarene Fund, he has rescued countless persecuted Christians when no one else would lift a finger. Not a pastor, not a bishop, but a radio host. It’s not supposed to be like this. A single man, not even in the clergy, has done more for the persecuted Church than entire denominations combined. That should make every one of us in the West hang our heads in shame.
This is simple: you either stand for the persecuted or you bow to evil.
This is not ministry—this is malpractice. This is apostasy. This is spiritual abandonment. We are failing our brothers and sisters who bear the cross in blood.
We need a new generation of bold, courageous shepherds. Shepherds who will not bow to the culture of silence, but who will speak, act, and stand for the persecuted Church. Shepherds who are more concerned with truth than approval, who are more grounded in Scripture than in slogans.
While radicals wage war on Christianity, the Church in the West wages war on conviction. And in that silence, evil has marched forward. And the blood cries out.
And where is the European Union?
The same EU that opened its arms to millions of Muslim refugees has shown no such urgency for persecuted Christians. Their silence is deliberate. Their selective compassion is damning.
This is a wake-up call. If we do not stand now—who will stand for us when the tide turns?
And what about us—the people in the pews?
Yes, leadership is silent. But we are not without blame. We too have turned our heads, distracted by comfort, entertainment, and trivial debates. We’ve rallied behind social media outrage, consumer boycotts, and performative protests over temporary cultural offenses—while our brothers and sisters are hunted, murdered, and slaughtered for their faith. Our outrage is shallow. Our protests are selective. Our attention spans are fleeting. If we cannot be stirred by the global slaughter of Christians, then we’ve lost our spiritual compass. If we will not cry out for them, we will one day answer for our silence.
“Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter… Does not He who weighs the heart perceive it?” — Proverbs 24:11–12
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Wendy Kinney (@paymentsSHEEO) is a Christian, attorney, legal strategist, and Founder & CEO of Revere Payments, a company dedicated to protecting financial freedom and supporting values-driven businesses. She writes about faith, freedom, and the fight for truth in an age of spiritual and political darkness, challenging both cultural complacency and institutional silence.
