The Christian community produces the most peaceful people in the world yet it suffers the most quarrelsome treatment in the world . It has been revealed that over 90,000 Christians were killed in 2016 alone!
It is known that over 500 to 600 Christians can not profess their faith in Christ freely without persecutions. The study reveals that 70 % of the 90,000 Christian killing were in tribal conflicts in Africa and 30 % from terror attacks, government persecutions and attacks on Christian villages across the globe.
One Christian is killed in every six minutes.
In an interview with
Vatican Radio, Introvigne, the founder of the independent Center for Studies on New Religions based in Turin, Italy, cited statistics compiled by the Center for Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary for a annual report that is expected to be released next month.
Introvigne said that there are between 500 to 600 Christians throughout the world that can't profess their faith in Christ freely without fear of persecution.
Meanwhile, over 90,000 Christians have been killed in the past year, which equates to one death every 6 minutes on average, Introvigne added.
The total number of Christians killed in 2016 has actually decreased from last year's findings of about 105,000, Introvigne relayed, adding that 70 percent of the Christians killed this year were slain in tribal conflicts in Africa. The other 30 percent was killed in terror attacks, government persecution and attacks on Christian villages across the globe.
The 61-year-old explained that Christians killed in the tribal conflicts were included in the study's total because many cannot, in good conscience, take up arms.
Although Introvigne believes that Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world, he admitted that the center's 90,000 estimate is a bit more liberal than other organizations' statistics on Christian martyrs.
Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/90000-christians-killed-in-2016-1-every-6-minutes-study-172464/#rE2o5qzz2syTVpry.99
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