North Korea has been at the top of the Open Doors’ World Watch List for over 20 years with an estimated 50,000 to 70,000 Christians held in North Korea’s notorious system of prisons and labor camps. Followers of Jesus in North Korea can expect to be treated brutally.
Why? Because the North Korean government views Christians as the most dangerous political class of people.
What must it be like to live in a constant state of awareness that the smallest slip could lead to capture, torture and even death? Yet Christians in North Korea are faithful. As one Christian in the country said, “From the perspective of other people, our life of suffering must seem like a cursed life; however, this suffering is a blessing from our Father who allowed it in our life because it is a shortcut to the Father. He knows our suffering and listens to our prayers. We thank our Father who has done such great things to prepare life for us.”
Please join us in praying for every Christian in North Korea.