During the COVID-19 pandemic, radical groups used the COVID restrictions to tighten control and surveillance over Church worship and teachings. When Churches were shut down across America due to COVID-19 restrictions, there was a big outcry and rightful protests, which I supported. Still, when it comes to African Christians, many of them don’t have a voice, and many of the ones that wanted to protest are lying under the ground. This means one thing: We are their voice, and they rely on us to speak up for their basic right to practice their faith.
The number of Christians who paid with their lives for their faith was 5,898 in 2022, which is up from 4,761 in 2021, according to the Open Doors USA organization.