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Sri Lanka
World Watch List Rank: 45
// World Watch List
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Sri Lanka
Buddhist monks, who are influential in the villages, are the main source of persecution for Christians. Services and prayer meetings have been stopped and church buildings attacked by mobs, often led by Buddhist monks. Pastors are most vulnerable. Pressure is also felt by believers from Buddhist, Muslim or Hindu backgrounds who are seen as traitors and consequently subjected to physical and verbal assaults.
PRAY. SPEAK OUT.
How we help
Open Doors strengthens persecuted believers in Sri Lanka by:
Providing Christian literature for graduates of Bible colleges and others
- Sri Lanka
World Watch List Rank: 45
Sri Lanka
World Watch List Rank: 45
// World Watch List
Keep Hope Alive
As persecution increases, your family needs your support to keep faith and hope alive
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Sri Lanka
- Leader: President Maithripala Sirisena
- Population: 20.9 million (1.9 million Christians)
- Main Religion: Buddhism
- Government: Unitary constitutional republic
- World Watch List Rank: 45
- Source of Persecution: Religious nationalism
Buddhist monks, who are influential in the villages, are the main source of persecution for Christians. Services and prayer meetings have been stopped and church buildings attacked by mobs, often led by Buddhist monks. Pastors are most vulnerable. Pressure is also felt by believers from Buddhist, Muslim or Hindu backgrounds who are seen as traitors and consequently subjected to physical and verbal assaults.
PRAY. SPEAK OUT.
How we help
Open Doors strengthens persecuted believers in Sri Lanka by:
Providing Christian literature for graduates of Bible colleges and others
- Providing assistance through income-generating projects for believers affected by persecution
- Assisting pastors and churches who have faced violent attacks by supporting the rebuilding of homes and churches
- Providing medical assistance for victims of violence
- Preparing believers to deal with persecution through Standing Strong Through the Storm seminars.
