Eritrea has been
devastated by civil war and drought. The Marxist government exercises strict
control over Eritreans, imprisoning tens of thousands of citizens, torturing at
will and pursuing a systematic policy to eradicate evangelical Christianity. Of
the 19 people groups, 9 are unreached by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Category
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Restricted Nation
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Religion
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Muslim 50.2%, Christian
47.3%
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Ideology
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Dictatorship/Communism
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Head of State
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President Isaias Afworki
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In 2002, the Eritrean
government banned all Christian denominations except Orthodoxy, Roman
Catholicism and Evangelical Lutheranism and banned all other religious
practices except Sunni Islam. The government also decreed that non-registered
groups could not gather in numbers of more than five. Security forces continue
to disrupt private worship, conduct mass arrests at prayer meetings and other
gatherings, and detain those arrested without charge for indefinite periods. There are at least 2,000 Christians in
prison in Eritrea, and nearly every evangelical has been arrested at least
once. Prisoners experience torture and extremely poor living conditions;
several have died in custody. In a 2010 year-end crackdown evangelicals,
more than 100 Christians were arrested.
Pray: About 2,000 Christians are detained because of
their religious beliefs.
THINK BIG.
START SMALL. GO DEEP.
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