The world’s deadliest terrorist group is not in the Middle East, but in Nigeria, where the Islamist insurgency Boko Haram and other forces killed more than 4,000 Christians in 2015, it was reported in February.
That tally was a 62% increase from the previous year, according to Open Doors.
In response, Nigeria's largest confederation of Christian churches is, for the first time, jointly endorsing a commitment to revive the church in the country’s north before it collapses. Many believe that Christians in the northern region have been abandoned to their fate by the Nigerian authorities.
